![]() ![]() ![]() The city-setting is a tool used to establish a tone, to help move the plot, and may even be acknowledged as a character itself. The period in which the action occurs may be the fairly recent past or the near future, but will typically require merely only casual historical or other special knowledge from the reader. Common use of contemporary technologies (automotive vehicles, communications, etc.) and everyday community and social institutions (such as libraries, schools/universities, markets) also establishes a familiar context. The urban component is usually found in the setting - typically a large or small city - or even a suburban community in a metropolitan area. Authors may use current urban myths, borrow fictional technologies, or even invent occult practices, as well as using established supernatural characters and events from literature, film, or comics. Fantastic components may be magic, paranormal beings, recognizable mythic or folk-tale plots, or thematic tropes (a quest, battle of good/evil, &c.). Such elements may exist secretly in the world or may occur openly. Urban fantasy combines selected imaginary/unrealistic elements of plot, character, theme, or setting with a largely-familiar world - combining the familiar and the strange. ![]()
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