Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[Haro!]

Is anyone looking forward to this?

If you don't know, now you know: ""It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. 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. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd actually want to read. "

[Shiroiyuki]

What the...is this a real story? Because I will be preordering that :lol:

[Haro!]

Pre-order to your heart's content (http://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-Zombies-Classic-Ultraviolent/dp/1594743347)

[Anamin]

I heard about this on NPR. This so totally dumb. Why remake a classic with zombies?O.o.

[Melion]

I heard about this on NPR. This so totally dumb. Why remake a classic with zombies?O.o.

Because adding something with zombies just makes it more awesome, like Plants VS Zombies.

Im gonna preorder it...

[Haro!]

Because adding something with zombies just makes it more awesome, like Plants VS Zombies.

Im gonna preorder it...

Its out already. Order today. I got mine but haven't read it yet since I can't seem to get myself to finish Pride and Prejudice this time around and I have a major book back-log I'm trying to finish.

[Anamin]

Because adding something with zombies just makes it more awesome, like Plants VS Zombies.

Im gonna preorder it...

Right, right. I should have guessed.

[Leader Desslock]

I think Pride and Prejudice would be much better with Zombies, as would the works of Charles ****ens.

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Okay, even zombie hordes couldn't save Great Expectations.

Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself And Zombies could work.

[Haro!]

I think Pride and Prejudice would be much better with Zombies, as would the works of Charles ****ens.

...

Okay, even zombie hordes couldn't save Great Expectations.

Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself And Zombies could work.

Song of Myself? You go too far sir.

[ThePhillyFlash]

I heard about this on NPR. This so totally dumb. Why remake a classic with zombies?O.o.

Heck! Are you kidding? That sounds like fun! I'm gonna buy a copy! :)

[Tidusauron12]

Okay, even zombie hordes couldn't save Great Expectations.


For the record, nothing can save Great Exceptions. Except maybe, a long nap out of sheer boredom.

[emilysaur]

I bought it. Its a really good book.

[old hat]

I saw in the newspaper that the author is going to do more of these
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2009-07-21-jane-austen-zombies-vampires_N.htm
Pride and parody: Writers vamp it up with Jane Austen
By Carol Memmott, USA TODAY
Jane Austen fans who got their pantaloons in a twist over Pride and Prejudice and Zombies — Seth Grahame-Smith's irreverent best seller that blends Austen's 19th-century love story with a tale of the rampaging undead — brace yourselves.

The monster onslaught continues.

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre by Amanda Grange (Sourcebooks) hits stores Aug. 11. Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters, from Zombies publisher Quirk, is out Sept. 15.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a surprise summer hit, is No. 28 on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. There are 650,000 copies in print.

What is it about Austen and mythical creatures, anyway?

"It's very appealing to see the very mannered, rigid society Jane lived in conflict with a very chaotic society," Grange says from her home in Cheshire, England.

Grange, a popular author of romances inspired by Austen including Mr. Darcy's Diary, came up with the idea for Vampyre years ago while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV. "The dynamics between Buffy and Angel reminded me of the dynamics of Lizzy (Bennet) and Darcy."

Vampyre is a sequel to Pride and Prejudice in which Darcy must reveal his true nature. (Vampirism is the reason he's so moody and brooding.) Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, is an enhanced retelling of the classic Austen tale.

In Sea Monsters, Sense and Sensibility's Col. Brandon has been cursed by a sea witch and has tentacles growing out of his chin. The book's "new" characters include two-headed sea serpents and giant lobsters.

Quirk hopes Austen and zombie fans will be drawn to Sea Monsters as well as new fans attracted by the novel's other pop-culture elements.

"It's not comic horror the way Zombies was. It's more of a mystery adventure," says Quirk's Jason Rekulak. "It draws on different sources like Jules Verne, Celtic mythology, Lost, Pirates of the Caribbean and Jaws."

JaneAustenAddict.com creator Laurie Viera Rigler, author of the popular Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and the new Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict, which incorporate elements of time travel, says fans never tire of new interpretations. "Jane Austen wrote just six books, and they want more, more, more."

Like raging zombies, there's no stopping the Austen spinoffs.

Grange is working on a novel about Darcy the vampire that takes place before Pride and Prejudice. Coming in December: Darcy's Hunger: A Vampire Retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Regina Jeffers and Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford.

Quirk is not ready to make a public announcement, but it is in final negotiations for a film version of Zombies.

[Jia]

Great book! Better than the original and its hellspawn movie.

[Illusions-chan]

Great book! Better than the original and its hellspawn movie.

Which movie?

And is the inclusion of zombies believable? I mean, is it something that I'm going to love or something I'm going to laugh at the ridiculousness of?

[ThePhillyFlash]

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters! HA This just gets better and better! :lol:

[Arnold]

As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing that's not better with zombies.

[LISA HAYES]

Zombies suck Vampire rules !

[Caster13]

Zombies suck Vampire rules !

Not if they're Twilight vampires.

Although they're not really vampires.

[goddessofanime]

FOUND IT AT THE LIBRARY TODAY!

*is happy* :D

[Jia]

FOUND IT AT THE LIBRARY TODAY!

*is happy* :D

Is it better than the lame original? I don't see why people <3 Darcy.

[Leader Desslock]

I bought it, and I lost interest pretty early.

The addition of Zombies does improve upon Pride And Prejudice quite a bit, but not enough to make the book readable. I didn't care about the romances, intrigues and social mores of the characters in the original novel, and I don't care whose brains get eaten in the parody.

[goddessofanime]

I think it's pretty damn funny so far. Especially since it seems to be taking the piss out of Mrs Bennett a lot.

Since Sense and Sensibility has Sea Monsters, maybe Emma or Mansfield Park can have vampires?

[Jia]

They can redo all her books. They were pretty crap. And little women. I can imagine it with zombies.

[Wind.::.Raven]

I enjoyed it. But then I enjoy rereading the original. :cool:

It was a whole lot of ridiculous and made me laugh. I particularly enjoyed the "Study Questions" at the end.

The only thing that bother's me though, is that now that its a top seller there's going to be a slew of "rewrites" hitting the shelves to cash in on the trend. S'how it goes, I guess.

[goddessofanime]

I enjoyed it. But then I enjoy rereading the original. :cool:

It was a whole lot of ridiculous and made me laugh. I particularly enjoyed the "Study Questions" at the end.

The only thing that bother's me though, is that now that its a top seller there's going to be a slew of "rewrites" hitting the shelves to cash in on the trend. S'how it goes, I guess.

I love the fact that one of the questions has something to do with vomit.

PS. Besides zombies, there's ninjas! NINJAS PEOPLE!

[Wind.::.Raven]

PS. Besides zombies, there's ninjas! NINJAS PEOPLE!

I love how on top of the regular "Pride and Prejudice" of class and character, there's an ongoing prejudice against Kung Fu and "upper class" pride in having Ninjas. :lol:

[skipper64]

I think Pride and Prejudice would be much better with Zombies, as would the works of Charles ****ens.

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Okay, even zombie hordes couldn't save Great Expectations.

Walt Whitman's Song Of Myself And Zombies could work.

You should check out Pip and the Zombies (http://www.pipandthezombies.com); It's Great Expectations with Zombies.

[Clayton]

There are a lot of book slike this one. Little Women and Werewolves, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, etc. They're pretty popular these days.

[goddessofanime]

Oh I've read Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

It's the same author as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.