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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...dude.
DINO DANCE PARTY!
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Sometimes when you introduce the world to the people in your head they get along.
Sometimes? They get married and stay happy.
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(And it was a damn good book.)
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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).
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Truly, I am a winner.
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Dammit, WHEN is she getting her own doll?!
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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.
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Congratulations, love. You done good.
*hugs*
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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!
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Hmmm, two of the top three have zombies in them...
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