I'm over the moon about E. Lily Yu's Campbell Award too.

I voted for her! I was a bit mystified by "Cartographer Wasps," but I appreciated the originality of it, and the rest of the stuff in her packet was so interesting. SHE WROTE A STORY ABOUT A LONELY LAMPPOST. A LAMPPOST.

I met Seannan!

Oh yay!! How'd that go?

And squeecast is hilarious.

I don't listen to podcasts, so I've never heard it.

Did you get cut off on the Ustream? Did you hear that Neil Gaiman is writing another Dr. Who ep?

I did get cut off, but I heard the Twitter buzz about the episode.

Breakdown of Hugo voting.

Sad to see that Deadline and i Countdown (and Wicked Girls) didn't actually have a chance against the winners, but kind of neat that Deadline actually beat A Dance with Dragons, especially considering Jo Walton apologized to GRRM on her way to the podium.

I really hope Blackout wins next year, but now I think that Feed was the best shot the series had. UGH 24 VOTES.

Speaking of: Mark Reads Feed!

Kij Johnson won another Hugo! (Kij is a very dear friend, and a FANTASTIC writer.)

She is Awesome and I admire her so much. I wish I'd met her this weekend. "The Man Who Bridged The Mists" was on my list of favorites last year.

Oh yay!! How'd that go?

Good! fast!

x-post with Tech:

If anybody is interested in a lightly used Kindle Touch in good condition (with the "special offers"), I'm selling mine. Going to downgrade to a non-touch Kindle (with buttons!). I'm trying to get $70 including shipping. E-mail me if you're interested.

The Skullduggery Pleasant that I was expecting on the 17th, per my notification? Arrived today. I don't understand, but I am happy to be confused.

Sorry, household chores, you will be ignored for the next little while. More than usual, I mean.

The Skullduggery Pleasant that I was expecting on the 17th, per my notification? Arrived today. I don't understand, but I am happy to be confused.

ENVY

Actually, mine says it's supposed to arrive tomorrow, so it's possible that it will have been delivered when I get home from work today. (Please please please.)

So I finished Feed last night.

My response: damn

I think Grant did a very nice job with the novel and now I want the trilogy to be a tv series by Whedon. I have started the 2nd book but with serious trepidation for obvious reasons.

The movie rights have been optioned, so we'll see where that goes. Glad you liked it!

The third book is out, right? I loved Feed, but had some major reservation with Deadline, even though it had some fun virology bits. Does the third book conclude the saga or is it ongoing?

The third book came out in June, and it concludes the saga. It's a trilogy. There may be more books in this world, but not with these characters.

I also highly recommend Countdown, which is a prequel novella that, well, counts down to the Rising. San Diego 2014: The Last Stand of the California Browncoats is worth a read as well; it's about the Rising at Comic-Con.