More seriously, this is to celebrate my first book as Mira, Feed (Newsflesh I), which came out on April 27th. It's been getting really awesome reviews, and has caused several of my friends to threaten to hit me (that's how you know it's good). It's dystopian science fiction with zombies in—sort of a cross between The West Wing, Night of the Living Dead, and Transmetropolitan—and I'm really, really proud of it.
There will be cupcakes. Naked cats. Discussion. Readings (yes, possibly plural; I'm planning to read the first chapter of Feed, and I'm bringing some of my dead-stuff themed short stories to read later in the evening). Plus, awesome bookstore full of awesome books. And I will be happy to sign books published under my own name, as well as under Mira's, so anything you want to buy and shove in front of me will be awesome.
If you can't make it, remember that you can contact the bookstore and request a signed or personalized book of your very own. They make excellent gifts, doorstops, and base materials for the manufacture of paper-mache masks, in addition to making me do a little dance when the pile of things-to-sign is placed in front of me. Support local bookstores (no one said who they had to be local to...).
I hope I'll see you there! As a special added bonus, if you let me know that you're planning to show up, I'll try to make sure that we save you a cupcake.
Zombies rule!
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Hey, on a related note, is there a thread going in your journal for discussing the book without people having to hide from spoilers? I gots ... Questions.
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*is in LA... drat.*
Also, another good story in regards to my roommate. She was reading Feed (which she picked up at the bookfair as well) on the bus and completely missed her stop. Then she stayed up until four in the morning reading it. If that's not a sign of a good book, I don't know what is!
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Also, yay!
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(I shall be in Seattle. This means I shall see
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Have a great day though and good luck with the book...Zombies Rule!
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I did however recommend Feed to the TA of the English class I took this semester. Intro to Lit: Genre (Science Fiction). And hopefully she'll mention it to the prof.
I like sleeping so I will not be reading Feed. Zombies and I don't get along. But I did go to the tv tropes site and enjoyed that tremendously.
-Shanta
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I am now a third of the way through and although it may not be the best time to read it (I'm in a state of heightened anxiety and playing adorable flash games can be too much for my nerves right now) I can't resist.
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Time to stop being a thrifty, responsible adult-facsimile and get my Feed fix elsewhere. Tomorrow the hunt begins.
Ah, well... at least my copy of A Local Habitation arrived today. ::pets the shiny::
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I hope you have an awesome booksigning.
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I found it more or less by luck -- I walked in, walked to Horror, looked there, didn't find it. Tried SF and Mystery, also with no luck (but while I was in SF, I picked up four of the five Codex Alera books by Jim Butcher, having finally read the first one last week).
As I was walking toward the cash registers, I passed the "New Arrivals" table -- and there Feed was, facing out and everything! Huzzah!
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And yeah, the book is science fiction, not horror; honestly, it's filed correctly, all the zombies aside. It's meant to be science fiction, regardless of what I thought while writing it.
I hope you enjoy!
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