bouncyTo start today's roundup, here's a lovely record of the Feed book release event at Borderlands, written by TJ at Book Love Affair. There are pictures of the brain cupcakes and the fabulous Ryman for President buttons that Rae made, and it makes me quite happy. Be sure to read the comments, which are very complimentary of my book events. Yay!
Azz has posted a combo-book review and event review, which is fantastic, detailed, spoiler-free, and includes the best "Should I read Feed?" quizlet I've seen yet. Also, to quote two of my favorite bits...
"If you do emphatically do not like reading about the undead, do not read this book. It is not an unending gore porn festival like many forms of zombie fiction, but there are zombies; they are technically still alive, just horribly infected, and they do bite and feed and need killing. If you wanted a gore porn festival with a game of Zombie Survivor where you watch to see which one or two of the party make it back to an uninfected zone alive, this is not what you are getting; this is the civilization of the post-zombie times, not a survivalist picnic. (Ask Shaun how he feels about the military's recommendations on what to do in case of zombie attack sometime.) I would not give this book to my mother. I might leave this book where my father could find it, but I would not tell my father that he should read it. I would (and already have, quite enthusiastically) tell my best friend that he should read it (as soon as possible)."
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"If you are against vaccination, for your personal safety, do not tell this to the author. The author's hobbies include studying disease for fun, not just for research. If you say something stupid like "It's not like anybody's ever died from smallpox! It's a PERSONAL CHOICE!" ... punching you may be the author's PERSONAL CHOICE. I hope you don't mind."
So very, very true. Moving on, I did an author review with The Intelli-Gent, which was fun, creative, and came up with some rockin' new questions, including some very specific state of publishing questions that I don't get asked all that often. Prior to the interview, Bryce reviewed Rosemary and Rue and A Local Habitation, just to prepare.
About Rosemary, he says, "Rosemary and Rue stacks up very well against all of the urban fantasy I've read in the last couple of years. The characters, setting and plot all come together to make you feel something, and thus it becometh a page turner. If you're a fan of the genre, you're going to want to add this to your list of things to read this year."
About A Local Habitation, he says, "A Local Habitation is a fine sequel. In many ways, it builds on what was already there, and there are really no major drawbacks to the book. It's nice to see an author that's consistent, as so many seem to have that second book slump, where it just doesn't measure up to their first brilliant idea."
Works for me, and big thanks to TJ, Azz, and Bryce for the interview and reviews. Now if I can just get through the rest of these links before my computer explodes...
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My mother took me on a work vacation to a place known for diving. As my mother is kosher, we have to bring our own food. So we're beach lounging and a couple with kids walk past us, holding a screaming baby. "I left the bottle at home," my mother hears the mother say in Hebrew. "The hotel is miles away" says the dad back. So being well, everyone's mother, my mother instructs me to go over and tell them in Hebrew to come and join us for a meal, and she'll drive them to get formula. So my mum starts talking and the woman mentions they are going to be going to Africa next.
Mum nods. "All those shots, I'd have to hold Dungeonwriter down, she's terrible with them."
Woman shakes her head. "We don't believe in giving our kids poison."
Six hours later, my mother was still fuming.
May 21 2010, 17:10:32 UTC 7 years ago
Wow.
I'd still be fuming now.
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May 21 2010, 16:42:12 UTC 7 years ago
And if, say, I handed you a sledgehammer to hit that person with, or a brass knuckle, or something else that increases the force of the punch, that's my personal choice.
hilariously, just above you on my friend list is this comic about the MMR Fraud Doctor, Andrew Wakefield. I felt I needed to share.
May 21 2010, 17:24:40 UTC 7 years ago
And I support your personal choice.
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No, no, it's *dweezel* wooblet mugga ze. "e" before "l" *except* after "z", remember?
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It may be their personal choice to ride the coattails of everyone else's efforts to create a decent herd immunity, but I don't have to *like* it.
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I think? you placed it on purpose, and it is a slightly twisted lyric. I just cannot remember the song. My head keeps thinking Eagles, but... the rest of it in my head is too heavy for most of their stuff. My head also keeps following it with "and the best that you can hope for" ... ... ergh, I just can't fill in enough blanks.
So, please... if you did this on purpose? HELP.
(If you didn't, then I'm just crazycakes, and... that's okay too!)
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They'd been looking at a zombie book about a football player who raises his team from the dead to win a season for his high school.
I said "Wouldn't a smart zombie book crossing George Romero and West Wing be better than a zombie high school football win?"
Two of the three guys fought over FEED. The staff confirmed that the book was otherwise sold out. I crept away before the blame could splatter further...but I also told the staff that the author would be in town next weekend at a SF con, so there might be more local interest in the book after, and the manager made a note about that, so I think I did good anyway.
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