{"id":35516,"date":"2019-12-16T10:11:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=35516"},"modified":"2022-01-10T01:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T06:04:25","slug":"macro-monday-masticates-morgue-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2019\/12\/16\/macro-monday-masticates-morgue-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Macro Monday Masticates Morgue Meat"},"content":{"rendered":"

No, I don’t know what that means, but I\u00a0do<\/em> know that it means at the bottom of this post I have some photos, including a photo of vultures. Because vultures are awesome, that’s why. Don’t forget that one of their self-defense mechanisms is HOT ROTTEN VOMIT.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n

Anyway, just some quick newsy bits before we get to the photos —<\/p>\n

Do not forget that I give gift ideas for THE WEIRDO WRITERS IN YOUR LIFE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wanderers has also hit more year-end lists, to my shock and delight —<\/p>\n

Polygon lists it as a top of 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As does Rob Hart at LitReactor Staff Picks of 2019<\/a>. (Quote from him on the book that I love: “800-something pages and I read it in three days. Wendig took everything you see on Twitter that keeps you awake at night and condenses it all into a cohesive narrative about our garbage-fire reality, and makes it a ripping thriller on top of that.” Also, if you’ve not yet read The Warehouse, get on it<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

And finally, NPR! Holy crap. It hit their Book Concierge list<\/a>, and I’m floored.<\/p>\n

So, not that anybody’s counting (okay, I’m counting), it’s hit best of the year lists at:<\/p>\n

Bookpage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guardian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirkus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Library Journal<\/strong><\/p>\n

LitReactor<\/strong><\/p>\n

NPR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polygon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Publishers Weekly<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washington Post<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s very exciting. It’s the first time any of my books has had this kind of reach.<\/p>\n

Anyway! What else?<\/p>\n

Some books of mine are still on sale:<\/p>\n

Invasive is still $1.99 for your Kindlemachine<\/a>. It’s probably the best precursor to\u00a0Wanderers<\/strong>, in fact. (It does not require having read\u00a0Zer0es<\/strong>, despite what some sites will say.)<\/p>\n

Atlanta Burns is $0.99<\/a>, so if you like Nazis getting punched, well.<\/p>\n

Under the Empyrean Sky is $0.99<\/a>, too, as are the rest of the books in that series — cornpunk YA, Star Wars by way of John Steinbeck and Hunger Games.<\/p>\n

Damn Fine Story is only $4.99<\/a> for your Kindle, too.<\/p>\n

And if you want a Hydrate and Read Books t-shirt, Worldbuilders has you covered<\/a>. And don’t forget about their year’s end charity run<\/a>, which ends tomorrow, and affords you a chance to win a bunch of my books.<\/p>\n

Finally, pretty cool that Aftermath gets a shout-out from Chris Terrio<\/a>, the screenwriter of Rise of Skywalker. No, I don’t expect this means the movie does anything with the books! But it’s happy to see, just the same.<\/p>\n

ANYWAY<\/p>\n

HERE HAVE SOME PHOTOS, FRANDOLORIANS<\/p>\n

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No, I don’t know what that means, but I\u00a0do know that it means at the bottom of this post I have some photos, including a photo of vultures. Because vultures are awesome, that’s why. Don’t forget that one of their self-defense mechanisms is HOT ROTTEN VOMIT. Merry Christmas! Anyway, just some quick newsy bits before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-theramble","9":"has-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Hydrate-and-Read-Books-FINAL.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-9eQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35516"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35521,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35516\/revisions\/35521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}