DEADLINE open thread. Have a party.

Re: "She would have gotten better"-- I was sitting in my cubicle at work (I've been stealing brief moments of time to read for the last two days, hiding the book under my desk and hoping nobody walks by), and it took everything I had, EVERYTHING I HAD, not to make a sound. I had to put the book down and go hide in the bathroom and mouth 'holy shit!' to myself a lot before I could calm down. Talk about a punch in the gut.

Re: the incest-- I knewwwwww it! Haha. Actually I had made it part of my headcanon all the way back in Feed, although I never expected you to actually spell it out. Bully for you, going where the narrative needed to go!

Re: the cloning-- I think this is possibly the part I'm shakiest on, science-believability-wise, but I trust you to make it work. And I'm glad to hear she's not just going to be an insta-George replacement; that feels like it would cheapen Georgia's death in Feed.

Re: everything else-- Mahir is f'ing awesome. I felt bad for Kelly, and also for Dave and Maggie and the movies they'll never watch together. Georgia-in-Shaun's-head was brilliant, and I really want to give the poor boy a hug-- but I'm also glad he has her along for the ride. Sex scenes will never not make me laugh. (I'm sorry, it has nothing to do with the quality of your writing, it's just me and the fact that "cock" is an inherently funny word.)

And do we seriously have to wait an entire year for the next book????