On Supernatural Underground Now: Magic In Fantasy #11 — The Magic Next Door
The year and my Magic in Fantasy series on the Supernatural Underground are both rocking on — and this month’s focus is “The Magic Next Door”, or alternatively, Magic in the Everyday…
Yep, I’m talking the staple of the urban fantasy, paranormal urban fantasy/romance, and magic realism quadrants of the genre.
The three books I’m focusing on this month are:
- Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
- Sunshine by Robin McKinley
- The River Midnight by Lilian Nattel
All three weave their magic through the “next door” that is the everyday world, although Sunshine’s world is set post the apocalyptic Voodoo Wars, and The River Midnight in a fictional shetl in late nineteenth-century Poland.
To find out more, click on the following link — and read on!
Magic In Fantasy: The Magic Next Door
I love Sunshine! It’s a keeper and regular re-read! McKinley does such a good job keeping the “other” as “other.” Con only ever gets so sympathetic. And the landlady/wardskeeper is my favorite character, and I have always wanted a story starring her.
I always felt there should be a Sunshine sequel — but I don’t believe Robin McKinley shares that view. 😀
Oh, yes!!