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Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Enough of the grassland moors

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I like tend to like things based on post-medieval European historical periods, whether they're in a version of our world or just one based on it. Italian Renaissance city-states, Ruritania, early 20th-century Europe. For instance.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Oh yes, absolutely!

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen a lot with a vaguely Tang Dynasty aesthetic, which is nice. I'd like to see some with that Moroccan/North African sort of vibe, mosaics and minarets and so forth.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[morieris]

Same. I was reading a book called The Black Tides of Heaven and liked how (while I don't know what Dynasty it's calling to), definitely had more than just East Asian people in the world. I feel like there is something like a North African fantasy aesthetic that I just can't remember....

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[silverr]

if you read Black Tides in that anthology of LGBT fantasy that Tor put out, you might have also read Kai Ashante Wilson (?)'s *A Taste of Honey*, which felt to me to be somewhat North African.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[bur]

Space! I love me some science-fantasy.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[philstar22]

Yes! Science-fantasy is the best.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

It's not the best example, because it is in many ways still your stereotypical medieval-European style fantasy, just with 80s sci-fi cheese thrown on top, but I still have to credit Krull for starting my love of science-fantasy way back when. Particularly the alien bone-palace at the end, and the glass spider, and planet Krull's hardcore wedding ceremonies.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[philstar22]

I love exploring different cultures and what a fantasy setting would be like in a different culture. Like, high fantasy but Chinese or Japanese or Spanish or Mayan or Aztec.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[kaijinscendre]

I like Urban Fantasy. My favorite series is Rivers of London.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Urban fantasy is one of the largest subgenres, though. At this point, I'd say it's pretty traditional.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Urban has been bigger than medieval/renaissance "historic" fantasy for over 20 years now.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I agree. It really took off in the 90s, though of course it's been around for longer than that.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[kaijinscendre]

Does that include stuff like...Twilight or Interview With A Vampire? Because most urban fantasy I see is just "vampires in a vague 90s area but with more rain."

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I personally wouldn't call either of those urban fantasy, per se. Vampire literature is arguably its own sub genre of horror. But there's tons of fantasy in an urban setting,it's not rare or new. You've got stuff like Dresden Files, Simon R. Green, Terry Brooks' non-Shannara books, Laurel K. Hamilton, Neil Gaiman's American Gods, Kim Harrison's witch series, any of the hundreds and thousands of books with badass chick in leather on the cover, etc.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I'd love to see more fantasy set in Asian countries.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this. Especially in videogames.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Silkpunk, science-fantasy, weird west, jazz-age.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I saw a fancast on tumblr of Tolkien's elves, but wuxia. It actually looked pretty awesome.

Things I'd like to see more of: polar/tundra/steppe fantasy. Maybe set up to 19th/early 20th century era tech-wise, because trains and airships and things. Particularly I'd like things that play around with polar days/nights, navigating vast landscapes of snow, nomadic lifestyles, that kind of thing. Plus magic. And maybe a few lovecraftian-type beasties buried under polar ice, if people are in the mood.

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

I would definitely be down for more pokar/tundra stuff like that!

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[greghousesgf]

can't believe no one's mentioned the world-building done in ATLA yet....

Re: Favorite non traditional fantasy settings

[(Anonymous)]

Oz. I love how whimsical everything is, especially the magic.

Wonderland as well.