{"id":4628,"date":"2012-05-08T22:57:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2012-05-08T22:57:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T02:57:39","slug":"hard-copy-carla-speed-mcneil-wins-la-book-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=4628","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: CARLA SPEED MCNEIL WINS LA BOOK PRIZE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finder: Voice continues to be one of the most talked about books of 2011, and word of\"\"<\/a> its story and artwork has spread far and wide. So far, in fact, that Carla Speed McNeil has been awarded the prestigious Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the Graphic Novel category for Finder: Voice!<\/p>\n

Praise for Carla Speed McNeil\u2019s Finder:<\/p>\n

\u201cI love Carla Speed McNeil\u2019s Finder, and I imagine the reason I love it is the same reason it doesn\u2019t get more attention in the comics press: it\u2019s simultaneously straightforward and labyrinthine, genre-based and uncategorizable . . . For me, and for other readers who have gotten pulled into McNeil\u2019s weird and woolly far-future world, Finder is one of those comics.\u201d\u2014The Comics Journal<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been entirely too long since we were able to experience Carla Speed McNeil\u2019s unique brand of sociological science fiction with its emphasis on character, class and culture. Once again McNeil immerses you in her meticulously detailed world and you\u2019re immediately caught up in a beautifully drawn and deftly written story.\u201d\u2014ICv2<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll keep turning the pages in Voice to put the pieces of the puzzle together and to see what Grosvenor does next. It is an intricate tale, and Carla Speed McNeil is a master storyteller\u2014with her words and art.\u201d\u2014ScienceFiction.com<\/p>\n

\u201cMcNeil conveys more emotion and depth through the slick line of a raised eyebrow than most can with an entire book, played out in a world that is unquestionably familiar and unshakably alien.\u201d\u2014Bleeding Cool<\/p>\n

\u201cMcNeil excels at tying her many character and story elements together and anchoring them in the same increasingly familiar universe, making her fictional world, its inhabitants and their issues and experiences all the more real to the invested, gratified reader.\u201d\u2014No Flying No Tights<\/p>\n

Awards and nominations:<\/p>\n

Unshelved Book Club\u2019s Book of the Month, February 2012\u2014Unshelved
\n#1 on Comics Worth Reading\u2019s Best Graphic Novels of 2011\u2014Comics Worth Reading
\n#2 on Comics Bulletin\u2019s Top 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2011\u2014Comics Bulletin
\n#4 on Publishers Weekly\u2019s Best Books of 2011, Comics\u2014Publishers Weekly
\n#4 on ComicsAlliance\u2019s 11 Best Comics of 2011\u2014ComicsAlliance
\n#29 on Comic Book Resources\u2019 Top 100 Comics of 2011\u2014Comic Book Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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