geekyTHERE 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!
June 4 2012, 14:51:48 UTC 5 years ago
My reaction was so different from both of the other books in the trilogy. Feed was my entrée into a new world, and I sobbed when we lost Georgia. Deadline made me literally fear for the life of my new Nook e-reader, because the roller coaster ride had my palms sweating that much. Blackout was the return home. We got George back. We got Rick back. Funnily enough, my big teary moment came when, on one page, when reading an explanation about the Secret Service, I said "I miss Steve," only to have it echoed by George on the next page, AND THEN HE CAME BACK! Filker as EIS bigwig, complete with hawaiian shirt! Half of my tweets had the hashtag #myfriendswevecomehome.
It's also interesting to note how folks read the chapter-leading blog entries. Personally, a lot of the "Unpublished" ones proved the preamble to panic for me. From some comments that you made at the Borderlands "Feed" release, (basically, if I recall correctly, "We have broken the planet.") I feared that some events might doom the human race. (Which happened so nicely on film this summer! ;-) ) At other times, that one of the Masons would go, leaving the other to follow. Thankfully, it all ended beautifully. Not "happily," especially for you Becks fans, but beautifully plotted, following logically what came before, with hope, passion, and the Truth.
Thanks for the ride!
June 12 2012, 15:33:52 UTC 5 years ago