- there is a history in urban fantasy (and various other literatures) of the "underground" being meant literally, and using things like subway/tube stops, old tunnels, etc. it's the same sort of thing as the "other"/"hidden" america. in the more modern canon you have writers like mike ford and poppy z brite and emma bull and gaiman and francesca lia block and lisa goldstein, and even jk rowling -- all worth reading if you have the time. (there's a bunch of authors i can't even remember, and that's not including all the writers who did it during the 19th century.)
- neil gaiman has this theory (and i tried to find it on the web, but it's likely just something he said to kelly or gavin or nalo who just repeated it to me) that the place where writers go for their fiction is like a big collective unconscious soup pot, and one person puts in something, and another puts in something else, and in the end you have this thick, rich soup that everyone can have a piece of -- and once every takes their own portion, they add special things like spices and exotic vegetables to make it something all their own. it's why he didn't sue jk rowling for plagiarism.
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- there is a history in urban fantasy (and various other literatures) of the "underground" being meant literally, and using things like subway/tube stops, old tunnels, etc. it's the same sort of thing as the "other"/"hidden" america. in the more modern canon you have writers like mike ford and poppy z brite and emma bull and gaiman and francesca lia block and lisa goldstein, and even jk rowling -- all worth reading if you have the time. (there's a bunch of authors i can't even remember, and that's not including all the writers who did it during the 19th century.)
- neil gaiman has this theory (and i tried to find it on the web, but it's likely just something he said to kelly or gavin or nalo who just repeated it to me) that the place where writers go for their fiction is like a big collective unconscious soup pot, and one person puts in something, and another puts in something else, and in the end you have this thick, rich soup that everyone can have a piece of -- and once every takes their own portion, they add special things like spices and exotic vegetables to make it something all their own. it's why he didn't sue jk rowling for plagiarism.