Subject: Two recommendations.
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Posted on: 2013-05-08 22:42:00 UTC

Just two? Yes - otherwise I'd be here forever.

1/ The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper. I know it's already been mentioned, but these books are fantastically awesome. If you read them (read them!), it's often best to skip Over Sea, Under Stone on first readthrough, or maybe read it just before Greenwitch. It's a somewhat different book to the rest, and The Dark is Rising itself serves as a better intro to the series.

When the Dark comes rising, Six shall turn it back
Three from the Circle, Three from the track
Wood, bronze, iron, water, fire, stone
Five will return - and one go alone...


-- oh, and I do mean read the books. Do not watch the movie. It is a horrible travesty.

2/ Heroes. Seriously, has no-one mentioned this yet? Back in 2006 this show was the show if you were on the internet. It's basically exactly what you said - superpowered people in the real world.

(On this topic - Series 1 is universally regarded as awesome. After that, Your Mileage May Vary)

... all right, three.

3/ The Night Watch series by Sergei Lukyanenko. Russian urban fantasy. If the translations are available where you are - I think there's a couple of versions, although obviously the ones I've read are the best - they're worth tracking down. A bit dark in places, but amazing. Currently there's four books.

Oh, and two films. Can you guess what I'm about to say?

Apparently the (Russian) producers looked at the books, said, "They've got vampires in? That makes them HORROR!" and filmed it on that basis. That's... not what the books are. They're fantasy. So don't watch the films.

hS

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