Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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More "Best of..." lists, plus Goodreads goodness!

The "Best of 2010" lists have continued to come in, and I'm totally amazed and delighted to find that I keep appearing on them. Who'd have thought, right? First, the big one:

FEED won the 2010 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Book!

Oh my sweet pumpkin and pie, you guys, I won! I mean...holy cats!!! This is totally exciting, and totally amazing, and I am so overjoyed. I'm going to see about getting some new wallpapers up, to celebrate.

Moving on to the next item on my list, I actually wrote two of Bookbanter's top fifteen books of 2010, with Feed coming in at #1, and An Artificial Night coming in at #9. Where's the love? There's the love. Oooooh, yeah.

Oh, and also? Both Feed and An Artificial Night appear in the 2010 Powell's Books Staff Picks, which is pretty much entirely bad-ass and amazing and I am so totally over-the-moon.

Is this a mostly content-free post? Yes, this is, although, you know, lots of squealing and delight on my part. But I am so jet-lagged from my attempts to escape from the snowy wilds of Georgia (not a sentence I have many occasions to use) that this is about all I'm capable of. More actual substance later. For now, please accept this sizzle in place of steak.

At least it's pretty sizzle, right? So pretty...

Best of!
Tags: an artificial night, awards and stuff, feed, good things, reviews, utterly exhausted
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porpentine

January 11 2011, 23:17:14 UTC 6 years ago

In case you missed, Mira made another one on Friday:

http://io9.com/5714039/the-14-best-speculative-fiction-books-of-2010

herewiss13

January 11 2011, 23:34:52 UTC 6 years ago

What's weird is that there are actually 15 books. Someone at IO9 can't count. :-P

porpentine

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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kyburg

January 11 2011, 23:18:19 UTC 6 years ago

Glad to see you're home, in one piece. Siiiiiiizle.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:32:44 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks!

la_marquise_de_

January 11 2011, 23:27:40 UTC 6 years ago

Many congratulations.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:32:50 UTC 6 years ago

So pleased.

slothman

January 11 2011, 23:29:43 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:32:57 UTC 6 years ago

Glee. :)

biomekanic

January 11 2011, 23:48:10 UTC 6 years ago

Gratz and stuff!

newroticgirl said to me "I know you don't particularly care for Urban Fantasy, but I think you'll like this"... and she was right.

Now I'm trying to convince her to read Feed.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:04 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!!!

paradisacorbasi

January 11 2011, 23:48:11 UTC 6 years ago

You're safely back on the correct coast? Glad to hear.

sorry again my knees did not let me come see you.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:15 UTC 6 years ago

I am!

It is less cold here.

paradisacorbasi

6 years ago

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seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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yellowblackhaze

January 12 2011, 00:02:10 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome home and congrats on the win!

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:21 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks!

spectralbovine

January 12 2011, 00:06:31 UTC 6 years ago

FEED won the 2010 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Science Fiction Book!
Awesome!!

...The fact that the Twilight graphic novel won the Best Graphic Novels & Comics is depressing.

I am reading the Best Nonfiction book right now!

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:30 UTC 6 years ago

...well, yes.

Yes, it is.

ravenclawed

January 12 2011, 00:24:49 UTC 6 years ago

Congrats!

I'm thoroughly enjoying my copy of "Wicked Girls" right now.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:37 UTC 6 years ago

Awesome!

admnaismith

January 12 2011, 00:30:52 UTC 6 years ago


Delighted for you, but not amazed, not really, not any more. It's been pretty clear for a while now, you wrote a masterpiece of the genre.

But, once again...well done, you kickass Wicked Girl. It's been a long time coming, and I'm glad to see you getting the recognition you deserve.

seanan_mcguire

January 12 2011, 22:33:47 UTC 6 years ago

I remain twitchy and amazed.

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keristor

January 12 2011, 17:45:00 UTC 6 years ago

What's all this abusing of an equine? Poor burrito being kicked (it should be eaten instead) *g*...

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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sirriamnis

January 12 2011, 04:38:19 UTC 6 years ago

Sort of off-topic, but not really.

I just finished Rosemary and Rue, and cried like a baby. A couple of times.

I'm not sure if you inspire me to write more, or frighten me off it.

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:11:51 UTC 6 years ago

I am glad I made you cry, in this context. And don't be scared. Writing is awesome.

besanderson

January 12 2011, 05:07:15 UTC 6 years ago

Sizzle away. Your books are the steak. =o)

I'm so happy for you. You totally earned the right to the awards and the accolades. And the more stuff your writing wins, the more books you're contracted for - which means more of your writing for me to read.

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:03 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

gwyd

January 12 2011, 09:16:42 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:09 UTC 6 years ago

Word.

amanuensis1

January 12 2011, 10:35:47 UTC 6 years ago

You deserve EVERY BIT OF THIS, you gifted whirlwind you. :D

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:17 UTC 6 years ago

Aw, thank you. :)

rhoda_rants

January 12 2011, 12:30:22 UTC 6 years ago

Good job, son!

I've seen FEED talked about so much this year, in so many places I didn't expect. In horror/sci-fi circles especially, I think you might be THE "sleeper" hit of the year.

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:24 UTC 6 years ago

That's...wow.

marziek

January 12 2011, 14:02:40 UTC 6 years ago

So very much deserved...

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:30 UTC 6 years ago

I'm thrilled.

ladymondegreen

January 12 2011, 16:00:27 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  January 12 2011, 16:00:54 UTC

Apropos of making you happy, behold the Tardis socks a friend of a friend made.

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:39 UTC 6 years ago

DUDE.

blythe025

January 12 2011, 17:43:08 UTC 6 years ago

The squealing and delight are well deserved. Congrats!

seanan_mcguire

January 13 2011, 16:12:47 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

nimue_obscure

January 13 2011, 20:08:59 UTC 6 years ago

congrats! you deserve it. Months after reading _Feed_ i still find myself referencing it in conversation and dreams. Thought you might be amused to know that i read it while mainlining S4 of _Criminal Minds_ so in my mind Buffy=Garcia and i couldn't help loving her instantly.

nimue_obscure

January 13 2011, 23:15:53 UTC 6 years ago

(and yes, i know i was deliberately ignoring the age and much of the physical description, but i liked thinking Buffy would have grown into someone just like Garcia...but for the religious zealotry.)

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

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