Oh, I love this series, Bernard. I can't wait for Broken Homes next month. :)
There's another London urban fantasy series out now as well. Now that Mike Carey seems to have put a hold on the Felix Castor series, we have
There's another London urban fantasy series out now as well. Now that Mike Carey seems to have put a hold on the Felix Castor series, we have
the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka. Alex has been referred to as London's Dresden, but I think that's more Felix Castor. The Alex Verus books aren't quite as good, in my mind, as Butcher's nor Carey's, but they'll do for now and they do seem to improve with each one new. The next one, Chosen, is out in September.
Right now, I'm devouring Shadow Unit. I need to apologise to Elizabeth Bear for not reading it from the start. I'm late to the game, but I'm loving it. It's Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly and others collaborating on their own invented paranormal detective TV show -- writing stories for a TV show that never existed, Shadow Unit. And I'm liking it. They're available for eReaders or you can read them on-line: http://shadowunit.org/.
I'm also reading a non-genre book, The Other Typist.
Ellen
"Literature stops in 1100. After that, it's just books."
-- JRR Tolkien
-- JRR Tolkien
From: Bernard Peek <bap@shrdlu.com>
To: tamson-house@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: good books
On 17/06/13 05:17, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> How's tricks, folks? I've read some excellent books lately that I thought
> I'd share with y'all. I hope this doesn't interfere with all the other list
> activity that's been happening lately.
I think we can cope with the extra activity.
I've recently read three books in a series written by a British author
Ben Aaronovitch. The series is called the Rivers of London and several
of London's rivers appear in the books. If you thought London only had
the Thames then read and learn. You will also learn a lot of London
geography including the overground, underground and underworld. The
protagonist is an apprentice wizard attached to London's Metropolitan
Police. The books are great fun, I'm not sure how much of that fun is
because I am a Londoner, though now transplanted.
The books so far are:
Rivers of London
Moon Over Soho
Whispers Underground
Broken Homes (which will be published next month.)
If you like the idea of forensic thaumaturgy also look out for the Lord
D'Arcy stories by Randall Garrett.
--
Bernard Peek
bap@shrdlu.com
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