Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: stunned
  • Music: Jack Black, "School of Rock."

Um. Holy Velociraptor sandwich, Batman.

Um.

To quote the NPR page:

"Last month when we asked the NPR audience to submit nominations for a list of the 100 most pulse-quickening, suspenseful novels ever written, you came through with some 600 titles. It was a fascinating, if unwieldy, collection.

"Now, with your input, a panel of thriller writers and critics has whittled that list down to a manageable 182 novels. That roster, which we now offer for final voting, draws from every known thriller sub-genre—techno, espionage, crime, medical, psychological, horror, legal, supernatural and more."

Here is a link to the full story, including the list of 182 novels being considered for the top 100.

Scroll down. Scroll down to books beginning with the letter "F."

Understand why I am sitting here looking pole-axed.

I AM IN THE SECOND-TIER NPR LIST. ME. I am right fucking there, along with my two favorite Stephen King novels of all time, and the first Repairman Jack novel, and Jurassic Park, and and and and...

Ack.

So they say lobbying is okay, right there in the article, and this is me, lobbying. I'm not sure how I made this list; it would mean a lot to me to make the final cut. Please consider swinging by and taking a look at the nominees? And maybe, you know, making with the clicky?

Now please excuse me. I seem to have something in my eye.
Tags: awards and stuff, feed, mira grant, zombies
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autographedcat

July 20 2010, 14:29:01 UTC 6 years ago

WTB Seanan McGuire interviewed by Terry Gross now, please.

This is well deserved, sweetie. And no matter what happens, you're in the Top. 200. Of. All. Time.

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:48:39 UTC 6 years ago

*flail*

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seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:48:48 UTC 6 years ago

Popular vote.

spectralbovine

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kay_gmd

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seanan_mcguire

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paradisacorbasi

July 20 2010, 14:37:17 UTC 6 years ago

Clicked.

(you and a number of Stephen King)

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:49:01 UTC 6 years ago

Dude, I am on a list with IT.

admnaismith

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seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:49:09 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

deire

July 20 2010, 14:41:57 UTC 6 years ago

Clickied. And, my dear? You earned it. That is how you made this list. You really, truly EARNED it. Not a mistake, not a fluke. You deserve to be there a hundred times over. Your creativity makes the world better. Years from now, your writing will still have changed how I think about things in a good way. As Neil Gaiman does. You help the survival of souls, which is as important as that of bodies. Have you any idea how proud I am to know someone like you even at Internet removal?

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:51:51 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks.

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glam_k

July 20 2010, 14:44:03 UTC 6 years ago

Squee!!!! That officially qualifies as superfabulousawesomesauce... and so do you. :D

Here, have a kitteh-cupcake, and some Diet Dr. Pepper. You deserve 'em!!

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:52:04 UTC 6 years ago

I totally have the Diet Dr Pepper ALREADY IN HAND.

glam_k

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textileowl

July 20 2010, 14:46:29 UTC 6 years ago

Voted! What an awesome feeling, huh? Now I may need to listen to NPR more than just the drive to and from work.

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:52:35 UTC 6 years ago

I am made of flail.

quettalinde

July 20 2010, 14:47:45 UTC 6 years ago

THAT is really kind of incredibly awesome. I wonder if you'll be able to add "Mira Grant is more awesome than Stephen King" to your website. (A girl can dream, right?)

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:52:56 UTC 6 years ago

There's no way he's not making the top 100 at least twice. NO WAY.

quettalinde

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admnaismith

July 20 2010, 14:52:40 UTC 6 years ago

For the purposes of this contest, we'll stick with the answer James Patterson once gave, which is that thrillers are defined by the "intensity of emotions they create ... of apprehension and exhilaration, of excitement and breathlessness. ... By definition, if a thriller doesn't thrill, it's not doing its job."

You know, by that definition, there's no question that you belong on the list. Feed was one of the most intense things I've read in years.

