Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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SPARROW HILL ROAD open thread!

To celebrate the release of Sparrow Hill Road, 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.
Tags: open thread, sparrow hill road
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geekhyena

May 7 2014, 18:42:58 UTC 3 years ago

I fully admit my first reaction upon reading was "I have GOT to work this into Car Wars somehow." Without giving anything away, I outlined my idea to the DM - I'm grabbing him a copy of the book at the signing this weekend, but he's already raced through the Kindle version, and agrees with me. Besides, the name of my car is a ref to one of your works, so I was halfway there already :3

As for the stories themselves, I admit I was in tears when it came time for the car to get crushed. Actual literal tears. It was so beautiful and wonderful and poignant - I'm not often moved to tears, but this was fantastic and one of the most emotionally moving things I've read in ages. Simply beautiful. I love the way you've created this world and populated it with so many fascinating characters, and all of the worldbuilding that's gone on. I worked a job a few summers ago that required a lot of time on the road and a lot of time spent around truckers, and I learned a lot. You've captured the essence of things perfectly, and I applaud you.

seanan_mcguire

May 7 2014, 19:12:14 UTC 3 years ago

Hee!