London Below

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London Below is a hidden, fantastical underworld beneath the streets of London, inhabited by magical beings, forgotten people, and strange dangers in Neil Gaiman’s urban fantasy universe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fantasy setting
fictional city
underground world
accessedVia disused Underground stations
gaps and cracks in London Above
hidden doors
appearsIn Neverwhere NERFINISHED
Neverwhere (1996 TV series) NERFINISHED
Neverwhere (1996 novel) NERFINISHED
Neverwhere (radio drama) NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Door
Hunter NERFINISHED
Marquis de Carabas NERFINISHED
Mr. Croup NERFINISHED
Mr. Vandemar NERFINISHED
Richard Mayhew NERFINISHED
contrastedWith London Above NERFINISHED
creator Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1996
genre urban fantasy
governedBy shifting rules and bargains
hasCharacteristic dangerous
hidden
magical
parallel world
hasEconomy barter and favors
hasLanguage The Old Speech of London Below NERFINISHED
hasNotableLocation Blackfriars NERFINISHED
Down Street NERFINISHED
Earl’s Court (mobile court on a Tube train) NERFINISHED
Floating Market
Knightsbridge / Night’s Bridge NERFINISHED
The Angel Islington NERFINISHED
The British Museum (London Below) NERFINISHED
The Underside NERFINISHED
hasRule names often have literal or twisted meanings
those from London Above are usually unnoticed
hasTheme people who fall through the cracks of society
urban myth made real
inhabitedBy angels
assassins
magical beings
markets and traders
people who fall through the cracks
rat-speakers
the forgotten NERFINISHED
inspiredBy London Underground NERFINISHED
London place names
locatedInFictional London NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction setting for Richard Mayhew’s journey
partOfFictionalUniverse Neverwhere universe NERFINISHED

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Neverwhere setting London Below