Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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"How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea" is out today!

It's July, and you know what that means: a new Newsflesh novella! This year's release is "How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea," in which Mahir Gowda travels to Australia and tries to come to terms with the fact that people are people everywhere in the world.

If you've been missing the world of Feed, and have $2.99 to spare, this is the adventure for you! (I know, I know, "if you have three bucks, this is awesome" isn't the best marketing slogan in the world, but it's what I can come up with before eight o'clock in the morning. Work with me.)

Mahir! Air travel! Zombie kangaroos! This novella has everything, and it should have you. Available now in the US and Canada, July 17th in the United Kingdom.

Newsflesh novella, yay!
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listicath

July 15 2013, 15:19:09 UTC 3 years ago

Hooray! And a great excuse to use this avatar. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 15:37:41 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

idancewithlife

July 15 2013, 15:21:47 UTC 3 years ago

Bought! Yea! Thanks for more Mahir.

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 15:37:49 UTC 3 years ago

Welcome.

lauraajk

July 15 2013, 15:41:22 UTC 3 years ago

Yay! Can't wait to read it.

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 15:47:03 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

naath

July 15 2013, 15:56:33 UTC 3 years ago

squeee! Come on the 17th!

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 16:04:53 UTC 3 years ago

I'm so glad there's a clear UK release date.

mrs_norris_mous

3 years ago

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sparrowpunk

3 years ago

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naath

3 years ago

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herefox

July 15 2013, 15:59:51 UTC 3 years ago

Best birthday present ever, ordered and to be read later today, most likely ;-)

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 16:05:01 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

lianneb

July 15 2013, 16:52:44 UTC 3 years ago

I got the email from Kobo this morning saying that it has been added to my library (I had pre-ordered), so I will be downloading tonight. I am so looking forward to the zombie kangaroos.

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 19:28:00 UTC 3 years ago

Woot!

anne_d

July 15 2013, 17:44:12 UTC 3 years ago

Bought it.

Read it, all in one gulp.

Am now sniffly and teary-eyed because of the ending.

Seanan, whatever name you write under, you are a marvel and an international treasure. Thank you.

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 19:28:14 UTC 3 years ago

Thank you!

shanejayell

July 15 2013, 17:49:16 UTC 3 years ago

Oooh.

Any possibility of Orbit putting out a Newsflesh anthology? I'm poor and while I buy your books, I don't wanna shell out for short stories....

anne_d

July 15 2013, 19:15:30 UTC 3 years ago

I'd also appreciate an eventual real book, because my eyes aren't up to long-haul reading on the PC. Not to mention the whole family of four, one PC thing...

seanan_mcguire

3 years ago

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shanejayell

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joyce

July 15 2013, 18:03:07 UTC 3 years ago

I am still reading, but: OMG YOU PUT POLY PEOPLE IN YOUR BOOK THANK YOU. *sniff*

Ahem. Carry on.

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 19:28:41 UTC 3 years ago

Of course I did! WE EXIST.

joyce

3 years ago

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wendyzski

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joyce

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textileowl

3 years ago

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jenfullmoon

3 years ago

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khaybee

July 15 2013, 18:10:51 UTC 3 years ago

Any chance of a release date for those who live down under?

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 19:28:54 UTC 3 years ago

This is a question for Orbit, and not for me.

bekitty

3 years ago

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rose_clover

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elisem

July 15 2013, 18:11:39 UTC 3 years ago

OK, that makes this a GOOD day!

seanan_mcguire

July 15 2013, 19:29:04 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

ladymurmur

July 15 2013, 19:47:18 UTC 3 years ago

'twas on my Kindle when I awoke this morning. Nice way to start the week! :-)

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:18:43 UTC 3 years ago

Hooray!

k_crow

July 15 2013, 19:53:46 UTC 3 years ago

I had just opened up my Kindle thinking I wanted something new to read, and it showed [Downloading]. Huh? I haven't... ooooo *pounce* *read/devour/gulp*
I love Mahir's voice, and the descriptions of both Australia itself and the travel, and and and... Seconded on thank you for including poly people, and I recognized some last names of some of the characters which was squee-making, and awesome novella! Plus, getting a sneak peek at Parasite now has me looking forward to that book even more!
As my housemate commented this morning, "You hate zombies, but you're cheerful about reading a new piece in Seanan's zombie universe. Weird."

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:19:09 UTC 3 years ago

I did not know there was a sneak peek of Parasite included!

deliabarry

July 15 2013, 21:15:28 UTC 3 years ago

I just checked my gmail and there's a message from Amazon telling me it's ready to download. Squeee! I know what I'm doing tonight! :)

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:19:20 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

lysystratae

July 15 2013, 21:58:37 UTC 3 years ago

Mine!

