Kreader Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I like having the many variations of this genre. Mixes of crime/mystery, epic stories, action adventures and romances are all available especially when a book seems to a merge of more than one genre. Anne McCaffrey's Dragons of Pern series could be considered fantasy because of the dragons yet it starts out with sci-fi origins. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files is a mystery series in a urban fantasy setting. Then there's those paranormal romances lots on the vampires falling for forbidden or impossible loves like Twilight by Stephanie Myers. Anyone else interested in books like these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmy619 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I like having genre variations too. I wouldn't want to sit and read a book that was classed as "Romance", but give me a vampire romance/impossible love and I am hooked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookJumper Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 The best fantasy crossover authors out there in my opinion are: Jasper Fforde: his "Thursday Next" books are a delightful mixture of mixture of dystopic/time-travel science fiction and classic literature fanfiction. Sounds insane but it works, amd Neil Gaiman: "Anansi Boys", for example: part myth, part family drama, part crime novel. Brilliant storytelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreader Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 I like having genre variations too. I wouldn't want to sit and read a book that was classed as "Romance", but give me a vampire romance/impossible love and I am hooked! I'd find it hard to read a straight romance too, add a little quirk like vampires, werewolves, elves/fairies, aliens etc then it gets interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 A great crossover I read is the Dirk Gently series (Douglas Adams). For those of you who haven't heard of it, I highly recommend it :-) without spoiling it, I'll say that It's all about this "holistic detective" who gets involved with the "abnormal". Fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 The best fantasy crossover authors out there in my opinion are: Jasper Fforde: his "Thursday Next" books are a delightful mixture of mixture of dystopic/time-travel science fiction and classic literature fanfiction. Sounds insane but it works, amd I think Thursday Next series is an excellent idea and having read the first book in the series I can say that the excellent idea for a story is brilliantly executed into an amazing book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sci-fi-girl Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I love Chloe Neill and her Chicagoland vampire series. It has a bit of romance, with a bit of fighting/mystery and of course the vampires. There are 4 in the series so far and the 5th Drink Deep is out on the 1st of november. You can check them out here at Chloes website http://www.chloeneill.com/images/Drink_deep.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand00 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 C.S.Friedman's 'The Coldfire Trilogy' is great and The Darkover Series by Marion Z.Bradley is just awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 One of the best sci-fi romance crossovers I ever read is Anne McAffrey's first book, Restoree . A woman is plucked from the streets of New York and wakes up on another planet as somebody else. She had actually been skinned and hung up like a piece of meat ready to eat by an alien race but then rescued....she is a "restoree" one who has had somebody elses' skin and face placed over her flesh by the skill of a surgeon. Such as her are usually driven mad by the experience and trained for menial tasks as servants but our heroines' mind gradually returns and she becomes a strong woman who influences events.... It is also a love story and a strong female fantasy ( ie what woman does not want to sometimes be "someone else" more beautiful with a totally different life?) I really recommend this one it will stay with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreader Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 One of the best sci-fi romance crossovers I ever read is Anne McAffrey's first book, Restoree . A woman is plucked from the streets of New York and wakes up on another planet as somebody else. She had actually been skinned and hung up like a piece of meat ready to eat by an alien race but then rescued....she is a "restoree" one who has had somebody elses' skin and face placed over her flesh by the skill of a surgeon. Such as her are usually driven mad by the experience and trained for menial tasks as servants but our heroines' mind gradually returns and she becomes a strong woman who influences events.... It is also a love story and a strong female fantasy ( ie what woman does not want to sometimes be "someone else" more beautiful with a totally different life?) I really recommend this one it will stay with you! I recall reading this years ago, it was good, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kafka Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 The best fantasy crossover authors out there in my opinion are: Jasper Fforde: his "Thursday Next" books are a delightful mixture of mixture of dystopic/time-travel science fiction and classic literature fanfiction. Sounds insane but it works, amd Neil Gaiman: "Anansi Boys", for example: part myth, part family drama, part crime novel. Brilliant storytelling. Planned on mentioning Gaiman. Glad to see his name right away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon9 Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 C.S.Friedman's 'The Coldfire Trilogy' is great and The Darkover Series by Marion Z.Bradley is just awesome. Oh yes, thank you for mentioning that one! One of the very first books I read and it stole my 13 year old heart. Friedman has also written a book about a shapeshifter/vampire on a spaceship. The name escapes me. Its a slightly weird mix of fantasy and sci-fi but I liked it non the less. It seems like she has written several fantasy sci-fi mashups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrin Drader Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 One of the more memorable books I've read was Night of the Wolf by Alice Borchardt (Anne Rice's sister). She did a trilogy that were set in different historical periods, and the one thing they all had in common was that they involved werewolves. Honestly, I couldn't finish the first book, and I still haven't picked up the third one, but the second one really resonated with me. It was set at the beginning of the Roman Empire, when Caesar took power. This one definitely bends genre, which is cool because in the end, it became its own thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 C.S.Friedman's 'The Coldfire Trilogy' is great ... I beg to differ! (Noll can probbaly even this one up with a glowing counter-review!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon9 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I beg to differ! (Noll can probbaly even this one up with a glowing counter-review!). Oh, com'on, It was not THAT bad. (then again I read it when 13). You say in your review that Use Of Weapons was much better but that book made me irk in unexplained hatred towards it within the first 40 pages. I put it down after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Oh, com'on, It was not THAT bad. Pretty much was! It's the first time I've re-read that review for quite a while and I stand by it. Use of Weapons jumps around a lot at the beginning and it takes a while to get into, but it is worth sticking with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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