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==Editions==
==Editions==
* 1987: Ace Books, New York
* 1987: Ace Books, New York
* 2001: Orb Books, New York


[[Category:1987 publications]]
[[Category:1987 publications]]
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[[category:Novels]]
[[Category:Works of urban fantasy]]
[[Category:Works of urban fantasy]]

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Orb Books, 2001 reprint edition

War for the Oaks is an important fantasy novel by Emma Bull. This early work of urban fantasy helped kick off the subgenre of rock'n'roll faery stories.

The novel tells the story of Eddi McCandry, a rock musician struggling to keep her band together in Minneapolis. The strangely attractive man who comes to an audition turns out to be a "phouka," an elven changeling. Eddi's interactions with the phouka, and later with the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, intersect with her band's musical development, including many descriptions of real Minneapolis folk/rock clubs of the late 1980s.

Further reading

Editions

  • 1987: Ace Books, New York
  • 2001: Orb Books, New York