The kind of stuff she is not interested in at the moment:
- Vampires/Werewolves--I think that the market reached saturation on these guys a while back.
- S3x Magic—I prefer almost any other form of magic.
- Irish Fairies and Greek or Egyptian Mythology—Again, these have been kind of played out at the moment.
- Single Gender Societies: It would be hard to beat Nicola Griffith’s Ammonite for this one. And male single-gender societies always involve mpreg which I’m just not a fan of at all.
- Urban Fantasy set in North America or London—I don’t actually have anything against this, but I’ve just acquired a different book about that very same thing, so for the diversity of the line, I shouldn’t really buy another one.
The kind of stuff she wants to see:
Urban Fantasy set anywhere else in the world BUT North America and London: Beijing? Rio de Janeiro? Oslo? Heck, what about the United Arab Emirates? (How weird would it be to have an urban fantasy set in Dubai?) I really loved Sergei Lukyanenko’s Night Watch series, partially because it’s set in Russia and deals with Russian mythology. How fresh! How new! Howzabout some of that?
Space Opera: I really don’t think there’s enough space opera in the world. I would seriously consider purchasing a story that could be described as “Gay Star Wars” so long as it wasn’t just thinly disguised fan fiction. (I don’t want George Lucas’ lawyers to come looking for me.)
High Fantasy: While I could do without elves and dwarves or anything resembling an orc (especially all in the same story) I really do like Sword & Sorcery stories. I mean, that’s why I bought Ginn Hale’s Lord of the White Hell.
Genuine Cyberpunk & Future Dystopia: Oh, how I love Blade Runner. Rutger Hauer wins my vote for best death scene speech ever. “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” Wow! Gives me shivers every single time.
Secondary World Stories of all kinds: this just means “Not Earth.” Not future Earth, not past Earth. Not Earth At All. Hardly anybody ever sends me these. But when they do, I almost always find them worth a read.
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