, so when he reverts to a plot that only a writer could love I get all eye-rolly.

Maybe? Still, I kind of loved the second twist (no spoilerfont due to phone typing). And since I'm not to the end yet, I live in fear of an ending like The Scar.

One weird thing is that up until somewhere near the end of i Deadline, the After the End Times crew all seemed like teens or young-20s to me. I had to keep reminding myself that they were adults and that they'd be played by someone older than 18 in the movie.

Really? I got at least mid-twenties. Maaaybe early twenties for some of them.

Mahir has always seemed their age, but mature...which in this case dragged my mental image of Shaun and George up to my mental image age for Mahir.

Yeah, Mahir is awesome, and he definitely "feels" older than the rest of them, even though I don't think he's actually older, but I think he helped age everyone up. Like you said.

Buffy seemed younger, but she may actually have been younger, I don't remember.

Oh, and by the way, the Indian doctor who saved the world? My brother.

Still, I kind of loved the second twist

OK. I stopped at the first Reveal, because I couldn't read anymore what with my eyes rolling like that. So I'll pick it back up and try again.

My other problem with Embassytown is not liking the POV character. I guess that's going around.

ETA: P-C's whitefont: I was going to ask you, b/c of the name and all. Tell him nice work.

My other problem with Embassytown is not liking the POV character. I guess that's going around.

Yah. She's not extremely compelling. She does, in the end, do things, though, which I got to before my eyes flipped out (not the way yours did... at least I think. Hmm. Suspicious.).

I'm trying to think whether this is his first female narrator since Bellis?

For Blackout, please tell me she doesn't do the clone = adult version of person complete with memories .

I haven't started Feed yet, but I am a little bummed the guy in the BEA line made me choose. I wanted to take both that and Deadline!

I think Ben might read Feed before I get to it, though, since I'm entangled in the Martin books.

For Blackout, please tell me she doesn't do the

Spoilers! You have the last chapter to go on. Speculate as you will. All I'll say is that what she does is interesting and I dig it, even though I wasn't sure about it at first.

I haven't started Feed yet, but I am a little bummed the guy in the BEA line made me choose. I wanted to take both that and Deadline!

Well, you wouldn't have wanted Deadline without Feed ! That's not really a CHOICE. Come on, BEA guy.

Yes, I know - that's why I whitefonted it, silly.

I'm just hoping that she doesn't do that - it's one of my minor peeves.

I'm currently reading Connie Willis' Blackout and skimming this conversation is confusing. But I figured it out.

An excerpt from the audiobook of A Dance with Dragons is up on the Random House site. (There is an excerpt from the ebook too - and it's a different chapter.)