Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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HALF-OFF RAGNAROK open thread!

To celebrate the release of Half-Off Ragnarok, here. Have an open thread to discuss the book. Judging by the comments I'm seeing, some of you've have had time, while others received review copies.

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.) I will be DELETING all comments containing spoilers which have been left on other posts. No one gets to spoil people here without a label.

You can also start a 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, and try not to bleed on the carpet.
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elentiriel

March 7 2014, 00:20:30 UTC 3 years ago

I just re-read the book, and I *love* the line that Sarah says "It's zebras all the way down."

Also, I guess this is artistic license or maybe he has polarized contacts (is that possible?) but on the cover Alex is not wearing glasses and in the book he is described as wearing glasses. I'm going with polarized contacts.

Alex's colony of mice seem to be more subdued that Verity's - I wonder if that's because he's living with cuckoos or because he's a god and not a priestess?

dornbeast

March 7 2014, 15:52:47 UTC 3 years ago

I'd guess that Alex has learned to deal with his Aeslin mice more effectively. It wouldn't surprise me if he taught his colony the Science Rules.

Metaphorically, it's like being in a rough ocean. Alex has a kayak, Verity has a raft.

jenfullmoon

March 7 2014, 16:07:01 UTC 3 years ago

I suspect Alex just has more space and people (and a church griffin) around, so they're (a) not as overpoweringly underfoot at all times as Verity's were in New York) and (b) griffin, and (c) Science Rules.

beccastareyes

March 7 2014, 18:06:42 UTC 3 years ago

Also Sarah. The mice know she's injured and Alex wants her to recover, and also that she's possibly dangerous at the moment. While the mice are exuberant about religion, they don't seem to be stupid about survival.

seanan_mcguire

March 26 2014, 19:16:41 UTC 3 years ago

Artistic license. :)