Reviews, interviews, and silliness for a bookday.: seanan

Reviews, interviews, and silliness for a bookday.

First up for today, Stephanie Leary has posted about becoming a fan of my work. This is charming, awesome, and really sweet. I especially appreciate the acknowledgment that my website does not suck. I think she's right in her assessment that we're the same kind of geek, too, which is awesome.

Because it's Feed's bookday, it's also time for some reviews. Unshelved is a web comic about librarians, and, being awesome people, the creators also provide space for book reviews. Well, they've posted a review of Feed, which says "This is smart zombie fiction, a mystery/thriller first and a zombie book second. Add the new media angle and the details of a society as obsessed with tracking infection as governing itself and you have a book that entertains with several different storylines." (They also have a note on who the book is recommended for, which says "Anyone who has discussed what a zombie-proof society would look like with good friends right after a Mountain Dew and Red-Vine fueled zombie movie marathon.") Hee.

Brian at Blog Critics has posted a lengthy review of Feed, and says "These days I am often intrigued by cover blurbs for novels, but rarely surprised by the words within. Mira Grant's novel Feed starts out innocently enough but morphs into a complex, amazingly intelligent, engaging story that kept me reading late into the night a few nights. This is not your average zombie story and easily in the top three books I've read so far in 2010."

Also, and I love this: "The first few chapters serve as an introduction to the Mason siblings' world, innocuously sucking you into liking these quirky characters and the bizarre zombie world they inhabit. It starts slowly as Grant rolls the Trojan Horse through your front gate and sets you up for an emotional thrill ride of politics, espionage, terrorism, and murder. I urge you to let Grant lay her trap. You'll get plenty of zombies, but soon see that the real monsters, just like in our own world, are all too human." Dude, I may need to get that done up in cross-stitch and hang it on my wall. But then, any review that closes with "Honestly, if you only read one book about zombies this year, read Mira Grant's Feed" has my love.

Slamel over at Elitist Book Reviews has posted a review of Feed, and says "Feed was a fun, and unique, ride through the flavor of the year. If we could choose a zombie book to recommend as a final foray into the zombie tropes, it would be Feed." The review is pretty awesome on the whole. I'm pleased.

Finally for right now, Adele over at Unbound tossed me some fantastic interview questions, and has posted her equally fantastic interview. We talk Toby, zombies, filk, and the Black Death, which is always a good way to spend an afternoon. Check it out!

Now we must rinse.

spectralbovine

April 27 2010, 18:00:20 UTC 7 years ago

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First up for today, Stephanie Leary has posted about becoming a fan of my work. This is charming, awesome, and really sweet.
Aw, that's adorable. I hope you get to meet her.

Also, and I love this: "The first few chapters serve as an introduction to the Mason siblings' world, innocuously sucking you into liking these quirky characters and the bizarre zombie world they inhabit. It starts slowly as Grant rolls the Trojan Horse through your front gate and sets you up for an emotional thrill ride of politics, espionage, terrorism, and murder. I urge you to let Grant lay her trap. You'll get plenty of zombies, but soon see that the real monsters, just like in our own world, are all too human." Dude, I may need to get that done up in cross-stitch and hang it on my wall. But then, any review that closes with "Honestly, if you only read one book about zombies this year, read Mira Grant's Feed" has my love.
Wooooo! Yeah, those bits were great.

Slamel over at Elitist Book Reviews has posted a review of Feed
Oh God. I literally did not get the significance of Shaun's name until just now.

Also, things they didn't like! Refreshing! I think that sort of thing is always tough. It's like Spider's articles: as soon as I saw that we would get to read them, I knew there was no way Warren Ellis could REALLY make them sound as amazing and ingenious as they were purported to be, but I went with it. Who am I to judge?

seanan_mcguire

April 27 2010, 18:03:09 UTC 7 years ago

I actually went out of my way not to do the real reports for Shaun and Georgia; the blogs included in the book are supposed to be their more "personal" blogs, as opposed to actual articles. (There are some real articles included in Deadline, since Mahir does more science reporting than Georgia, and he gets more entries.) But yeah, I appreciate them calling out what they didn't like. It's much more believable than unrelenting praise.

And wow, you didn't get that? Heee. Shaun...of the Dead. Also, his blog name is a reference to Army of Darkness.

