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rose_griffes) wrote2021-02-09 04:55 pm
rose_griffes) wrote2021-02-09 04:55 pm
Entry tags:
zombies and magic
I finished The Magicians, season five! And I enjoyed it! The beginning point was a bit rocky, but that was to be expected, given the ending of season four. I wouldn't say it was a perfect ending, but from start to finish there were character arcs and storylines that worked for me as a viewer. Also, I'm glad that the show runners chose a happier finale than they have in the past, since the show was cancelled after they filmed season five. I'd like to know what happens next, but it's not an anxious kind of wanting to know. (Also, a perfect starting place for post-show fic. I'm not planning on writing any, but I would read some.)
Seanan McGuire's writing alter-ego, Mira Grant, has another novel in her Newsflesh series: Feedback. It was actually published back in 2016; I just missed it somehow. Not sure that a novel set in a zombie pandemic and presidential election was the thing to read at the moment... hee. Actually, it was fine; having read the other novels several years ago gives the whole thing some distance for me. Also, it's set in the year 2040.
If you like action-adventure stories and don't mind a serving of zombies on the side, these are a good bet. Multiple canon queer characters, too, if that's a motivating factor. The zombie element isn't actually my thing--AT ALL--but McGuire is a talented writer and tireless researcher, so her zombie stories (she also has a trilogy as Mira Grant with a different type of zombie apocalypse) work for me.
Seanan McGuire's writing alter-ego, Mira Grant, has another novel in her Newsflesh series: Feedback. It was actually published back in 2016; I just missed it somehow. Not sure that a novel set in a zombie pandemic and presidential election was the thing to read at the moment... hee. Actually, it was fine; having read the other novels several years ago gives the whole thing some distance for me. Also, it's set in the year 2040.
If you like action-adventure stories and don't mind a serving of zombies on the side, these are a good bet. Multiple canon queer characters, too, if that's a motivating factor. The zombie element isn't actually my thing--AT ALL--but McGuire is a talented writer and tireless researcher, so her zombie stories (she also has a trilogy as Mira Grant with a different type of zombie apocalypse) work for me.