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FEED review roundup for Tuesday, now with bonus Scalzi.

Look! I was the Big Idea on John Scalzi's blog! I'm pretty delighted. Also, his introduction is awesome:

"Oh Noes! It’s the Zombie Apocalypse™! It’s the end of the world! Yes, yes, Mira Grant said, zombies, end of the world, blah blah blah. Been there. Done that. Got the bloody t-shirt. But what comes after the end of the world, when the world actually is still there? One answer: Feed, which takes a couple decades beyond the zombie apocalypse to a world which has, in its way, adjusted to the undead. And Grant (the pen name for current Campbell Award nominee Seanan McGuire) does a pretty good job with it, according to a starred review in Publishers Weekly: 'Shunning misogynistic horror tropes in favor of genuine drama and pure creepiness, McGuire has crafted a masterpiece of suspense with engaging, appealing characters.' Well, then."

Thank you, Mr. Scalzi.

Also in Feed-related news, Indigo has posted her review, and says "I have read everything Seanan has published to date. And while I like and enjoy the October Daye series quite well, my feeling is that Newsflesh: Feed is the beginning of something truly phenomenal." Glee! (She also put up a TV Tropes page for the book. Now that's love. Be careful; there are spoilers.)

ash_of_roses has posted a review of Feed, and says "This is the kind of book you fall in love with. You fall fast enough you don't realize what's even happening until it's much too late. You fall so fast and so hard that you almost forget what the book has promised you it is going to be. When those promises come true you want it to be a betrayal, but it isn't. This book doesn't lie about what it is; from the blood-smeared front cover to the very last page, this book never pretends to be gentle, or kind, or have a happy ending This book does not lie, and it does not apologize—nor should it."

That may be one of the nicest things anybody's ever said about my work. Again, cross-stitch, on my wall, oh, yes.

In case you missed it, check out this utterly bad-ass website that Orbit put together to promote the book, complete with more bells and whistles than a Chuck E. Cheese. Also check out the awesome new wallpaper they've posted (and remember, there's more awesome wallpaper at MiraGrant.com).

That's all for right now. Whee!
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Nice :)
I'm delighted.
Look! I was the Big Idea on John Scalzi's blog!
AWESOME!!! Great intro, plus a comment section worth reading.

And I just changed my wallpaper. Sweet.
Life is good.
As a note, amezuki posted to a group of people devoted to building dioramas out of Legos about post-apoc stuff, here. http://www.flickr.com/groups/apocalego/discuss/72157623983499098/ (For anyone who likes building new and fascinating things out of Legos, you should check out some of the groups on Flickr, they're insanely impressive.) Which means that, at some point, it's likely that dioramas from Feed will happen.
That would be SO BAD-ASS.
The Orbit Books website for Feed is hilarious. The ads for guns, Peter Ryman's campaign and Wagman--oh, Wagman. Hahahaha!
I'm totally thrilled. It's an amazing piece of work.
I am on my second read.

And if I could write another review, I would.

Because this book deserves all the love. All the bloody, messy, freaky, snarky, horrifying, dysfunctional zombie love.
That...that makes me really happy.
Goshdarnit, I can't resist a TV Tropes page. Not that I really mind spoilers, a it makes me less anxious about reading things.
*as they make.

I grammar well today.

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

swevene

7 years ago

Having gotten my copy of Feed from Amazon, I have of course been reading it.

Two comments.

Firstly, it's nice to meet the Masons. I'm left with the feeling that I've been well-introduced to these characters. I've been looking forwards to that. It felt kind of awkward when they were just someone you mentioned every now and then that I didn't know.

Secondly, this is what I look for in good science fiction. The new thing (zombies) is introduced and the world proceeds from that point in a consistent fashion. Perhaps it's my Asperger's talking, but it really bothers me that so much science fiction / fantasy doesn't bother to do that. "Ah, so this is some alternate world where the FBI employs psychics. That sounds neat. Tell me about this world. Wait, so other than the fact that the FBI employs psychics, this world is completely identical to our own?"

That makes me really, really happy. I, too, like consistency.
Just wanted to let you know that I posted a review here.

Thank you for your stories.r
Thank you! It's a lovely review. :)

sheistheweather

7 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYjZc7gKXc&NR=1

When I can pick up a copy of Feed, I intend to use this as background music. Good idea? Bad idea? Should I duck and run away from you throwing things at me?
Hee!
I just downloaded it as an audio book. Can't wait to listen to it! :)
Wait wait wait. Where's the audio book?

cleothyla

7 years ago

seanan_mcguire

7 years ago

cleothyla

7 years ago

cleothyla

7 years ago

I love John Scalzi books -- "Old Man's War" is a fantastic "Starship Troopers" -- and I love Seanan. So perfeect!
Glee. :)
Congratulations for the awesome reviews. If I hadn't just ordered this book yesterday, I'd be clamoring to buy it now. Now I can't wait to get my copy. =o)
Awesome!
Reading it now & I can't put it down. My little brother is definitely getting this for his birthday. We share a deep love of zombie stories, and this is one of the best I've encountered. Thank you!
AWESOME!

Thank you for letting me know!
Its 8 am and I stayed up all night to finish. I bought my copy the day it came out, but that silly 'not flunking out of grad school' thing meant I haven't been allowed to play nicely with others for a few weeks. I finished yesterday, drank heavily, and started reading. Can I just say you deserve a side of awesome-sauce with the all-that? I was about 50 pages in and was recommending the book to my friends who study zombie popular culture on the sheer basis that everyone is named "George." Thanks for the ride! I would ask for more soon but 1.) I know they're happily being churned out, 2.) the reality of book publishing means that what you think does not automatically transmit to your readers' brains (yet), and 3.) if you wrote any faster I would suspect aliens have set-up camp somewhere in the vicinity of the brain pan. And I *like* your authorial brain pan undamaged by aliens. Unless they were there to begin with. And then, well hell, carry on.
Dude, win. Thank you!