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Entry: Urban Fantasy: Vampire Porn, Feminist Pipe-Dream or Misfits' Revenge? - A87786751
Author: Solnushka (Foundation) - U138596

My favourite books, explained.

I was thinking of adding a list of books at the end?

Oh yeah. Alternative title: Urban Fantasy iz in ur world, stealin' all ur wimin. Or something else. I am open to suggestions.

I thought it was a good read. I'm not familiar with the genre other than seeing it in Waterstones (other bookshops are available). There are a few minor spelling mistakes here and there (they always pop up) such as moinsters, a comma or two that is trying to escape the confines of the word it follows, nothing much to worry on that front.

You could add some links, such as:
A315893 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' - the TV Series
A593282 Science Fiction - Some Hard, Some Soft
A379569 Science Fiction and Fantasy
A26353677 Dracula's Ancestors - Vampires Without the Dinner Jackets
A11101654 The Restless Dead - the History of the Slavic Vampire
A273566 Vampires
A152317 Dragons
A4708 Witches
A275933 Werewolves
A827417 Trolls
A258662 Imagery and Neil Gaiman
A2913734 Sherlock Holmes Part II - the Legacy
A510472 Films Based on Books

I'd be happy to see a list of up to a dozen key books at the end, provided you have a brief explanation of why these books are noteworthy. I did something similar for my British War Films article.

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Excellent links, Bluebottle, thanks. Quite apart from anything else, I want to read the one about the Slavic vampires. I shall also nuke moinsters and work on my list of recommended reading.

This is good. I don't have any suggestions, but thanks for filling in a hole in our coverage of popular art forms.

This is an interesting and entertaining article.

I hope this doesn't mean there isn't room for other genres - such as thrillers with an environmental slant, or even old-fashioned stories about families which mums and grandmas might read?


The clause "Frequently and this is particularly true if the reveal happened recently or looks in any way imminent" is repeated at the end of the paragraph. Is 'reveal' used as a verb an American habit? I would say 'revelation'.

You mean, 'reveal' as noun?

Yes. It's used as a more-or-less technical term in fiction and entertainment writing, as: 'The reveal comes at the end of the third act.' Used this way, it's correct.

The only use of the noun 'reveal' outside the discussion of fictional mechanics that I know of is when Russell Hoban uses it in 'Riddley Walker'.

Yes, I did mean 'reveal as a noun' This is what happens when I try to make intelligent comments.

Hiya Sol.

"SciFi was the serious older brother spending five days a week on the steady job holding a mirror up to social issues, while at the weekend when he would break out the really big tech and go and fight bug eyed moinsters on the red planet with the three moons in a galaxy far far away."
- I adore you for this sentence. Although possibly you might want to take out the rogue i in monsters. And I'm not sure if you need the 'when' in the weekend bit.

Ax? Or axe?

Footnotes one and three need to come before the full stop.

"Can one of you help me find my orgasm?”
-I'm sorry? Seriously?

"publishing splurge on Urban Fanatsy books."
-fantasy

"patience of a caffeinated hummingbird Karen Chance,"
-Needs a full stop

Raaaaa, I *like* it, Sol. My only slight worry is that it will age pretty quickly, but, to be honest, it won't be the only Entry in the Guide that does so.

Thanks for picking up on my typos, all. Proof reading really isn't my thing. I shall have another look and fix them.

I can change reveal if it's a bit American. I don't mind American myself, but it prolly crept in because I was reading an American writer's blog when I wrote it. I'm not sure how standard it is elsewhere.

To be fair, Vip, I am guilty of selective quoting there (the 'orgasms' quote). I haven't read that one, but I am pretty sure that the character is not really inviting an orgy, but winding her boyfriend up. Yes, I realise that might not help. Don't judge me. (actually, those books are actually quite funny - they've got a girl (well Valkyrie, but hey) frat house thing going on which is beyond amusing if you like your humour very broad. The sex, however, is quite eye watering, so I don't feel too bad about the misquote).

Also, I know what you mean about the dating, but the genre is in a slight state of flux right now so... I can promise to come back and update. I might have better quotes.

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Don't change 'reveal' - I like it, because you are stretching the reader.


I'd like to see this in the Guide, I love your fresh style of writing Sol. thanks for writing it.

Did you do the typo fixing, Sol? Or would you like a little longer?

Eye-watering sex? I shall have to make some time for this

GB

There is plenty of it in the drug store or supermarket counter.

I did some market research last Monday. Gaah...handsome vampires on every cover, plus FOUR books that started '50 Shades of...'

I HAVE to write some vampire porn. I could use the money.

We could all do with making some money. How about... a collaborative challenge? Each writing a follow on chapter in the style of vampire porn?

Not a bad idea.

Oh, but to write it, we'd have to READ it first...

We could just make something up.

I can see I am going to have to rewrite this a little to make it a bit clearer that quite a lot of the books aren't actually that bad.

But to beat the others we will certainly have to get 2legs on board.

I've done some typo bashing. I do want to add a booklist, but that involves a list and outside links, so I'll need a few days I'm afraid.

No problem Solnushka, take your time

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How's this coming along, Solnushka?



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