In article <Xns9A3B735F99C42genewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>ted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ted Nolan <tednolan>) wrote in
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>> Personaly, I'm very much in an "urban fantasy" phase right
>now, and
>> would like to see more discussions of that here.
>>
>> The big one you are missing (IMHO) is Jim Butcher and his
>"Harry
>> Dresden" books.
>>
>> I've just read the first two Rachel Caine "Weather Warden"
>books, and
>> found them pleasant fast-moving fun.
>>
>> The books about Kitty Norville, werewolf DJ, by Carrie
>Vaughn started
>> out OK, and seem to be getting better.
>>
>> I'm afraid the Dante Valentine books by Lillith Saintcrow
>started
>> off strong but took an unexpected "whiny" turn several
>books in and
>> never really recovered.
>>
>
>None of these are primarily about vampires. However, the
>Dresden Files certainly should be tried anyway, and all of
>them might appeal to a vampire fan.
True, I was broadening it into UF in general, though vampires are
very im****tant in the Kitty-verse and the Harry-verse and somewhat
im****tant in the Dante-verse.
I just finished _The Becoming_ by Jeanne Stein and found it a not-bad
vampire book. The co-incidence factor was a bit high, but it's nice
to see the occasional daytime vampire..
Did *not* like another _Touch the Dark_, by Karen Chance. She tried to
work in time-travel with vampires and clairvoyants, and it just didn't
work for me. (And was a bit "romancy" too).
Ted
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