Urban Fantasy discussion

Really into the whole apocalyptic/post apocalyptic genre. Any recommendations?

Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. Absolutely the best.

I'm reading book #5 in the Kate Daniels series. I had difficulty w/ the 1st 2 books (boring). If you can get past them the series gets really good by book #3. They are action packed w/ a bit of romance. The authors are a husband and wife writing team. The romance is a bit lack luster; anti-climax, but again the action scenes are great! Good recommendation!

The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin, first 2 books are The Passage & The Twelve

Not enough people have read and heard of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and . Octavia E. Butler was so highly regarded by science fiction writers and readers that she won a MacArthur genius grant. I believe she is the only sff author to have done so.

Julia wrote: "Not enough people have read and heard of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and . Octavia E. Butler was so highl..."

Amen to those!! I'm rereading Butler's Lilith's Brood: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago series and loving it all over again. It's a post-apocalyptic book of an entirely different kind.

I had a lot of fun reading Dies the Fire though it is less UF.

My favorite post apocalyptic series by far starts with Stirling is one of my favorite authors anyway and does a super job with this one. I've read all three, but the first is definitely the best for me. No vampires, no zombies ... just a worldwide EMP 'strike' that kicks civilization back to the pre-industrial age.

The followup series with the 'next generation' I didn't find nearly as fascinating.

literally about what happens after the world is invaded by the angles

If you can find them the 5th Millennium series by S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier are well worth checking out.

Saber and Shadow: A New Adventure in the Fifth Millennium is the first one (IIRC).

I'm not sure any are still in print, but I see them often enough at used book stores, they shouldn't bee too hard to find.

Julia wrote: "Not enough people have read and heard of Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and . [a..."

At one time I noticed that all my favourite authors seem to have surnames beginning with 'B'. Butler, Bujold, Brin, Butcher...

I loved encountering Butler. The first book I read was [bookcover:Mind of My Mind|116254] which seemed so very different from any of the other SF I had read at that time. In hindsight I suspect that the different perspective of an African American woman comes through in a wonderful way in comparison to the mostly European male voices I had heard up to that point.

A wonderful story teller with a strong voice! Such a loss to us all that she has passed away.