Comments on: NOTES ON “URBAN FANTASY” & ROOTS of KICKASSITUDE http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410 News & Editorial Views Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:20:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: How People Discovered UF & What Its Roots Are – July 31st « UF_Chat http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-127705 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:49:08 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-127705 [...] Notes on Urban Fantasy & Roots of Kickassitude (by Juno Editor Paula Guran) http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410 #UFchat [...] […] Notes on Urban Fantasy & Roots of Kickassitude (by Juno Editor Paula Guran) http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410 #UFchat […]

]]> by: The Difference: Redux « Urban Phantasy http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-99320 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:41:50 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-99320 [...] The whole of Guran’s post can be found here (link opens in a new tab). [...] […] The whole of Guran’s post can be found here (link opens in a new tab). […]

]]> by: Fred http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-93568 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:40:50 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-93568 Keep posting -- keep writing! Keep posting — keep writing!

]]> by: Juno Editor/Paula Guran http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-81909 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-81909 Of course. Fixed. Of course. Fixed.

]]> by: Rich http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-81861 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:54:43 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-81861 FYI, Blood Price (like most of the Vicki Nelson books) is set in Toronto Ontario, not in Chicago. FYI, Blood Price (like most of the Vicki Nelson books) is set in Toronto Ontario, not in Chicago.

]]> by: Eleanor Anne Dudley (Psuedonym) http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-78336 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:12:58 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-78336 Dear Editor, Space travel, not neccesarily full-blown sci-fi. To me science fiction takes place in the future, whether it is scientific Sci-fi, or Sci-fi fantasy, with or without space travel. Urban fantasy, well you have me there. As for vampires and werewolves, these do not have to be horror stories, what about them leading normal lives, manufacturing positronic robots? Ever heard of an Elf working as a futuristic DA? What about a vampire who has lost the memory of her vampire past and unwittingly falls for a male werewolf. What about the offspring of such a combination, what would they look like when transformed. So can a lesbian Elf have an erotic relationship with a female bi-sexual (closet) vampire in urban fantasy? I am yet to find out. Eleanor Anne Dudley. (Pseudonym) Dear Editor,
Space travel, not neccesarily full-blown sci-fi.
To me science fiction takes place in the future, whether it is scientific Sci-fi, or Sci-fi fantasy, with or without space travel.
Urban fantasy, well you have me there.
As for vampires and werewolves, these do not have to be horror stories, what about them leading normal lives, manufacturing positronic robots?
Ever heard of an Elf working as a futuristic DA?
What about a vampire who has lost the memory of her vampire past and unwittingly falls for a male werewolf.
What about the offspring of such a combination, what would they look like when transformed.
So can a lesbian Elf have an erotic relationship with a female bi-sexual (closet) vampire in urban fantasy?
I am yet to find out.

Eleanor Anne Dudley. (Pseudonym)

]]> by: The Windup Links « Torque Control http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-63275 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:20:53 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-63275 [...] Tim Holman’s graphs of the commercial rise of what we are now calling urban fantasy; see also Paula Guran’s notes on the origins of the label. [...] […] Tim Holman’s graphs of the commercial rise of what we are now calling urban fantasy; see also Paula Guran’s notes on the origins of the label. […]

]]> by: Annette Shelley http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-46695 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:36:09 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-46695 Hi Paula! This is the first decent explanation I've heard on the defininition of Urban Fantasy after attending dozens of writing workshops. Thanks for the clarity! All My Best! Annette Hi Paula!

This is the first decent explanation I’ve heard on the defininition of Urban Fantasy after attending dozens of writing workshops.

