War for the Oaks
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
- Book discussion group on feministSF mailing list (Dec. 2001)
Editions
- 1987: Ace Books, New York