(This book looks great, check it out at Jeri-Smith Ready's website!)Fantasy, to me, has always been the
Dragon Riders series,
Conan the Barbarian, of course
Lord of the Rings, or maybe
A Wrinkle in Time, or
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, etc.
But Urban Fantasy is normally set in a city-style world (post apocolyptic, future, alternate earth time, etc.) and often features shape shifters, werewolves, vampires, angels, demons, etc--the tried and true elements of the horror genre.
I started thinking about this when I went hunting for urban fantasy at my local book store and saw the horror genre had one small little shelf, and all the vampire/monster books, etc. were placed in the fantasy section. If the horror author was well known (
Koontz,
King, etc.) they were simply shelved under 'fiction.'
Douglas Clegg and
Brian Keene were on the horror shelf, and I think
Clive Barker, if I'm remembering correctly, but gosh, the whole genre is practically gone from my bookstore.
So is Fantasy absorbing everything? Is horror becoming more of an 'element' than its own specific genre? What's going on?
What do you think?
Warmly,
Jenny:)
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