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[Alexander]

Right now I'm about to start a new book actually, but I'm a bit torn. I've got the Appeal from John Grisham, American gods by Neil Gaimann and the first Shannara books by Terry Brooks. All were acquired on my recent trip to Orlando, and I'm not sure which to begin with tbh as all are quite appealing

[Romanian_Dude2563]

Hey this is like my first post here! Time sure has past.

Ok, I've decided to focus my attention for the following year exclusively on urban fantasies or modern fantasies. I'm curently writting three short stories in this theme so I want to get in it as much as I can. One combines Sherlock Holmes with The Master and Margharita and Memento in early 20th century Moscow. One is placed in modern New York, I'm not sure about the theme yet, but I've got most of the main characters shaped up and it has the dark goth feel of World of Darkness. And the last one is in 1921 Bagdad, the theme is the story of Alladin backwards in which a genie (I don't know how to shape him up yet) searches for his master. I might change the location to somewhere in China to stay true to the Arabian Nights, but I want to use ancient arab folklore in the story, so I'm using Bagdad during the british rule.

I'm a big Neil Gaiman fan, so I've read Neverwhere, American Gods and Graveyard book. Then there's The Master and Margharita that did a great job at combining fantasy with 20th century Moscow making it funny without overdoing, but the last 100 or so pages nearly ruined the whole book for me. I guess I could add Good Omes in this lot, but the book doesn't take itself seriously so it doesn't count. I'm going to go through Nine Princes in Ambers soon. And I'm planing on buying a China Mieville soon.

What other books focus on old folklore like American Gods does? And what other urban fantasy books should I read?

This post has been edited by Romanian_Dude2563: Apr 22 2009, 09:32 PM