Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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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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paradisacorbasi

May 11 2010, 18:43:45 UTC 7 years ago

Penguins wouldn't happen - they're not mammals.

But yes, zombie wolves occurred to me, too. But not Zombie Polar Bears OMG OMG OMG.

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cupcakery

May 11 2010, 18:50:18 UTC 7 years ago

The idea of zombie penguins makes me far more gleeful than it should. Maybe because I imagine them sliding down a slope in with a jump at the end, in a large group, and landing on some unsuspecting Antarctic researcher.

beccastareyes

May 11 2010, 19:08:01 UTC 7 years ago

I thought it was said that it had to be mammalian. Granted, there aren't many birds large enough, but you could at least run tests on zoo penguins to see if they have an inactive strain. Or sea turtles or commercial fish to cover your other bases. Or giant squid, which I think is the only invertebrate that comes to mind that could even get that big.

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beccastareyes

May 11 2010, 19:16:47 UTC 7 years ago

Which is why I'd bet once the screaming settled down to a minimum, some scientists got the unfortunate job of raiding large zoos and aquariums to see 'what in here will turn into a zombie if I kill it'? (I'd imagine there was some of the same tests to find out '40 pounds'.)

I'm trying to think of virii that have a wide number of species hosts. Rabies comes to mind, which would cover 'anything warm-blooded'.

seanan_mcguire

May 11 2010, 19:18:37 UTC 7 years ago

The virus was genetically tailored, and has not, as yet, demonstrated any communicability to avian species. It's mammal-only, at least for right now.

Normal raptors are worse. Zombie raptors can't open doors.

deire

May 11 2010, 23:23:07 UTC 7 years ago

Yup. The real worry with avian flu was mixing it with other flu in pigs so that the strains could have a viral party.

This sort of thing was actually the subject of a lecture last week.

Woot! Micro for the win!

seanan_mcguire

May 11 2010, 19:17:25 UTC 7 years ago

Actually, it is about species. Mammals only. There is no recorded evidence of avian transmission, and chicken is still safe to eat.

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paradisacorbasi

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

Yes. That was horrifying!

dornbeast

May 11 2010, 20:01:29 UTC 7 years ago

"If ostriches are still safe, why aren't people farming them?"

Because eating meat isn't murder any more; it's suicide. Like it says in the book, some people gave up meat completely, even though fish and birds are safe.

catnip13

May 12 2010, 03:33:38 UTC 7 years ago

In my long discussions with S about post-rising cuisine during the proofing process, ostriches came up, and yes, ostrich is the new beef. But as I think is mentioned in the book, a lot of people are too afraid to eat any meat, so veganism got a lot more common.

seanan_mcguire

May 14 2010, 15:04:40 UTC 7 years ago

Mostly because a lot of people are afraid of all meat, and quietly convinced that KA will move into birds any day now.

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paradisacorbasi

May 11 2010, 19:34:02 UTC 7 years ago

It is too about species.

Only mammals above weight 40 lbs.

tibicina

May 11 2010, 23:20:13 UTC 7 years ago

No, it's also specifically only mammals. So not species, no, but order, yes. Penguins, being birds, and not mammals, not so much.

Also, ostrich, probably totally the new commonly ranched food animal.