Library Journal does Urban Fantasy
Recommended article: the June 1 issue of LJ has a terrific overview of urban fantasy literature: The City Fantastic by Nanette Wargo Donohue. 
There's an introduction and a fairly extensive annotated bibliography. Sections of the essay include:
- Introduction
- Folkloric tradition
- Vampires, werewolves, & fairies
- Genre confusion
- Shape-shifting formats
- Collection development resources
- Core titles in two areas (see full article for all titles & annotations)
- Traditional Urban Fantasy
- Bull, Emma. War for the Oaks
- de Lint, Charles. Dreams Underfoot
- Gaiman, Neil. Neverwhere
- Contemporary Urban Fantasy
- Briggs, Patricia. Moon Called
- Butcher, Jim. Storm Front
- Hamilton, Laurell K. Guilty Pleasures
- Harris, Charlaine. Dead Until Dark
- Harrison, Kim. Dead Witch Walking
- Vaughn, Carrie. Kitty and the Midnight Hour
- Web Sites
5 comments:
Thanks for the post, with 3 YA journals to look at each month I don’t always catch LJ right away… I LOVE urban fiction and it’s exciting to see such a nice article overviewing the genre. An excellent annotated list as well (and even one or two I haven’t read yet…time to go “hunting” ) PW
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