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:22:50 UTC 3 years ago

Yay!

gwaihiril

July 16 2013, 00:27:13 UTC 3 years ago

Ooh! You know what's exciting? I just started a new job, which means I soon will have $3 to spare. I don't want to spend lots before I can figure out budget, etc, but I think it will be my "yay, I survived moving and starting a new job" present to myself.

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:23:04 UTC 3 years ago

Congratulations on the new job!

sparrowpunk

July 16 2013, 00:49:25 UTC 3 years ago

Mahir always makes me happy :)

I am in the UK, and my pre-order arrived on my Kindle arrived about an hour ago- when I checked Amazon for the date, it came up as downloadable at about a minute past midnight. Just thought some of the UK people here might want to know...

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:23:25 UTC 3 years ago

Me, too. I swear I could write a book that was just Mahir criticizing footwear.

mgucciard

July 16 2013, 04:48:41 UTC 3 years ago

This was excellent. Mahir handled the whole thing much more ... calmly than I ever could have.

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:23:43 UTC 3 years ago

Mahir is a remarkably calm man.

jennygriffee

July 16 2013, 05:07:41 UTC 3 years ago

Picoreview: bought it, read it, loved it, still want to hug Mahir. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:23:52 UTC 3 years ago

Don't we all?

tikiera

July 16 2013, 05:16:41 UTC 3 years ago

It came out just two days before my birthday so I treated myself.

And promptly read it all on the train this morning, the train that I normally sleep on. Now I am exhausted but happy. It was of the awesome. I am very glad to see a different approach to coping with the virus.

I only skip that morning train nap for two authors. :)

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:24:06 UTC 3 years ago

Happy birthday, and I am honored.

notalwaysweak

July 16 2013, 09:44:49 UTC 3 years ago

I can confirm that it is also available for download in the Land of Poison and Flame and Now With Added Zombie Kangaroos.

They looked upon our zombie apocalypse, and they were not impressed. Heeee.

OMG POLY SQUEE.

I am already in love with Olivia, a lot.

THEY HAVE TIM TAMS. Your attention to detail is noted :D

half-bleached raven That is an absolutely gorgeous description.

Considering the current state of our national broadband network, the line about 'great strides in connectivity' would want to be true.

I have Australia. I win. YES YOU DO, JACK.

My stomach totally just dropped at the mention of the mosquitos. And again when the little roo got shot.

"I was starting to think you were the boss version of ‘my girlfriend who lives in Sydney.'" I LOVE IT.

AWWW BABY ROOS!

... did you just. You did. A KANGAROO STOLE MY BABY.

The quote from Mahir at the start of Part VI made me tear up.

THIS IS AMAZING. YOU ARE AMAZING. Thank you for this insight into how Australia could stay so quintessentially Australian even after the zombie apocalypse.

jenfullmoon

July 16 2013, 17:25:54 UTC 3 years ago

Mahir being forced to hold a baby kangaroo. AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Wow, this is like the "happy ending" story of Newsflesh, isn't it? It's so much more cheerful, it's surprising.

Should I ever be magically transported into Newsfleshverse (oh god), I'm heading to Australia. Which I kind of want to do anyway except the price and long plane flight kind of make me want to hide under a bed in fear, so probably not.

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3 years ago

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phoenix_singing

July 16 2013, 15:45:04 UTC 3 years ago Edited:  July 18 2013, 02:39:38 UTC

I was going to nap. Now I have a Shiny Thing to read.

I'm okay with this. ^_^

/runs off to buy Shiny Thing

Edit:
So now I've read it. Zombie kangaroos are somehow terrifying and incredibly sad at the same time. :(

Also, I love Mahir.

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:28:57 UTC 3 years ago

Hooray!

batyatoon

July 16 2013, 16:05:57 UTC 3 years ago

MAHIIIIR. I love Mahir so much you don't even know. *hugs him*

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:29:10 UTC 3 years ago

I think I have some idea. *hugs you*

pujaemuss

July 16 2013, 22:55:52 UTC 3 years ago

One small nitpick for future consideration when writing Mahir - you had him refer to the season between summer and winter as "Fall", which is a name that's not used at all in England. It's "Autumn" on all occasions and anyone saying "Fall" would be regarded as a bit weird and trying to be American.

Brilliant story though. One of the things I loved about Feed was the world-building and the idea of a well-thought out and cleverly considered society that had developed from our own under the stresses of zombies. It was beautiful to get to explore another alternate future that started from the same place and same impetuses, but ended up somewhere different.

PJW

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:30:12 UTC 3 years ago

That was actually intentional, believe it or not: he's been writing for a predominantly American site for a very long time, and in the US, "Autumn" is mostly a girls' name, not a season. So he's got a few words that have slipped meanings for him, as a consequence of the work he does.

I'm so glad you liked it.

trektone

July 17 2013, 02:26:56 UTC 3 years ago

Yay! Yay! Yay!

seanan_mcguire

July 23 2013, 16:30:21 UTC 3 years ago

Glee.
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