Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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  • Mood: hopeful
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NPR wants your votes. And so do I.

Remember when Feed was named one of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers? So do I. Good times, my friends, good times.

Now NPR is looking for the Top 100 Science Fiction/Fantasy Titles. And the Newsflesh trilogy, by Mira Grant, is on the list.

To be fair, this is a popularity contest. Some amazing books are missing. There's a heavy bias toward titles published in the last five years. But still. Wouldn't it be nice to make the list?

Go ye forth, and vote!
Tags: awards and stuff, mira grant, requesting things, shameless plea
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  • 24 comments

avahgdu

August 4 2011, 05:48:56 UTC 5 years ago

I just voted for you and Mary Shelley at the same time. (and 8 others)

You just don't know the significance of getting to vote for my secret gf AND Ms Shelley at the same time!

I was born in 1967 and they were NOT prepared for a kid like me in the backwater, boondocks mountains I come from. I was reading by three years of age, and I devoured Frankenstein at the age of six. It's what made me grow up to be a writer.

phoenixrave

August 5 2011, 04:16:34 UTC 5 years ago

LOL. Thank you for sharing my geek moment! I did the equivalent of a thesis for my B.A. on the transformation from Gothic Romance to Gothic horror, using Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and Matthew G. Lewis's "The Monk." Then, a few years later, on my first trip to London, there was an exhibit with pages from the original handwritten draft from Mary and locks of her hair! I dino-danced the day away.
So, today I too got to vote for the Dark Lady and Seanan! Yay!

My biggest disappointment was that Toby wasn't there. As a whole, I'd say that the Newsflesh books impress me as "Best of" candidates, but the Daye series grows by SUCH leaps and bounds! AAN is still my favorite, but LE slayed me in it's own way. OSS can't get here fast enough!!!

avahgdu

August 6 2011, 09:17:18 UTC 5 years ago

I lived in London in the 80's, I was a semi famous psychic there, and my favorite museum was called the London Dungeon. LOL Of course, the Tower of London was fun, too.

Not to sound like a brainiac, especially since the medications have seriously impacted my iq, but it was sometimes difficult growing up with a fascination for Dark Shadows, tarot cards, Wuthering Heights, and Mary Shelley. Attempting to explain to a third grade teacher that Frankenstein was an important book for women's rights history, as well as a study of what makes us human and how the 'creature' was never a monster...well, my Mom went to a lot of meetings.

'Rents were wealthy then and I spent a lot of time with special tutors and being separated from kids my age. it's no wonder I grew up to be a weirdo. ROFL