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Ryman for America: The Best of 2010.

So people are stating to post their "best of..." lists for 2010. Heck, I'm even doing it, and I'm frequently the last person to notice that the bandwagon is rolling through the center of my town. Much to my surprise and delight, Feed is showing up on a few of those lists, which is sort of like, whoa, really? I mean...whoa, really? I love this book like I love sunshine and zombie puppies, but I didn't write it to make lists, I wrote it to get it out of my head. So the fact that it is is just...

It's staggering.

But here it is on Book Yurt's 2010 W00t List, described as "smart, scary, sassy and not at all what you'd expect from a zombie novel." (I'm also described here, as "both hilarious and ferociously smart." I can roll with that, being an overly-intellectual former stand-up comic. See? Every skill applies somewhere.)

And the Devourer of Books listed Feed as one of the books she gushed about in 2010, describing it as, "a smart book with fantastic world building." She was talking about the audio book, too, and gave kudos to the narrators.

But the one that really floored me—I mean floored me, knocked me on my ass and stole my lunch money—is the one that half the world emailed me about while I was sleeping. Because Feed, my little zombies-and-politics Sorkin/Romero love letter, Feed...

Well, it made The Onion AV Club's list of the Best Books They Read in 2010. Feed. My book. Made that list. HOLY CRAP. And they say:

"Feed resembles a Cory Doctorow novel in its intelligent speculation about how technology will reshape familiar aspects of the world, but it's more like The West Wing in its close observation of a presidential campaign from the inside, as seen through the eyes of a handful of bloggers invited along on the campaign trail. It's a breathless, exciting pulp novel with one of 2010's most surprising endings, but it's also a smart futuristic extrapolation about what the future may look like thanks to the Internet and new modes of communication, zombies or no."

I am stunned. Totally stunned. And also, have no lunch money, because this review took it. And somehow, I do not mind.

BEST OF 2010, BABY! WOOOOOOOOO!
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The AV Club?

...

...dude.


DINO DANCE PARTY!
This icon has me totally hypnotized!

themysteriousg

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

Sweet!

Sometimes when you introduce the world to the people in your head they get along.

Sometimes? They get married and stay happy.
It's weeeeeeird.
Congrats!

(And it was a damn good book.)
Thanks!
WOOOOOOO!

:)
Woo!
Very cool! Congratulations!

As far as the standup comic thing goes, so is the spousebeast... he loves reminding me that he used to get paid to be funny (usually whe he has made a truly terrible joke and I haven't had coffee yet).
That's fabulous. (And I, too, make terrible jokes pre-coffee. And post-coffee.)

mac_arthur_park

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

mac_arthur_park

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

mac_arthur_park

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

Wicked awesome cool!
Glee.
Fantastic!
Thanks!
SO MUCH TRIUMPH! A much-deserved congrats!
It earned me shirtless Nathan!

Truly, I am a winner.
Bravo! It's well-deserved, too:)
Ghoulia!

Dammit, WHEN is she getting her own doll?!

firebirdgrrl

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

firebirdgrrl

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

firebirdgrrl

6 years ago

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

Hooray!

My sister was posted in Afghanistan as a doctor this year. She asked people to send books, so I sent her a bunch I'd read and really liked, with the instructions that she should share them with her fellow soldiers.

Feed was, of course, amongst the pile. I asked her what she thought of it, and she said, "Really good. I liked it a lot. And that was one of the ones I didn't get back."

All of that to say that I'm pleased as punch for you, and not terribly surprised.
Aw, yay. :)
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kyburg

6 years ago

sheistheweather

December 30 2010, 18:47:43 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  December 30 2010, 18:47:54 UTC

Oh, congratulations! This is so awesome!
Thanks!
Best Of 2010? I can barely remember where my socks are, much less categorize things by year. Hell, I don't even know how old my dog is.
That's why I write these things down.
I haven't got my Best of 2010 (although I tend to call it Favourite) yet, hope to have it done today or tomorrow and Feed is in it. Until I read I Shall Wear Midnight it was leading, but Terry just nudged it out. I've said this before, but it bears repeating: one of my 2010 literary highlights was discovering Seanan McGuire as an author.
Aw, yay. :)
Congratulations!
Thank you!

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VICTORY!

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Thank you. :)
you. Fucking. Rule.

Congratulations, love. You done good.

*hugs*
*hugs*
And you deserve every one of them!
Thank you!
I'll buy you lunch.

You are just made of awesome and I have to agree that discovering Seanan was one of my 2010 Highlights! New authors are great. New authors that make me miss working retail are AMAZING!
That is high, high praise. Thank you.
The accolades will just keep coming in the new year - your stuff is GOOD! But that recognition is a cool way to finish off 2010.
Totally.
Well, it made The Onion AV Club's list of the Best Books They Read in 2010. Feed. My book. Made that list. HOLY CRAP.
Holy crap, that's awesome!
Yes!!!!
And the GoodReads website's 2010 Choice Awards named it the best Science Fiction novel of the year. It got 593 votes, while the next two got 345 (Blackout by Connie Willis) and 310 (Dreadnought by Cherie M Priest).

Hmmm, two of the top three have zombies in them...
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.
Congratulations!!!
I'm jazzed.