Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: sick
  • Music: Counting Crows, "Washington Square."

When will you rise?

I am sick even unto death, and so I am not really capable of the kind of coherent and thoughtful blogging that I try to provide. Instead, I am going to provide something truly awesome: a starred Publishers Weekly review of Deadline. Behold:

"Grant (pseudonymous urban fantasy author Seanan McGuire) continues her postapocalyptic zombie series with this adrenaline-packed, quick-witted tale of medicine and mayhem. It's 2041, a year after Shaun Mason's sister and co-blogger, Georgia, became infected with the zombie virus (in 2010's Feed). After nearly three decades of rampant zombiism, procedures and protocols have evolved to keep humans safe, constrained, and scared. As Shaun struggles to cope with Georgia's death, a doctor from the Centers for Disease Control sets the After the End Times blogging crew to investigating a conspiracy around people with a reservoir condition—a state in which the virus goes live in just one area of the body—and the high death rate among reputable scientists trying to study them. Deft cultural touches, intriguing science, and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans."

I have numerous fans! And intriguing science. This is awesome, and delights the hell out of me, even if I can't currently breathe through my nose.

I, and my emergent viral colony, will now go back to making today's word count.

When will you rise?
Tags: deadline, good things, magazines and me, medical fu, mira grant, reviews, zombies
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kyburg

April 11 2011, 18:21:51 UTC 6 years ago

I'm calling allergies on my stuffy head this AM - only thing missing is the fatigue. My story, sticking to it and all that. (Hope you feel better fast.)

Intriguing science is the only kind! (Looking forward to it.)

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:36:28 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

liret

April 11 2011, 18:27:13 UTC 6 years ago

Do you maybe want to cut for FEED spoilers? (Feel free to ignore if you don't, and I've already read it so it doesn't matter to me, just thought I should point it out.)

herewiss13

April 11 2011, 18:35:27 UTC 6 years ago

I almost wanted to reply "OMG! They killed _Georgia_?!!" :-P

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spectralbovine

April 11 2011, 18:29:37 UTC 6 years ago

Your fans are NUMEROUS! They have NUMBERS.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:47:36 UTC 6 years ago

Yes!

alicetheowl

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seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:47:48 UTC 6 years ago

Hee.

Thank you.

a3starmom

April 11 2011, 18:32:29 UTC 6 years ago

You really might want to cut that one line out. It really is a horrible spoiler. The shock of it happening is part of the intrigue and keeps you turning pages. NO ONE should know ahead of time.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:48:09 UTC 6 years ago

I've put it under a cut-tag, but editing reviews is tacky.

I need soup.

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loki_dip

April 11 2011, 18:35:42 UTC 6 years ago

It sounds epic. :D And zombiism is my new favourite word.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:48:23 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

Usually at the most inconvenient time

urban_terrorist

April 11 2011, 18:42:32 UTC 6 years ago

It's something to do with getting old, and living with neuropathic pain.

As a side note, I wish I'd seen this before FilKONtario, I would have asked Joey if he could have taken one back to you. Don't know if you play guitar, but I suspect you would have loved having a Zombie hand for your wall anyway.

Wayne

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seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 18:48:37 UTC 6 years ago

Heeeeeeeeeee.

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amberswansong

April 11 2011, 18:57:10 UTC 6 years ago

That weird noise you hear is me hyperventilating. CANNOT. WAIT. This has been the longest year ever.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 19:13:56 UTC 6 years ago

Hee. Yay!

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seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 20:07:36 UTC 6 years ago

I can!

antinomic

April 11 2011, 19:32:35 UTC 6 years ago

A strange mix, I just ordered your two soon to be released titles, and Jean Auels latest, the last of her cave people books. Eclectic, not weird!

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 20:07:11 UTC 6 years ago

Hee! Awesome.

cleothyla

April 11 2011, 19:40:42 UTC 6 years ago

Just finished re-listening to Feed and cannot wait for the new book.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 20:06:46 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

cleothyla

April 11 2011, 19:43:56 UTC 6 years ago

P.S. Get well soon.

seanan_mcguire

April 11 2011, 20:06:28 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks.

espressosnail

April 11 2011, 20:31:10 UTC 6 years ago

I hope you feel better soon. I will be buying this as soon as I see it. I might have 20something books in my "waiting to be read" pile but this will jump to the top once I get a copy!

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:51:18 UTC 6 years ago

Yay!

deakat

April 11 2011, 20:35:19 UTC 6 years ago

Starred review! So happy for you!

Sickness? Not so good. May it decide that you are just too tough for it, turn tail, and run.

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:51:32 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, I hope so...

Cynical Nymph

April 11 2011, 21:36:51 UTC 6 years ago

What an exciting review! I really can't wait for Deadline.

And still, I literally (not figuratively -- literally) can't read about/remember/reread that-thing-you-now-have-hidden-under-the-cut-tag without getting deep chills. Every time. Literally.

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:54:27 UTC 6 years ago

Wow.

Awesome.

gothicsparrow

April 12 2011, 04:30:45 UTC 6 years ago

Feed is so awesome it can't help but get vast numbers of fans (oh yes, I said vast) and excellent reviews.

Like a zombie magnet.

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:54:40 UTC 6 years ago

Hee. Yay.

muddlewait

April 12 2011, 04:57:24 UTC 6 years ago

Oooh, the reservoir condition sounds intriguing. Now I'm torn between wanting some serious, traumatic body horror on the one hand, and an Ash tribute on the other. Though I suppose possession of two hands would make both possible.

Er... possession of one, I guess. Infection / activation of the other. See, now, there's some potential crossover fanfic for ya.

To avoid. Like the plague.

The deadlier, hemorrhagic fever-producing variety, of course.

Hope you feel better.

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:55:03 UTC 6 years ago

Working on it.

gwyd

April 12 2011, 05:54:01 UTC 6 years ago

Of course you have numerous fans, Silly. ;)

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:55:17 UTC 6 years ago

It still wigs me out a bit.

keristor

April 12 2011, 12:40:23 UTC 6 years ago

Are you counting days yet? (55 according to Amazon UK until mine should arrive -- and yes, I'm looking forward to it that much that I bothered to coount...)

seanan_mcguire

April 12 2011, 16:55:40 UTC 6 years ago

I've been counting days since release day was announced. I have OCD.

indilwen

April 12 2011, 18:20:41 UTC 6 years ago

I can't wait!
I've been getting all of my zombie-loving friends (and they are Legion) to read Feed, and now they can't wait for Deadline either.

seanan_mcguire

April 13 2011, 16:16:34 UTC 6 years ago

Woo!

I approve.

bunsen_h

April 15 2011, 00:36:14 UTC 6 years ago

That's an amazingly cool review.

But I really wish there was some way that they would spoiler-protect it.

seanan_mcguire

April 15 2011, 17:38:22 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah. I think the theory is that it's been out long enough now.