A lot of those others...Grahame Greene and James Bond and the whodunnits, they're great stuff, but not what I'd call intense. I read those authors and think, "Oh, Cool!" I read Mira Grant and think, "Um...yipe?"

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 14:53:20 UTC 6 years ago

Hee. :) Thank you.

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jacylrin

July 20 2010, 14:58:35 UTC 6 years ago

I definitely agree that you, and Feed, fully deserve it. Already made with the clicky.

Yaaaaaaaaaayyy! (vizualize Kermit flail)

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:03:26 UTC 6 years ago

*visualizes*

bardling

July 20 2010, 15:02:36 UTC 6 years ago

As I have no idea how the list was made up, I don't know how you got on it, either. But what I do know is that it is defeinitely well deserved!! :)
Which is why I've gone and given my vote there now. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:03:40 UTC 6 years ago

Awww, thanks, honey.

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blackpaladin

July 20 2010, 15:03:29 UTC 6 years ago

Absolutely awesome!! Congratulations, sweetheart. More than deserved.

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:03:51 UTC 6 years ago

I am MADE OF FLAIL.

judifilksign

July 20 2010, 15:10:04 UTC 6 years ago

Voted! Congrats! *I* think you well-deserve to be on this list!

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:13:15 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you, darlin'.

spectralbovine

July 20 2010, 15:11:15 UTC 6 years ago

I'm not sure how I made this list
Well, first, you wrote an awesome zombie political thriller.

And then, I don't know, moon ponies.

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:13:29 UTC 6 years ago

The moon ponies have been generous this year.

themysteriousg

July 20 2010, 15:12:35 UTC 6 years ago

I totally voted nomimated you when it came up. I think it's true.

seanan_mcguire

July 20 2010, 15:13:57 UTC 6 years ago

Awww, thank you!

shantak

July 20 2010, 15:20:28 UTC 6 years ago

I voted for you.

And I know you don't want people to post Amazon reviews to you but the first comment that I saw there said that you totally deserve to be on that list and to go out and buy the book if it hasn't been done already.

This is so awesome. Congrats.

-Shanta

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:50:47 UTC 6 years ago

Eeeee!

pyre006

July 20 2010, 15:39:12 UTC 6 years ago

YAY! congrats :)

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:50:56 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

starmalachite

July 20 2010, 15:44:38 UTC 6 years ago

Hey, us NPR listeners have excellent taste. ;)

Well done, you. And well deserved!

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:51:12 UTC 6 years ago

Yes, yes, you do.

tikiera

July 20 2010, 15:49:22 UTC 6 years ago

Just voted. I am so happy. I got to vote for Feed and the Stand and It all at the same time!

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:51:23 UTC 6 years ago

Glee!

sleary

July 20 2010, 15:54:04 UTC 6 years ago

Kick ASS. Congrats!

*votes*

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:51:35 UTC 6 years ago

Glee.

ladymondegreen

July 20 2010, 15:54:54 UTC 6 years ago

Mira Grant, recognized by NPR!

Next stop, the New York Times, baby!

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:51:47 UTC 6 years ago

GOD I HOPE SO.

markbernstein

July 20 2010, 16:03:25 UTC 6 years ago

Way Cool! As it happens, the number of titles in the list that I actually remembered reading was right around ten, so voting was fairly easy. Here's what I voted for:

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Declare by Tim Powers
Feed by Mira Grant
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Marathon Man by William Goldman
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Reflex by Dick Francis
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:52:00 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome.

solarbird

July 20 2010, 16:04:50 UTC 6 years ago

D00d. Bitchin'.

Voted fuck yeah!

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:52:41 UTC 6 years ago

YAY!

wcg

July 20 2010, 16:26:37 UTC 6 years ago

Clicky made.

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:52:49 UTC 6 years ago

Yay.

ladyfox7oaks

July 20 2010, 16:47:29 UTC 6 years ago

Voted! :D

seanan_mcguire

July 26 2010, 19:52:59 UTC 6 years ago

Glee. :)
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