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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herefox

June 2 2011, 18:45:35 UTC 6 years ago

I loved the book. When I got to the "She would have gotten better" part I blurted out "What!" much to the he chagrin of the people sitting next to me at the train station.

One thing I didn't quite understand, and it may be a addressed in the text but I missed it because the science sometimes zoomed way over my head but:

The mosquitoes I assume became carriers by biting amplified carriers and then biting other people? So would the insect vector only be a temporary problem or has Kellis Amberlee mutated (been mutated) to survive in insects now? I know the good mad scientist managed to give it to spiders...

Or have I just missed that insects were always a vector in places like Cuba somewhere in the books?

paradisacorbasi

June 2 2011, 19:13:57 UTC 6 years ago

My guess is pretty much what your guess was. Either they bit amplified and then carried live state virus, or somebody worked out a strain that carries via insect since Dr. Abbey could give it to spiders (and maybe millipedes).