The Dark Is Rising - Book Group discussion thread

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GregP
GregP
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Urban fantasy. See also also Rivers of London and Watchmaker of FiddlyDiddly Street, both of which get mentioned in these parts from time to time.
GregP
GregP
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(the latter is also arguably steampunk but that’s by the by for now)
Serendippily
Serendippily
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*reminds self not to release clockwork octopus into the wild*
Love Lettuce
Love Lettuce
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Is it pretending not to be UF because it's set in a village? (I'm not very familiar with fantasy as a genre but enjoyed TDIR so want to find out more!)
Serendippily
Serendippily
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“Village Fantasy” is presumably Heartbeat :-)
GregP
GregP
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UF typically has fantasy stuff happening in a ‘real world’ setting. So Potter is fantasy when it’s set at Hogwarts, for example, but UF in Little Whinging.

Rivers of London is unequivocally UF.
GregP
GregP
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I think it pretends not to be because it’s all a bit mystically hyper-real. None of it feels very grounded. Not a criticism, it all seems a bit dream state.

Ooh. One other thing. I listened to bits of it on Audible. The chap does a decent job but the bus conductor is *terrible*.
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Serendippily
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Urbane fantasy meanwhile is perhaps Carabonel and Chrestomanci
GregP
GregP
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Ooh. Urbane fantasy is a great idea. Lots of old TV sitcoms spring to mind but no novels have popped in my head so far. Top genre invention skills Dippers :)
GregP
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David Lodge? PG Wodehouse?

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