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.)

paradisacorbasi

June 2 2011, 06:23:54 UTC 6 years ago

My favorite line:

"Shaun Mason, code Campbell ... I'm pretty sure my hand is evil, now gimme some sugar baby!"

I almost fell off the bed.

celticdragonfly

June 3 2011, 02:39:56 UTC 6 years ago

I was wondering - was that sheerly out of the weirdness of Seanan's head, or are there references there I'm totally missing?

paradisacorbasi

June 3 2011, 03:24:58 UTC 6 years ago

The trees are coming may be from a poem by Phillip Larkin.

"I'm pretty sure my hand is evil" is a reference to the movie Idle Hands, one of the horror movies that doesn't involve zombies. Seth Green (Oz from Buffy) stars.

And I'm not sure about "gimme some sugar, baby!" that could be from a lot of different places.

fayted

June 3 2011, 15:37:51 UTC 6 years ago

Actually, I'd go with the first Evil Dead (Magdalene was having a film fest with it). In the movie, the Trees rape a girl, the Bridge is out, leaving them stranded at the cabin, and Campbell has to cut off his own hand because it becomes "evil".
Just my take though.
~Meg

fayted

June 3 2011, 15:39:35 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, and "gimme some sugar, baby" is from the last installment of the Evil Dead movies.

paradisacorbasi

June 3 2011, 17:21:36 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, that's right.

I hadn't even put that together. I haven't seen the first Evil Dead in probably over 15 years, either.

lyssabard

June 4 2011, 04:17:32 UTC 6 years ago

Yup, that's how I took it--all Evil Dead/Army of Darkness references. :)

seanan_mcguire

June 13 2011, 18:43:04 UTC 6 years ago

Winner!

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 03:34:34 UTC 6 years ago

Your take is correct!

vixyish

June 3 2011, 15:52:09 UTC 6 years ago

I'm pretty sure it's all from the Evil Dead movies. Code Campbell, as in Bruce Campbell.

seanan_mcguire

June 14 2011, 03:34:03 UTC 6 years ago

Yup!

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Definitely agree

eral375

June 7 2011, 01:41:27 UTC 6 years ago

I definitely agree. It made perfect sense to me that Shaun would use a line like that. Bruce Campbell is his kinda guy. :)