Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Music: Hem, "Fire Thief."

When will you rise? Fun with FEED.

Today's fun and excitement begins with an interview with Mira Grant, hosted by Book Banter. There's even a handy list of some of my/Mira's favorite features from the world of zombie fiction. Go forth, and enjoy the gonzo!

Book Banter has also posted an excellent review of Feed [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], which you can read by clicking here. Alex says "Mira Grant is not simply telling a good story about zombies; she is instead telling a fantastic story about a group of young bloggers covering the campaign of a hopeful presidential candidate in a world where there are zombies and fear is a part of everyone's everyday life. And as the book comes to a close, the reader realizes there are things in this world that are worse than zombies. They're humans. If you're going to read a book that has anything to do with zombies at all, read this one." Woo!

Book Bitch has posted a short Feed review, and says "Awesome. Fantastic. A post-outbreak, futuristic zombie tale that feels like it could actually happen. Feed is a totally creepy page-turner and first in the Newsflesh trilogy."

Amy at A Room of One's Own has chosen Feed as her bookstore staff pick, and says "Georgia is the antithesis of the generic blonde scream queen, and between her dry sarcasm and her brother's sharp humor, the dialogue throughout the entire book is snappy and real and riveting." Also: "The plot is diverting, the movement is fast-paced and satisfying. I couldn't put it down and the ending was like a punch in the gut. The second book in the trilogy comes out next May, and I can't wait. Read it!"

This is a command that I can get behind.
Tags: feed, interviews, mira grant, reviews, zombies
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  • 8 comments

ohari

April 29 2010, 15:34:14 UTC 7 years ago

I bought it Tuesday, but haven't had time to start the book yet. I do have a vaguely related question, though, if you don't mind.

How do you come up with a pen name? How do you decide you want or need to?

One of my girlfriends is an author, several titles published under her own name and she also writes romance (it pays the bills), but she didn't want to get "pigeonholed" as a romance writer, so she does that under a pseudonym. She used one of those silly Ineternet Memes to generate it - Middle name, Street you grew up on. I just wondered how other authors do it.

:)

seanan_mcguire

April 29 2010, 17:07:48 UTC 7 years ago

I said I was willing to have a pseudonym, but it was my publisher that decided I needed it, as they wanted to be able to "brand" me independent of my urban fantasy work. It's an open pseudonym because hello, Internet age, not really concealable, but hey.

I came up with my pen name through application of a long list of horror movie in-jokes, and finding out what was still available as a .com address, since there's no point in inventing a name that drives you to .net.

ohari

April 29 2010, 19:26:42 UTC 7 years ago

Thank You for indulging my bit of Author Groupie curiosity.

:)

seanan_mcguire

April 30 2010, 14:53:14 UTC 7 years ago

Happily!

soberloki

April 29 2010, 22:35:45 UTC 7 years ago

Up here in Canader, Chapters tells us we can't have Feed until May 1. V. V. annoying.

seanan_mcguire

April 30 2010, 14:52:19 UTC 7 years ago

I'm sorry about that. :( The Canadian release date delay is not my doing.

ash_of_roses

April 29 2010, 23:03:58 UTC 7 years ago

Just finished the book. Comment is not long enough to express my love, so I reviewed it over on my journal.

http://ash-of-roses.livejournal.com/45707.html

seanan_mcguire

April 30 2010, 14:52:52 UTC 7 years ago

Squee!

I'm so glad you liked it. (And I'll include your review in my next Feed review roundup.)