Rock and roll, Faeries, and more are found in Emma Bull’s urban punk novel (originally published waaay back in 1987, reprinted in 2001), War for the Oaks. Who knew that under Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis lives a thriving Faerie community? When rock singer Edie stumbles across this fantasy world, she is assigned a “phouka” – a guard of sorts, and discovers she’s been chosen as a pawn in an age-old war between good and evil. Library student Bethany Bates has put together a fan webpage featuring the book, check it out at https://sites.google.com/site/warfortheoaksproject/home. She considers it “a classic of the now burgeoning genre of urban fantasy, and doesn’t get the recognition it should.”
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She’s right. This is one of the earliest “faeries in an urban setting” books, and it’s groundbreaking. Any urban fantasy discussion group should start here and then move on to Charles de Lint.
Thanks for featuring some of my student’s work. Bethany did a great job on this one and she is right, this is a book that has gained in significance over time.
For those interested in more examples of reading maps on other titles, I keep and archive at http://raforall.blogspot.com/p/reading-maps.html