Another link roundup.: seanan

Another link roundup.

The one problem with being immediately post-release for one book and pre-release for another—and believe me, I know, as problems go, this is possibly one of the best ones to have—is the speed with which links build up in my little pile o' things I need to post here. Since I need to get to work on the content for MiraGrant.com, I'm doing a roundup a little closer to the last one than I normally do, just to get them out of the way and free up a few tabs.

(I do these for reference sake, for archive's sake, and because my publisher actually does track reviews through my blog. In case you were wondering.)

First up, Sunil, who will be rooming with me at the San Diego International Comic Convention, has posted his LJ review of A Local Habitation. He had some issues with the book, which I found totally fair, but it was a generally positive review. There were no good pull quotes from this one; you'll just need to read it. Also, if you're in the Bay Area, Sunil is currently appearing in DeathPlay in San Francisco, and I highly recommend it for a night's entertainment. He's a funny guy!

My friend Will recommended the Toby books to

stormfeather, who read and reviewed Rosemary and Rue. Yay! She says "The stories are intricate enough and involving, and I basically just enjoyed most of the things about these books." (She also wants to see more of the San Francisco crew, which I can guarantee in An Artificial Night. Yay!)

Harriet has posted a review of Feed over at Genre-Go-Round, and says "Feed is a profound action-packed paranormal political thriller that extrapolates from modern trends including epidemiology research, political buying, handling and spins, and blogging superseding mains stream media, but in a way that the audience would not expect." Woo-hoo! That makes me very happy. And not just because she said "politics" a lot.

There's a new interview with me up over at Dirty Sexy Books! I love this site, and this interview included some really fun questions for me to answer. (Actually, I just love interviews, period, as long as they don't ask where I get my ideas or make nasty comments about the amount of soda I consume.)

jawastew has posted a lovely review of Rosemary and Rue, and says "Rosemary and Rue is one of those novels I love and had so much fun with, I almost don’t want to screw those super fantastic feelings of glee with a review." But the review is there, and absolutely lovely. Give it a read.

bookblather has posted a review of A Local Habitation that is essentially pure comedy gold. She says "I promised myself I would be calm and coherent in this review. But I think we can all agree that that's not happening." Seriously, just...just read it (if you've read the book, she freely admits to the presence of spoilers). The laughing out loud, I does it.

That's it for right now; more to come!

saffronrose

March 21 2010, 01:44:45 UTC 7 years ago

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Harlan Ellison's response to "Where do you get your ideas?" is/used to be, "From the Idea Factory in Poughkeepsie NY".

You too could use such a pat answer if you wanted to do so!

seanan_mcguire

March 22 2010, 00:49:51 UTC 7 years ago

I get my ideas from my muse, an alcoholic woman named Jane.

March 22 2010, 01:03:37 UTC 7 years ago

That's a great one--I like it lots.

jawastew

March 21 2010, 02:44:25 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you for posting a link to my review! I've just started reading A Local Habitation. It's wonderful, I assure you. :)

March 22 2010, 00:50:18 UTC 7 years ago

Yay!

I try to post all the reviews that my Google spiders find for me. Good little spiders.

March 22 2010, 05:05:43 UTC 7 years ago

That's quite a handy thing for authors to have use of! :)

March 22 2010, 18:30:07 UTC 7 years ago

Handy, and also, occasionally, bad. Because people forget that authors are real human beings sometimes, and post about us like they think they're the newest hot thing in trash blogging.

March 22 2010, 18:53:27 UTC 7 years ago

I always lose immediate trust in reviewers who resort to outright insults either to the author, their work, or their fans. It's immature and unwarranted. I really can't appreciate a review that can't rise above its own inarticulate opinion. It's really incredulous when I stop to think, "What did the author ever do to personally insult this reader? ...They willingly picked up this book to read."

Even if I don't like a book, that's really no justification for being unable to recommend it to readers who may. In any event, my undergraduate emphasis was in creative writing. There's certain things I can appreciate from personal experience that make me even more conscious of what I say and how I say it when reviewing. People really do tend to forget authors are breathing human beings with feelings that can and do get hurt.

April 1 2010, 15:30:40 UTC 7 years ago

Agreed. It's like...there are books I hate that people I care about love, and when I fail to account for that, I fail as a reviewer.

I appreciate your remembering that authors have hearts. It's really, really an awesome thing to keep in mind.

palmer_kun

March 21 2010, 03:47:25 UTC 7 years ago

Were you aware that Toby is on TVTropes?
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OctoberDaye

spectralbovine

March 21 2010, 06:18:19 UTC 7 years ago

Jesus shit, Internet! You work fast.

March 22 2010, 00:53:19 UTC 7 years ago

I was! I was not aware that it had been updated, however. GO INTERNET GO.

March 21 2010, 06:22:03 UTC 7 years ago

Aw, thanks for the plug!! Yes, everyone come see DeathPlay! There are no faeries or zombies, but there are clowns and mimes and puppets, which are very similar.

Interviews are fun!

March 22 2010, 00:53:38 UTC 7 years ago

How many shows are left?

March 22 2010, 03:06:49 UTC 7 years ago

This coming weekend is closing weekend. Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Three more chances!

bookblather

March 21 2010, 07:54:04 UTC 7 years ago

Why, thank you! I'm glad I made you laugh. :D A Local Habitation is one of the most excellent books I've read ever, and Toby is joy. And Quentin is more joy. Oh, Quentin. Why do you have a girlfriend.

March 22 2010, 01:19:53 UTC 7 years ago

I promise, Quentin is here to stay! I love him so.

filceolaire

March 21 2010, 15:52:48 UTC 7 years ago

I loved Rosemary and Rue. I'm a little wary of A Local Habitation as it's not in the city and I loved the city as seen through Toby's eyes.

So when is Toby going to visit the Palace of Fine Arts? That was definitely the most fae place I saw when I visited San Francisco. It just looks like there is so much more to it, just out of this plane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Fine_Arts

I just noticed there is no "user created map" for Rosemary and Rue on Google maps. There is a little task for me the next time I read it - if the daughter ever returns it.

March 22 2010, 01:20:23 UTC 7 years ago

I think you'll like A Local Habitation. The computer industry, as seen through Toby's eyes.

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