The strange rivalry between British fantasy writers with Hadas Elber-Aviram Check the book out here https://amzn.to/3wdpdeu Interview Timeline Hadas Elber-Aviram has loved fantasy since she was small and studied as a graduate student. She recently released a book about British fantasy writers and their use of London in their fiction. We spoke about the book and British fantasy. Fairy Tales of London: British Urban Fantasy, 1840 to the Present (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021) 0:37 – Hadas talks about why she started studying fantasy. 2:23 – Hadas talks about why she compared rural and urban fantasy authors. 5:07 – Hadas talks about where these fantasy authors lived. 6:24 – Hadas talks about why London was so disliked. 7:47 – Hadas talks about the positive aspects of London that authors wrote about. 9:24 – Hadas talks about the authors she covers in the book and what she discusses about each. 14:41 – Hadas talks about how many rural writers existed post WWII. 16:43 – Hadas talks about Tolkien’s attitudes. 18:24 – Hadas talks urban writers’ approaches to the urban. 20:09 – Hadas talks about looking at London in a fantastic way. 23:24 – Hadas contrasts the physical aspect of London versus the people who lived there. 26:14 – Hadas talks more about London Architecture and how it’s made fantastic. 28:34 – Hadas discusses the use of London and other cities in fantasy before 1840. 31:07 – Hadas talks about magical spots in London. 34:38 – Hadas talks about her research methods. 37:41 – Hadas goes into detail about an HG Wells story. 40:12 – Hadas talks about reading stories where they are located and about urban fantasy as a tour guide. 41:55 – Hadas talks about enjoying walking through London. 45:21 – Hadas talks about not including J.G. Bollard. 46:18 – Hadas talks about the tragedy of Mervyn Peake. 50:17 – Hadas talks about the label urban fantasy. 52:07 – We discuss the journey in Dracula and then “cozy catastrophes”. 58:40 – Hadas can be found at the University of Notre Dame, London. Links of interest https://amzn.to/3wdpdeu https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/fairy-tales-of-london-9781350110687/ Contact Information For more “Full Contact Nerd” please follow me at crisalvarez.com, on Facebook at CrisAlvarezFCN, on youtube at Cris Alvarez on twitter @CrisAlvarezFCN, on Instagram @crisalvarezscifi, and on Apple Podcasts / Google Podcasts / Stitcher / Spotify for the podcast. Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like. Guests: Hadas Elber-Aviram Host: Cris Alvarez Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, Bloomsbury, fantasy, literature, literary studies, Check the book out here