Friday, March 17, 2017

Contemporary Urban Fantasy and Gaiman

I've seen a lot of bits and piece of Gaiman's work,  most fully Coraline which I love. The concept of a urban fantasy in contemporary time is interesting.  There is something new and fun about add fantasy to a urban setting.  I really enjoyed reading the start of the Graveyard books. Gaiman does a great job of making his stories Contemporary while also being timeless. Coraline is modern but you could never tell 100% what year it is,  This makes the story seem timeless.  The Graveyard books seem similar, it's obviously not olden times, but it's seems like it takes place in a contemporary setting. I think this concept works well with fantasy and Gaiman is good at this.  Using fantasy and myth ideas and using them to built on a contemporary setting in a cool and new way.

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