Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: geeky
  • Music: Taylor Swift, "Long Live."

BLACKOUT open thread!

To celebrate the release of Blackout, 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. (I will not reply to every comment; I call partial comment amnesty. But I may well join some of the discussion, or answer questions or whatnot.)

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, since I always wind up getting involved in these things.

Have fun!
Tags: blackout, mira grant, zombies
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jane_dark

May 23 2012, 15:43:15 UTC 5 years ago

I loved it (but I already told you that on Twitter, where I'm paigecmorgan) -- but I do have one question: who's the black dog in the Blackout icons on your website? I was so worried about Joe the English mastiff when I saw them; but then, unless I missed something, he survived. Did I miss something?

I'm buying my paper copy today, and will probably start rereading, so I'll probably figure this out eventually...

As a Seattlite, I thought that having them come to Seattle was pretty neat, even though it startled me when Shaun and Becks went from the Masons to partway there (but like you say above, it didn't make sense for him to run into the line of fire.)

seanan_mcguire

May 23 2012, 15:58:38 UTC 5 years ago

That's Joe. It's not HIS blood...

jane_dark

May 23 2012, 16:04:46 UTC 5 years ago

Ah, got it. Thank you!

jammiesest

May 24 2012, 17:13:32 UTC 5 years ago

Happy dog is happy!

idancewithlife

May 25 2012, 04:24:52 UTC 5 years ago

Whew. I thought I missed Joe being injured in the text--especially since Dr. Abbey says something about missing Joe after her lab has the zombie invasion. I wasn't sure if it was her husband or her dog.

jenk

May 23 2012, 17:18:53 UTC 5 years ago

I did love how Joe played with the zombie remains. One of my officemates is an Akita / German Shepard mix and I'm totally relating him to Joe right now. ;)

spitphyre

May 24 2012, 00:12:56 UTC 5 years ago

The inclusion of Joe made me so happy. I wouldn't be able to survive without my dogs (who are both well above the threshold as I also have an Akita mix and I have a Great Dane) The worst part of Countdown for me was Marigold amplifying - I read it at work and started sobbing silently at my desk. And it was hard in Feed and the first part of Deadline for me to read the borderline dog hostility. Joe made up for all of that. Joe kicking ass and happily trashing zombies made me even happier :P

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jammiesest

May 24 2012, 18:41:00 UTC 5 years ago

No Akitas here, but since my "little" dog is 45 pounds, yeah, I couldn't read Countdown.

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jammiesest

May 24 2012, 19:13:52 UTC 5 years ago

*hugs* May 11 was the three-year anniversary of the loss of my German Shepherd/Alaskan Malamute mix, which is another reason I can't read the novella.

Is that Caena in your pic? She's utterly adorable!

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jammiesest

May 25 2012, 00:44:57 UTC 5 years ago

My little 45-lb girl will be four on June 25th!

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seanan_mcguire

May 25 2012, 14:26:04 UTC 5 years ago

I so completely understand.

seanan_mcguire

May 25 2012, 14:25:35 UTC 5 years ago

I love dogs so much. The treatment of companion animals in these books was so hard for me to write.

jammiesest

May 25 2012, 15:22:33 UTC 5 years ago

You did it very well, and writing about Joe must have brought a smile or six to your face, at least.

owenblacker

June 3 2012, 18:11:52 UTC 5 years ago

I have to agree on Countdown -- Marigold amplifying had me sobbing like a baby. Just as much as George's final post did in Feed. I've also read it out to a few people to explain why I think Mira's writing rocks so hard. Even my mam loved that vignette. And she doesn't even like zombies!

seanan_mcguire

June 3 2012, 18:58:12 UTC 5 years ago

Awwwww. <3