Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

To celebrate the release of Deadline [Amazon]|[Mysterious Galaxy], here. Have an open thread to discuss the book.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.

Seriously. If anyone comments here at all, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. So please don't read and then yell at me because you encountered spoilers. You were warned.

You can also start a book discussion at my website forums, with less need to be concerned that I will see everything you say! In case you wanted, you know, discussion free of authorial influence. I will probably answer a great many comments. I may not answer all of them.

Have fun!
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jennygriffee

June 1 2011, 20:01:01 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  June 1 2011, 20:03:04 UTC

I'm right with you on "she would have gotten better." That and the entire passage about India. And the breaking news reports near the end.

Personally, one of my favorite lines was the crack about getting cited for standing too close to a goat..... (eta: found it, page 45. Oh, Mahir.)

seanan_mcguire

June 1 2011, 20:53:58 UTC 6 years ago

Can I just say, I LOVED being able to write so much more Mahir? Happy author is happy.

jennygriffee

June 1 2011, 20:55:18 UTC 6 years ago

Happy READER is happy, too. I adore him.

anthimerian

June 1 2011, 22:07:07 UTC 6 years ago

Second the happy reader is happy! And Mahir talked to Georgia, which made me grin like a mad thing.

vixyish

June 3 2011, 22:37:52 UTC 6 years ago

That was definitely one of my favorite things. :)

lyssabard

June 2 2011, 05:34:55 UTC 6 years ago

Agreed! I also loved hearing more about Mahir, even to the point that I thought if Shaun died, I'd be ok with the last book being written in his voice. Looking forward to seeing more of him in Blackout!

amberfox

June 2 2011, 07:29:59 UTC 6 years ago

I was expecting that. We know he could do it; he's stepped up and *done* it while Shaun's been busy being crazy and self-absorbed. (Two separate issues. Crazy appears to work just fine once George pulls his head out of his ass.)

trialia

June 2 2011, 12:29:47 UTC 6 years ago

We are too ;D I love Mahir.

idancewithlife

June 3 2011, 05:46:17 UTC 6 years ago

I had this really weird reaction when he got to Weed...suddenly he felt more real, more there then he had when they were talking on the phone or in video chats...and that felt right until I realized I was have this feeling about A CHARACTER IN A BOOK I WAS READING. Great job with voice and characterization. And I'm in the Mahir fan club as well. Can we get him and Tybalt together sometime? (just kidding)

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 14:56:17 UTC 6 years ago

AWESOME.

(And sadly, no.)

hasufin

June 6 2011, 19:15:12 UTC 6 years ago

I know several folks who were expecting, right up until the end, that Shaun would die and Mahir would be the narrator for Blackout. I'm almost disappointed.

seanan_mcguire

June 6 2011, 19:15:50 UTC 6 years ago

That's the kind of trick you can't pull every book.

hasufin

June 6 2011, 19:20:27 UTC 6 years ago

Very true, and I do say "almost". I don't know any good way to balance having emotional impact with character deaths versus making them seem disposable. It did feel like Shaun was risking his life needlessly. 'course, that's kind of what he DOES.

silvertwi

June 7 2011, 20:02:52 UTC 6 years ago

Which is exactly why I didn't believe for a second that Sean was actually going to amplify. I just wasn't quite expecting the reason for it.

windtear

June 8 2011, 11:36:10 UTC 6 years ago

There's nothing saying that he won't be, even though Shawn is still alive and kicking (any zombie he can reach, apparently).

... Well, I hope for large chunks of Mahir-narrator, anyway.