Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: ecstatic
  • Music: The Old Spice Man reading FEED inside my head.

Made. Of. Flail.

Um. Um. Um. Okay. Look:

The NPR List of 100 Killer Thrillers has been released.

HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS LOOK LOOK AT #74 LOOK AT IT LOOK THAT'S MY BOOK THAT I WROTE THAT'S FEED ON A LIST PUBLISHED BY NPR HOLY CRAP.

...okay, I'm better now. Sorry about that. Except that I'm neither better nor sorry, but I am fairly convinced that I've been asleep for the last two years. If I wake up and this has all been a really detailed linear dream, I'm taking my brain out behind the woodshed. I'm just saying.

I mean, this isn't the first awesome Feed-related thing that's happened. Consider, if you will, io9's top picks for summer reading. Sure, the summer's almost over, but there's still a little warm weather left in which to enjoy a good zombie apoca—WHO AM I KIDDING WITH THE CALM RATIONALITY?! MY BOOK THAT I WROTE IS ON A LIST PUBLISHED BY NPR HOLY CRAP.

I love this book so much, and I love that my weird science fiction dystopian political thriller full of zombies is actually getting out there and infecting the world with its, well, weirdness and its virology and I am so excited I could just about scream right now. Because HOLY CRAP. That's going to be my refrain today, I swear. HOLY CRAP.

I leave you with the meme your meme could smell like, an awesome Old Spice Man-inspired "everybody is awesome" feedback meme, and I go off to gibber and giggle in a corner until I can calm down a little.

HOLY CRAP.
Tags: awards and stuff, cheese and cake, dino dance party, feed, good things, mira grant, so the marilyn, zombies
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quettalinde

August 4 2010, 16:55:19 UTC 6 years ago

That is awesomely fantastic, Seanan! io9 and NPR in the space of one summer? I can wait to see you outdo that with Blackout. Yay!

seanan_mcguire

August 4 2010, 17:33:33 UTC 6 years ago

It'll be a long wait—book two is Deadline. ;)

quettalinde

6 years ago

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priscellie

August 4 2010, 17:46:00 UTC 6 years ago

EPIC TRIUMPH AND GLEE!!!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:34:53 UTC 6 years ago

...dude, that baby EMBODIES epic triumph and glee. That is AWESOME.

wendyzski

August 4 2010, 17:53:53 UTC 6 years ago

*waves pompoms*

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:35:05 UTC 6 years ago

Woo!

asphaltangel

August 4 2010, 17:55:07 UTC 6 years ago

Woohoo! Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:35:22 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

gwynnega

August 4 2010, 18:55:11 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome! And well-deserved.

When I read Feed, I was reading it late into the night, and then I had nightmares ALL NIGHT LONG, and the first thing I did when I woke in the morning was reach for the book!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:37:34 UTC 6 years ago

That rules.

kay_gmd

August 4 2010, 19:16:33 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!! You totally deserved it!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:37:43 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

saffronrose

August 4 2010, 19:17:07 UTC 6 years ago

Isaiah's voice would be *lovely* reading Feed.

Congrats on making the NPR list! I bet the folks on Wait, Wait would love it.

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:37:57 UTC 6 years ago

Except for that whole, y'know, Georgia thing.

saffronrose

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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saffronrose

6 years ago

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groblek

August 4 2010, 20:42:24 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!

And on a side note, the voice my brain thinks is appropriate for reading Feed is Walter Cronkite's. :)

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:38:33 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeeeee.

sheistheweather

August 4 2010, 20:50:05 UTC 6 years ago

SQUEE!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:38:39 UTC 6 years ago

Yes.

tsgeisel

August 4 2010, 21:03:19 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations! Well deserved! Sometimes the public knows what they're talking about - go figure.

And, hey, Feed is bound to be an audiobook eventually - why not ask your agent to see if the Old Spice guy is available...

muddlewait

August 5 2010, 00:42:26 UTC 6 years ago

Now I must begin work on my time machine so that a future version of myself can send the Feed audiobook to me right now.

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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tsgeisel

6 years ago

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6 years ago

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evilstmars

August 4 2010, 21:20:58 UTC 6 years ago

My AIM and internet is evil, but WA FUCKING HOO!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:39:30 UTC 6 years ago

OMG YES!

alicetheowl

August 4 2010, 23:37:06 UTC 6 years ago

I can't wait to read your reaction as you climb the NYT Bestseller list. Because I think it's only a matter of time.

Congratulations. I can't think of a new writer who deserves it more.

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:39:42 UTC 6 years ago

...

I will catch fire.

Foom.

alicetheowl

6 years ago

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muddlewait

August 5 2010, 01:01:38 UTC 6 years ago

Someone said it before -- I want to hear Terry Gross interview you.

Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:40:31 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

batyatoon

August 5 2010, 01:30:48 UTC 6 years ago

I have said it before and will doubtless say it again many many times, but:

AN AWESOME IS YOU.

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:40:40 UTC 6 years ago

GLEE!

chatworthy

August 5 2010, 02:34:13 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations, but it's not real till you have Carl Kassell's voice on your answering machine.

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:40:49 UTC 6 years ago

So noted.

dormouse_in_tea

August 5 2010, 02:36:33 UTC 6 years ago

I might have shrieked.

...damn you, I had a tooth yanked out today, shrieking hurt.


It TOTALLY deserves to be there.

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:41:06 UTC 6 years ago

Wow. I have caused pain and suffering through my joy.

Today is kinda awesome.

dormouse_in_tea

6 years ago

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exapno

August 5 2010, 03:23:57 UTC 6 years ago

*huggs&love&happysquees*

of course a book that you wrote is on the NPR list :) Because you are awesome, your writing is incredible, and you've worked for this. It shows.

And yeah - even though i don't much care for audio books, i would so totally be right in line for that one! *grin*

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:41:23 UTC 6 years ago

It's already available, honest!

hoppytoad79

August 5 2010, 05:28:35 UTC 6 years ago

Flail away, dear. Flail away. You've earned it. ;D

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:41:34 UTC 6 years ago

Good, 'cause you can't stop me!

hoppytoad79

6 years ago

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themysteriousg

August 5 2010, 05:42:06 UTC 6 years ago

I can so add to my bragging rights now. "This really cool author lives near me and she got ranked in the NPR top 100 thrillers and once I ran into her and...yeah." Benefits of living in the Bay Area expand;)

Well deserved and congratulations. You are a fantastic author and I'm so thrilled you got this. Wonder how many people will plow through that list now? They are going to love you!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:41:51 UTC 6 years ago

Hee!

I hope LOTS of people plow through the list.

fayanora

August 5 2010, 06:31:43 UTC 6 years ago

AWESOME!!!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:42:01 UTC 6 years ago

Yes!

ZOMG.

saaski_moql

August 5 2010, 13:07:02 UTC 6 years ago

Congratulations!

seanan_mcguire

August 5 2010, 14:42:10 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

bardling

August 6 2010, 11:10:25 UTC 6 years ago

The book IS that good. So yay, you earned it! :)

seanan_mcguire

August 6 2010, 15:53:25 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you.

ladymondegreen

August 9 2010, 19:26:25 UTC 6 years ago

*kermit arms*

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

seanan_mcguire

August 18 2010, 14:39:19 UTC 6 years ago

*dance dance dance*
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