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Now is the time on Sprockets where we continue trying to murder the link file, in part because the remains of this cold have left me cotton-headed and glassy-eyed. Now is not the time for deep thoughts. Now is the time for links and listlessness. And so...

Look! It's the Salon Futura interview I recorded immediately after winning the Campbell! Just in case you were starting to think I was exaggerating about the size of this file. Sniff. I miss my tiara...

And here's another interview, this time with Fantasy Faction. There were some interesting capitalization and punctuation choices made in the transcription of this interview. Read it, and marvel!

The Guilded Earlobe did seven questions with Mira Grant. Thrill as I defend zombies as being for everybody, not just for the boys, and explain why I should have a tank. You think I should have a tank, don't you?

The wonderful Kenda at Lurv ala Mode had me stop by to explain a bit about surviving Faerie; I may eventually use this format again, because it was disturbingly fun. Seriously. Best guest post ever.

Oh, right, I promised you some reviews. Here's Fantasy Faction's review of Feed, which says, "To be blunt, I find Feed to be one of the best novels about zombies that I have ever read." Moving on! To...

The Fantasy Faction review of Deadline, which says, "I don't think that Grant should have done anything differently with Deadline. This book was amazing, and an excellent continuation of the Newsflesh trilogy. I know that I will be reading this book, and Feed, again before Blackout releases next year. Probably a few times, if I'm to be honest. I'm looking forward to the conclusion of the story, but at the same time I'm so sad for it to come to an end."

I am, too.

And that ends this roundup.

Date: 2012-03-20 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drakemonger.livejournal.com
I think you should have a tank until you move to WA. Then I'm not so certain.

Date: 2012-03-20 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
But I'd bring my tank with me, silly.

Date: 2012-03-21 12:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drakemonger.livejournal.com
My point exactly! Given your occasional desires to ignite the biosphere, or otherwise wreak havoc on the world or its nearby pieces, I don't think I'm comfortable having you and a tank in the same state, much less tri-county area, as me. What's to keep you from blowing up my house? WITH ME IN IT?

Date: 2012-03-20 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vixyish.livejournal.com
She's not gonna WALK to Washington, y'know.

Date: 2012-03-21 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drakemonger.livejournal.com
Of course not, who knows if Oregon is zombie-free this time of year. But... if she's taking an M1 Abrams it tops out at 35mph. That's like a full nonstop day of tank driving. Just sayin'. (Are there services that will drive your tank for you?)

Date: 2012-03-20 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dornbeast.livejournal.com
The real question is, can she find parking at street level, as opposed to "on top of the annoying neighbor's car?"

If she can't, I'd say it might be best to put off owning a tank until she can guarantee a parking spot for herself. My vague impression of her plans for when she moves suggests that she might have enough room to park a tank once she gets to WA. Possibly. I'm not certain. (And I'm out of good weasel words and phrases, but I'd throw three or four more in if I had them.)

Date: 2012-03-20 04:57 pm (UTC)
archangelbeth: A smirking white cat - Krosp from Girl Genius. (Krosp - Helping!)
From: [personal profile] archangelbeth
You should totally have a tank, and I don't have to even read the link to know that! O:D

Date: 2012-03-20 05:01 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-20 05:26 pm (UTC)
anne_d: (Power Surge 2)
From: [personal profile] anne_d
Of course you should have a tank! You deserve a tank! How can you defend us from the zombie hordes if you don't have a tank?

Date: 2012-03-20 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dornbeast.livejournal.com
Why is it her job to defend us from the zombie hordes?

Date: 2012-03-20 09:21 pm (UTC)
anne_d: (Power Surge 2)
From: [personal profile] anne_d
It's not her job, it's her hobby. But only if she wants to. Mostly, it's an excuse a good and proper reason to own a tank.

Date: 2012-05-02 07:22 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-20 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tigertoy.livejournal.com
If you have a tank, you'll be distracted from your killer virus laboratory. So, the question is, do you already have an experiment running there that needs your monitoring so it doesn't become sapient and escape, or is that the project you were getting started next week?

Date: 2012-05-02 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
Ooooooooooo, good point...

Date: 2012-03-20 06:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brownkitty.livejournal.com
Tank as in vehicle with a turret? Tank as in container of something, such as sharks with lasers on their heads? Tank as in someone to be sick or injured in your place?

Maybe all of the above.... nah, I'm not sure you'd want a self-mobile turreted container of laser-headed sharks with the flu. It might distress the cats.

Date: 2012-05-02 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
Or it might make them VERY HAPPY.

Date: 2012-03-20 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aliciaaudrey.livejournal.com
I agree. I dare say you NEED a tank!

Date: 2012-05-02 07:23 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-20 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charles ellis (from livejournal.com)
I guess I am the lone dissenting voice here. You shouldn't have a tank, you should have an APC. More room for cats, books, your Monster High and My Little Pony collections, computer, Diet Dr. Pepper, and whatever other fuel is necessary to keep you writing, while still having enough heft to grind zombies into wet smears on the ground and weapons sufficient to reach out and touch them from long distance. But if you do have a tank, flechette rounds for the main gun would be more effective than depleted uranium. Unless the zombies also have a tank.

I admit, I have no good counter-argument to the benefit of being able to make Tank Girl jokes.
Edited Date: 2012-03-20 07:38 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-20 07:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serge-lj.livejournal.com
Better to have a tank than ED-209...

Date: 2012-03-20 09:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dornbeast.livejournal.com
In general, yes. I will note that ED-209 was a case of poorly applied technology (ED-209 was clearly not designed for working inside buildings) and bad programming. I think it would work better in non-urban environments, or as outer perimeter security.

Date: 2012-05-02 07:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
I like the way you think.

Date: 2012-03-20 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sisterite.livejournal.com
Regarding another person's comment: You're moving to WA? I feel like I should do some incredibly girlie squealing, right about now! :D

That aside: Thank you for linking to my reviews on Fantasy-Faction! I've alraedy called dibs on doing the review for BLACKOUT, too, so I'm just impatiently waiting for June to arrive...

Also: Tanks are totally awesome. They get things done.

Date: 2012-05-02 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
Awesome! You do great reviews. :)

Tanks are best.

Date: 2012-03-20 10:25 pm (UTC)
ext_9391: (DW: Donna)
From: [identity profile] anna-sinistra.livejournal.com
Just got Discount Armageddon as a surprise 'congratulations on your promotion' present (along with Troubletones and My Little Pony/Doctor Who shirts, so it is in excellent company). I can't read it until the weekend, but I am already incredibly excited. :D

Date: 2012-05-02 07:24 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-21 12:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chatworthy.livejournal.com
Of course you should have a tank. I just got a helicopter gunship; you should get a tank.
A tank of what, I dunno.

Date: 2012-05-02 07:24 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-03-21 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com
...no, darling. I love you and I think you are fabulous and I think you deserve good things, but I do not want you to have a tank.

Date: 2012-05-03 01:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com
I'm sorry. I'm just Mostly Heartless.

Date: 2012-03-21 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vincentursus.livejournal.com
Ooh, someone could start the 'Buy Seanan a Tank' Kickstarter...

Date: 2012-05-02 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com
Best. Plan. EVER.

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