Meaning of elfpunk | Babel Free

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A subgenre of urban fantasy in which fairies, elves, and other creatures from traditional European folklore exist in a contemporary urban setting.

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“Or, on a more personal level, imagine⟳ a world without Heinlein’s literary children, and grandchildren. A world in which fewer writers and artists turned to science fiction and fantasy because Heinlein had not blazed the trail; and therefore a world in which the rich array of fantastic literature — from “hard” sf and “new wave⟳” to “high fantasy” and “dark fantasy,” to “cyberpunk” and “splatterpunk” and “elfpunk” and all the rest⟳ — never came to be.”

“The scenes of high-school intrigue and shoplifting in magical malls seem flip rather than ingenious (“Pete was wearing acid-washed jeans and a denim jacket with the Wild Hunt’s ‘Horns of Elfland Tour’ logo painted on the back”), and the book’s later stretches, as Jane goes to college and then tries to make⟳ her way in the dangerous urban underworld, seem to protract Swanwick’s conceit — an amalgam of the “steampunk” and “elfpunk” motifs that various fantasy writers have⟳ been playing with in recent years — past its natural length.”

“Elfpunk is actually a sub-genre of urban fantasy. These are fantasy stories set⟳ in the gritty streets of a modern city environment and are peopled with faeries, elves, dragons and other beings from folklore. Authors writing elfpunk include⟳ Holly Black, Terry Brooks, and Laurell K. Hamilton with her Meredith Gentry series.”

“Dr. Alexander has written a number⟳ of steampunk short stories, children’s science-learning books, and a full-length elfpunk novel.”

“JESIKAH SUNDIN is a multi-award winning Dystopian Punk Lit, Fairy Tale, and Historical Fantasy writer, a mom of three nerdlets, a faeriecore and elfpunk geek, tree hugger, nature photographer, and a helpless romantic who married her high school sweetheart.”

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