anybody read charles delint?

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

i first discovered him because of a book called blue girl which is total;ly KICKASS if i do say so myself(and i do! whee ) but today i just finished reading another book of his called onion girl which was fantastic! but for an older age level...or not very innocent highschoolers but some of the material in there is very....uuuh....dirty sweatdrop ...nonetheless it is a very good book!next one im reading is called Widdershins cant wait whee  

[xpumkynxmonkiex]

what are his books about?  

[Harbone]

deLint writes Fantasy mostly, but he became famous for what they call "Urban Fantasy." The books I've read by him (which do not include Blue Girl or Widdershins, sorry. They're on my list, but it will be a while before I get to them) usualy depict a world, the modern world, where the land of Faerie is overlaid on top of it, invisible to mortals.

In Jack the Giant Killer, a young lady becomes the "Jack" (sort of an official magically-charged community trickster or Clever Hero) for the city of Ottowa after she saves a... well... a lawn gnome from the Wild Hunt of celtic lore)

In Greenmantle, a soldati (hit man) stumbles across a different version of the Wild Hunt pursuing a stag that's a personfication of Mystery itself. Pretty neat stuff.

deLint also wrote the book that, I think, inspired FASA games' Shadowrun,
Svaha, and about a million other things.

Here's a link:

http://www.librarything.com/author/lintcharlesde&all=books  

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

very good summary. most of his stories take place in a fictional town called newford. and his fairies(spelled faery) are of a more gothic sort but it can be really good stuff  

[Harbone]

Really? You think his fay stuff is goth? Really?
It's more Neo- Celtic than goth, to me. But I haven't read too many of his Newport ones, I mostly read the stuff he set in Ottowa (Newport kind of IS Ottowa, from what I understand.)  

[NightIntent]

I read The Riddle of the Wren. So good. I've been meaning to read other Charles deLint books, but haven't gotten around to it yet. But The Riddle of the Wren is another of the books that I own that I've read so much that the spine is starting to fall apart at the bottom.  

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

which tells ud your opinon.....CHARLES DELINT IS AWESOME  

[Rhiannen]

I adore Charles DeLint! In fact, I joined this guild because I saw this thread. urban fantasy is one of my favorite things, and I think it's a bit neglected as a genre.

His Newford stories are my overall favorites.  

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

i agree. its not something you really see although the tithe and valiant books were also urban fantasy. i like both though modern and not modern fantasy as long as its a good story thats all that counts to me  

[Rhiannen]

Have you read any of Emma Bull and Steven Brust? You might like those also.  

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

i have not even heard of either of those people sweatdrop  

[Rhiannen]

I don't think enough people have, but definitely worth a read.  

[laaalalalalalalalalas]

i will remeber those but right now i have alot on my list of must reads...pendragon, required reading, across the nightingale floor, mirror mirror...AAAAAAAAAH *falls to the floor having spasms....
but i do like having alot to read so its all good  

[Harbone]

Rhiannen

Have you read any of Emma Bull and Steven Brust? You might like those also.

Whoops! I accidentally PM'd Miss Rhiannen about this rather than posting it.

I meant to say that Emma Bull's WAR FOR THE OAKS is a book people keep telling me to read and I will, One of These Days.

I'm a little afraid of Brust, however.

And it's Newford, not Newport, in case I made that error elsewhere (I read the Newford short stories when I was in Portland, OR, you see. I often get them mixed up.)

Does this make any sense?  

[Rhiannen]

Try Brokedown Palace for a start with Brust.

Across the Nightengale Floor will only send you hurtling into the rest of the trilogy. It's like the Bitterbynde saga. You can put it down until you know the end....