April 27 2010, 18:21:49 UTC 7 years ago

I actually went out of my way not to do the real reports for Shaun and Georgia; the blogs included in the book are supposed to be their more "personal" blogs, as opposed to actual articles.
Ah, that explains why it didn't ping me. I guess I got that, and they didn't! Heh.

(There are some real articles included in Deadline, since Mahir does more science reporting than Georgia, and he gets more entries.)
Ooh. Science!!

But yeah, I appreciate them calling out what they didn't like. It's much more believable than unrelenting praise.
Exactly. Although the unrelenting praise makes me smile.

And wow, you didn't get that? Heee. Shaun...of the Dead. Also, his blog name is a reference to Army of Darkness.
I'll have to look out for that.

7 years ago

mskauri

April 27 2010, 20:34:05 UTC 7 years ago

Congrats, congrats! I'm hoping to increase my book budget this month to allow FEED to be added to my collection. One way or another, it WILL be mine!

April 28 2010, 19:48:39 UTC 7 years ago

Thank you! Also, yay. Please enjoy.

paradisacorbasi

April 28 2010, 02:38:05 UTC 7 years ago

I have my copy in hand and am probably going to read it in bed before I sleep despite the potentiality for nightmare fuel! Whee!

April 28 2010, 19:48:46 UTC 7 years ago

Victory!

rhoda_rants

April 28 2010, 02:57:18 UTC 7 years ago

Picked up my copy today! <3 The Borders guy looked at it and said, "Wow, that's an awesome title." Guess it wasn't on his radar before, but I think he's now interested.

April 28 2010, 19:50:19 UTC 7 years ago

Awesome. Thank you for your stalwart efforts.

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April 28 2010, 19:50:27 UTC 7 years ago

Hooray!

keristor

April 28 2010, 10:39:22 UTC 7 years ago

I've put a request in to Borderlands for a singed copy (they don't have it on the online order list yet but I assume they'll have them by the time you do the singing). I don't know how long it will take but hopefully less time than Amazon UK will take to get it to me...

April 28 2010, 19:50:51 UTC 7 years ago

Awesome. I'll be signing it for you next Saturday, if not before. :) Did you include a personalization request?

April 28 2010, 20:46:30 UTC 7 years ago

I didn't see anywhere to put that, I was working through their online system. They haven't contacted me yet about how I pay them or what postage will be.

Today's non-sequiteur "but in honour of book release" silliness

beable

April 28 2010, 15:31:20 UTC 7 years ago

I thought you might appreciate the factoid I learnt playing Rock Band this weekend:

Apparently when the album with "Carry On Wayward Son" was recorded, their studio was in a swamp in Louisana. They regularly had to chase armadillos out of the recording studio.

April 28 2010, 18:48:51 UTC 7 years ago

Yay!

April 28 2010, 19:51:13 UTC 7 years ago

I know, right?!

Re: Today's non-sequiteur "but in honour of book release" silliness

April 28 2010, 19:51:01 UTC 7 years ago

...that is FUCKING AWESOME.

April 28 2010, 19:51:38 UTC 7 years ago

That rules. I appreciate the six degrees of Kevin Bacon method of finding new authors.

I never learn.

murgyt

April 28 2010, 17:11:37 UTC 7 years ago

Started Feed at 9:15pm. Finished it at approx 1:30am. (I will be sending you a bill for those lost hours of sleep.) It kept me enthralled. The two or three points of a more political nature that I disagreed with did not detract sufficiently from my enjoyment of the story to cause me to feel my money or time was wasted. I do want to see the rest of the story-are your [censored by the Spoiler Police] or are they [Censored by the Spoiler Police]? Only time will tell! (And yes, I'll be Reading To Find Out.) :)

Re: I never learn.

April 28 2010, 19:51:57 UTC 7 years ago

Wow.

Yay!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. :)

tikiera

April 28 2010, 19:23:28 UTC 7 years ago

I haz a Feed.

And my college bookstore, the one that only has two shelving units of SF now (they used to have 8) has 4 copies of Feed. or had. As now I haz a Feed.

So, wow, they didn't stock the Seanan McGuire novels until people were asking for them, and then only 1-2 at a time, but 4 of Feed right after it came out - that's neat! Apparently horror is the right demographic for this store.

April 28 2010, 19:52:17 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, awesome.

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