Question re genre

[Ball of Fluff]

Hate to sound ignorant, but oh well. Wouldn't be the first time.

Just came across the phrase "grunge fantasy". Can someone let me know
exactly what sub-genre this describes?

Claire

[Dan Goodman]

Post by Ball of Fluff
Hate to sound ignorant, but oh well. Wouldn't be the first time.
Just came across the phrase "grunge fantasy". Can someone let me know
exactly what sub-genre this describes?

Never came across it myself. It's quite possible that your source is
the inventor of that sub-category.
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[Zeborah]

Post by Dan Goodman

Post by Ball of Fluff
Hate to sound ignorant, but oh well. Wouldn't be the first time.
Just came across the phrase "grunge fantasy". Can someone let me know
exactly what sub-genre this describes?

Never came across it myself. It's quite possible that your source is
the inventor of that sub-category.

There's results on Google, though not a lot of relevant ones. It's been
used to describe Blood Engines by T. A. Pratt and Un Lun Dun by China
Miéville, for example.

Zeborah

[James A. Donald]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), Ball of Fluff

Post by Ball of Fluff
Hate to sound ignorant, but oh well. Wouldn't be the first time.
Just came across the phrase "grunge fantasy". Can someone let me know
exactly what sub-genre this describes?

"Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman is a good example: Magical and immortal
beings are dressed in rags, starving, live in abandoned buildings full
of trash and garbage, and what meager possessions they possess are
continually stolen by each other with violence.

Which does not make a lot of sense. Surely an immortal being with
remarkable superpowers should be able to afford a nice lair?
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[Graham Woodland]

Post by James A. Donald
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), Ball of Fluff

Post by Ball of Fluff
Hate to sound ignorant, but oh well. Wouldn't be the first time.
Just came across the phrase "grunge fantasy". Can someone let me know
exactly what sub-genre this describes?

"Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman is a good example: Magical and immortal
beings are dressed in rags, starving, live in abandoned buildings full
of trash and garbage, and what meager possessions they possess are
continually stolen by each other with violence.
Which does not make a lot of sense. Surely an immortal being with
remarkable superpowers should be able to afford a nice lair?
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That depends upon how all the other immortal beings with
remarkable superpowers are behaving. Increasing the stakes in a
negative-sum game is not obviously the high road to prosperity.