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When will you rise? Thursday review roundup.

Nothing says "hooray for Thursday" like a review roundup. No, really. It's a totally unique way of saying "hooray for Thursday." Anyway...

The Devourer of Books has posted a Deadline review, and says, "As in Feed, the zombies are not the point, but more a part of the setting, telling a story of news, blogs, politics, and the culture of fear. It is this that makes the Newsflesh series so successful for me. Grant is using her zombie setting to tell us all a story about ourselves." Woo!

Here's something new: a Feed review posted at the Game Vortex, which says, "It is probably the best novel that I've read in years and I read more than a book a week. The real genius of the novel is that yes, it is a horror novel, but the horror is not because of the zombies. The real horror is found in the human beings that are left in the world and their actions upon each other." Awesome.

...and hey, look, it's the Game Vortex review of Deadline. This one says, "As I said about Feed, it is probably one of the best novels that I have read in years. Deadline picks up right there and continues the amazing story. When I got to the end of Deadline, I really did not want to believe that it was over. Now, I cannot wait for the next novel, Blackout." It's nice not to disappoint.

Flights of Fantasy has posted a Deadline review, and says, "If you loved Feed, I strongly advise you pick up Deadline, ASAP. It’s a good read. I finished it, cover to cover in about a day and a half or so. And if you haven’t read Feed, go pick it up." That works for me!

Finally for today, here's the Fantasy Magazine review of Feed, which says, "The sibs are entertaining company, their thoroughly extrapolated post-apocalyptic world is a terrific setting, the SF zombies are skillfully rationalized, the body count is high, and the plot delivers some unexpected twists." Rock and roll.

Rock and roll and zombies.
Tags: deadline, feed, mira grant, reviews, zombies
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I had a very, very weird dream last night involving Kellis Amberlee. It seems it came into being when someone who was at high risk because of genes for getting lung cancer contracted it while serving as a human guinea pig for potential cancer therapies, and once she realized she was a carrier and that it was transmitted through airborne means she started wearing surgical masks but that wasn't enough so people in the class she taught at the local teaching hospital caught it and then there was a huge panic as people tried to get their hands on masks to protect themselves before they fled the hospital, and then there was a huge controversy over killing off all dogs that get larger than 30 pounds, attempts to preserve some of those breeds in safe conditions, and the big ass mess that resulted when one of the dogs contracted Kellis Amberlee, which made it vicious and start attacking people, resulting in all the dogs in the building having to be killed with cyanide gas, including dogs that belonged to people who were bringing them there for vet care so there were a lot of really upset now-former pet owners. *shrugs* Don't ask. I have no idea.
...dude.

You win.
Just popping in to say I'm about 130 pages into Deadline right now, and LOVING it! I quite like being in Shaun's head. Although it is a bit crowded in there sometimes.
Yay!
Like Feed, Deadline grabbed the reader by the throat and just kept hanging on until the last page.
Awesome.
Fwiw, I did post my review of Deadline in my LJ. I tried to make it brief, but entertaining. :)
Yay, thank you!