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An anthology of gritty supernatural tales of magic and mischief by leading genre authors includes an original "Harry Dresden" by Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs' story about a vampire who must save the Fae who lifted his curse, and Holly Black's short pieceabout a rock star who discovers a young woman's unnatural appetites.… (plus d'informations)
Enjoyed several of these stories. "Urban fantasy" has become synonymous for paranormal thriller/romance, but despite the silly title and cover art, Datlow embraces all fantasy in urban settings, collecting stories ranging from gritty to sweet, spanning genres and countries (we even get a few secondary-world fantasies, whose absence always bothers me in fantasy short story collections).
My favorites here were the sweet or humorous stories - "Priced to Sell" by Naomi Novik, chronicling the real estate market in a supernatural Manhattan, probably gave me the most joy. "And Go Like This" by John Crowley is short and awesome.
Book gets a demerit for Patricia Briggs' "Fairy Gifts," which I couldn't finish because I was upset by an incredibly offensive portrayal of a character with Down's Syndrome. Maybe she was going somewhere not awful with that, but I couldn't wait around for it to happen, particularly as it was accompanied by questionable portrayals of Asian American characters and some pretty darn awful writing. (Based on Datlow's blog, I'm speculating this story was a last minute addition from a big-name author, since her preliminary Table of Contents omits it.) ( )
I had read a few of the stories in this collection previously but hadn’t read the book cover to cover before. Several of the stories are set in established universe but certainly not all. One of the stories I enjoyed the most was Naomi Novik’s slice of life of real estate agents in NYC handling clients with extra needs. The Bear story also reminded me that I need to finish the Promethean Age stories. A good collection with something for everyone. Not every story worked for me, but it might for you. ( )
Like many anthologies, I found Naked City to be a mixed bag. Of the twenty short stories, I only liked/loved six. As a result, I would have rated this lower, except those six were well worth slogging through the others to read.
This anthology of short fiction affords a superb sampling of urban fantasy, that popular sf/fantasy subgenre defined in the book’s introduction (which, in all of three pages, is a welcome and helpful, to say nothing of articulate, definition of this subgenre) as a combination of the "often-dark edge of city living with enticing worlds of magic"—with an urban landscape being absolutely crucial to the story. To put it another way (as also expressed in the introduction, that is), "where the story takes place should matter, in some way, to the story."
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For my parents, Doris and Nathan Datlow, whom I love dearly and who infected me with their love for reading.
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The term urban fantasy was originally applied to fantasy written in reaction to the works most popular up to the early 1980's -- high-fantasy, imaginary worlds with medieval trappings.
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"Memory is all we are," Stewart said softly, and reached up to stroke my hair.
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This anthology contains stories that are part of a series, but the book itself is not part of any series. If you have this anthology and wish to note the series component, please consider entering the relevant story separately.
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An anthology of gritty supernatural tales of magic and mischief by leading genre authors includes an original "Harry Dresden" by Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs' story about a vampire who must save the Fae who lifted his curse, and Holly Black's short pieceabout a rock star who discovers a young woman's unnatural appetites.
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Naked City? Ellen Datlow
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My favorites here were the sweet or humorous stories - "Priced to Sell" by Naomi Novik, chronicling the real estate market in a supernatural Manhattan, probably gave me the most joy. "And Go Like This" by John Crowley is short and awesome.
Book gets a demerit for Patricia Briggs' "Fairy Gifts," which I couldn't finish because I was upset by an incredibly offensive portrayal of a character with Down's Syndrome. Maybe she was going somewhere not awful with that, but I couldn't wait around for it to happen, particularly as it was accompanied by questionable portrayals of Asian American characters and some pretty darn awful writing. (Based on Datlow's blog, I'm speculating this story was a last minute addition from a big-name author, since her preliminary Table of Contents omits it.) (