Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: bouncy
  • Music: Halestorm, "Love Bites (and So Do I)."

Ten things make a list. I like lists.

10. If you read yesterday's post about ebook distribution around the world, you may want to go back and read it again; I made some pretty hefty edits after having a contract discussion with The Agent, and I think it's more accurate now.

9. While I will not say that Joss Whedon is my master now—I remain too critical for that, and still haven't forgiven him for several things—he has made my two favorite theatrical releases of this year, Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers.

8. Although if we don't get another female hero in the sequel, I am going to be one cranky kitty. I knew that would be an issue for me going in; I was not wrong.

7. We're down to three girls on this season of America's Next Top Model, and I don't hate any of them. What? How can this be? I think the world has been intrinsically damaged by the inanity of this season's "US v. UK" concept.

6. You know what's awesome? Disneyland, that's what's awesome. You know what's better? I'm going there in two weeks, with Vixy. Are we now planning to hit every Disney park in the world? Yes. Yes, we are. Next up, Disneyland Paris.

5. Eleven days to Blackout! Who's excited? I'm excited!

4. If you somehow get an early copy, please don't tell me. There's nothing I can do about it, and it'll just raise my blood pressure. But feel free to post a review. Reviews are awesome.

3. You know what makes everything better? Poison dart frickens make everything better. Look at their tiny technicolor deadliness!

2. Jean Grey is still dead.

1. I'm seeing The Devil's Carnival tonight! Yay!

Hope you're all having a great Friday, and are looking forward to an even greater weekend.
Tags: animals rock, at the movies, blackout, comic books, good things, in the wild, incryptid, mira grant, social life, too much tv, travel, vixy
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hoppytoad79

May 15 2012, 01:20:16 UTC 5 years ago

Poison Dart Frickens are AWESOME! Everything is dressed for a party in the tropics. *G*

Doing the mental math, the release date for Blackout is May 22nd, yesno? If so, B&N.com got it very, very wrong, because I got my copy of Blackout at the end of last week, and when I ordered it about six days before that, it wasn't as a pre-order, which had me really confused because I didn't recall seeing anything about the book hitting shelves yet. It's not the first time I've gotten a book from B&N pre-release day, either. A few years ago, I thought I'd missed one of the Toby books being released and asked in a store about where to find it on the shelves. It wasn't there so they got a copy in for me. Only later did I find out I was a few days early. Just thought you should know. I'm wicked pissed, because I wanted it to count toward your NYT-qualifying sales and how rude of them to ignore release dates. I guess that means I'll have to buy another copy, which shall be donated to the library up the road from me.

chaoticgoodnik

May 21 2012, 23:16:14 UTC 5 years ago Edited:  May 21 2012, 23:16:49 UTC

It's really weird that BN.com screwed up that way, because I have been checking their web site compulsively and it now says something about how the book won't be available in stores until June 1. (Edit: and when I say "the book" I mean Blackout, of course.) If I have to wait extra days for that too I'm going to be hard pressed not to hit the ceiling. (I say "too" because I pre-ordered something a while ago, and the release date earlier this month came and went, and for some reason BN didn't send the book until I politely beat their CS people about the head and shoulders with a stick, metaphorically speaking. It wasn't a money thing because I used a gift card ... it almost makes me wonder if BN isn't having distributor issues of some kind.)

deakat

May 21 2012, 23:39:03 UTC 5 years ago

I pre-ordered it from 3 different places, and they're all showing a release date of June 1.