urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2011-04-08T13:59:57Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:340080 2011-04-08T13:59:57Z 2011-04-08T13:59:57Z Julie Brown, "Girl Fight Tonight." Toby has managed to navigate the wilds of the Kingdom of Prestor John, smacking down <i>The Habitation of the Blessed</i> in round three of the BSC Book Tournament and proceeding to the quarterfinals, where it's <i>An Artificial Night</i> against Elizabeth Bear's <i>Chill</i>. Bear and I have been enthusiastically attacking each other on Twitter in anticipation of this match (I have predatory dinosaurs, she has balrogs and the forces of logic), and now it's finally here!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bscreview.com/2011/04/5th-annual-book-tournament-round-4-malazan-empire-and-westeros-brackets/">You have what you have to do.</a><br /><br />Go ye forth, get thee funky, and vote like your life depended on it! Which, given the number of monsters we have merrily marching around here, it just might. Toby has smacked the crap out of three challengers in three different bouts. This is your chance to help her smack the crap out of challenger number four, and proceed to the semifinals, where she can begin to merrily swing her sock full of butter* at challengers from different brackets.<br /><br />(*Sock full of butter: makes a great bludgeoning weapon, and when you're done, you have a sock full of nicely softened butter, ready to be turned into cookies. Everybody wins! Except maybe the people you hit with the sock full of butter.)