Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: SJ Tucker, "Cheshire Kitten."

FEED spoiler party!

Okay, folks, I've been asked for it, and here it is: the spoiler party for Feed. Anything goes in the comments on this post only. If you haven't read the book, I ask that you not click. If you have, feel free to jump in, ask questions, discuss, or just yell at me. I'm cool either way.

Game on!
Tags: feed, mira grant, zombies
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cupcakery

May 11 2010, 18:37:02 UTC 7 years ago

Marburg in conjunction with a modified rhino-virus mutated into zombie-causing. Marbug/rhino-virus mutated into curing cancer into zombie-causing Marburg/rhino-virus.

Best virus combination since the Miranda Virus. (Tate in my head kept looking like Riddlemeyer. It was weird.)

And of course Apple makes the top of the line tests.

paradisacorbasi

May 11 2010, 18:41:59 UTC 7 years ago

It makes such awesome virological sense that even I got it.

Cold: most contagious thing in the world.

Cancer: immortal cellular growth.

And let me tell you, the blood tests. All the damn blood tests were the most suspenseful part of the book for me.

bisky

May 11 2010, 19:00:35 UTC 7 years ago

It was one of the very, very few virus based plot lines that didn't have me (trained as a virologist / immunologist) screaming at how implausible it was. I can't see how the two viruses would have mutated that way, but the idea is certainly not out of the question.

fionn320

May 16 2010, 04:34:27 UTC 7 years ago

I'm guessing that genetically tinkered viruses are likely to mutate in unpredictable ways, as the process of genetic modification is not an exact science. Probably one of the tests Kellis had planned was trying to see how it would mutate. The lab theft and release ended that line of testing.

seanan_mcguire

May 21 2010, 16:39:10 UTC 7 years ago

Best. Compliment. Ever.