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Jan. 26th, 2009
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
forthcoming from Quirk Books
(I am not making this up.) From the catalogue description:
forthcoming from Quirk Books
(I am not making this up.) From the catalogue description:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Complete with 20 illustrations in the style of C. E. Brock (the original illustrator of Pride and Prejudice), this insanely funny expanded edition will introduce Jane Austen's classic novel to new legions of fans.To underscore the, uh, diverse worlds of the original author versus the parody's author, note their authorial bylines:
Jane Austen is the author of Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, and other masterpieces of English literature.
Seth Grahame-Smith is the author of How to Survive a Horror Movie and The Big Book of Porn. He lives in Los Angeles.
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I'm still trying to get the feel for this project, and what my ground rules are. It's a challenge to think of something new every single day. Somedays I'm afraid I won't manage it and will resort to clicking on www.thehungersite.com. I could probably manage something new if I had the cash to make a little donation every day. Certainly there are a gazillion sites out there begging for money. But the realities of supporting my family in the face of unemployment makes this unrealistic.
I can pass on information (check out Social responsibilities rankings for gas stations! Or Smart Girls at the Party! Or any number of socially responsible Twitter feeds.) Is that fulfilling my commitment? Or am I just lazily/passively reporting what other people are doing? Haven't quite decided yet.
I can pass on information (check out Social responsibilities rankings for gas stations! Or Smart Girls at the Party! Or any number of socially responsible Twitter feeds.) Is that fulfilling my commitment? Or am I just lazily/passively reporting what other people are doing? Haven't quite decided yet.