Thanks for the clarity!
All My Best!
Annette

]]> by: Urban Fantasy | Michelle McGinnis http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18505 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:06:22 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18505 [...] UPDATE: Just found another very interesting post on a similar topic from an editor at Juno Books called Notes on “Urban Fantasy” & Roots of Kickassitude. [...] […] UPDATE: Just found another very interesting post on a similar topic from an editor at Juno Books called Notes on “Urban Fantasy” & Roots of Kickassitude. […]

]]> by: Carole Nelson Douglas http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18504 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:48:58 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18504 Glad you posted this, Paula! It's a great timeline as well as analysis. Maria, I will note this for our Malice panel next Saturday. EEK! Coming soon. Glad you posted this, Paula! It’s a great timeline as
well as analysis. Maria, I will note this for our Malice panel next Saturday. EEK! Coming soon.

]]> by: Paula-at-death's-door... http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18438 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:48:06 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18438 Russ was left out intentionally. Alyx was not fantasy sorceress/swordswoman. I'm not discussing SF feminist heroines. :-) Probably need to consider Andre Norton in there somewhere, though. Russ was left out intentionally. Alyx was not fantasy sorceress/swordswoman. I’m not discussing SF feminist heroines. :-) Probably need to consider Andre Norton in there somewhere, though.

]]> by: Sylvia Kelso http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18423 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:51:43 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18423 There was one other sword and sorcery source you cd. have quoted among the women writers. Joanna Russ's Alyx stories, written from 1963 on but not really published till near the end of the '60s, and the acknowledged inspiration for Samuel Delany's Neveryon cycle, though that had a much wider readership. SK There was one other sword and sorcery source you cd. have quoted among the women writers. Joanna Russ’s Alyx stories, written from 1963 on but not really published till near the end of the ’60s, and the acknowledged inspiration for Samuel Delany’s Neveryon cycle, though that had a much wider readership.

SK

]]> by: Jumpdrives and Cantrips » Blog Archive » News of the New http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18415 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:28:11 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18415 [...] Juno Editor Paula Guran posted her notes for a panel on urban fantasy that she didn’t get to. It’s a very good look at urban fantasy in the context of its cross-genre nature and points out some tendencies. My only wish it that it was in a more chronological format, as it tends to jump around a little without putting things into context time-wise, but if I really wanted I suppose I could edit it. Unfortunately, I’m unabashedly lazy (via Dark Parables). [...] […] Juno Editor Paula Guran posted her notes for a panel on urban fantasy that she didn’t get to. It’s a very good look at urban fantasy in the context of its cross-genre nature and points out some tendencies. My only wish it that it was in a more chronological format, as it tends to jump around a little without putting things into context time-wise, but if I really wanted I suppose I could edit it. Unfortunately, I’m unabashedly lazy (via Dark Parables). […]

]]> by: Sara J. http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18412 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:24:54 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18412 That's great! I'm glad you pulled out some of the detective fiction relations, as it's something I didn't really have much of a background in, but I think this is a great summary. I myself always thought it was passing weird that "urban fantasy" started off with Charles de Lint and Emma Bull and has moved to something much, much different. I almost think it's a name that got improperly attached the first time around, and shifts in genre and thought about cross-genre books changed how everything got glued together and categorized :) Anyhow... rambling *blush* That’s great! I’m glad you pulled out some of the detective fiction relations, as it’s something I didn’t really have much of a background in, but I think this is a great summary.

I myself always thought it was passing weird that “urban fantasy” started off with Charles de Lint and Emma Bull and has moved to something much, much different. I almost think it’s a name that got improperly attached the first time around, and shifts in genre and thought about cross-genre books changed how everything got glued together and categorized :)

Anyhow… rambling *blush*

]]> by: Charity V http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18408 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:13:43 +0000 http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410#comment-18408 Wow, very informative! I've attended a couple of urban fantasy panels at Cons before, and none were as well researched or organized as this information. Very, very interesting on the the genre definition and history. Thank you for posting it for all to see. :D Wow, very informative! I’ve attended a couple of urban fantasy panels at Cons before, and none were as well researched or organized as this information. Very, very interesting on the the genre definition and history. Thank you for posting it for all to see. :D

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