And I'm a Jane Austen Addict. I love reading Regency history, Regency Romance and anything remotely related to Jane's characters. The recent surge of Pride and Prejudice sequels on the book market has been both nirvana and the bane of my existence. There are so many and not all of them are good. And it's very hard to tell the good from the ever so dreadful just by flipping through the pages at the bookstore. So I've had some blunders, but I've also found some wonderful ones (including Pamela Aidan, Linda Berdoll and Helen Halstead). Anyways, today, my friend Sarah sent me an email with a link to this book. Which is possibly the most creative and bizarre P&P version I've ever seen. At least the cover and title are. There's no description of the plot on Barnes & Noble.com, so I don't know what it's going to be about other than Lizzy, Darcy and Zombies. Do the zombies take over P&P? Do they enjoy reading it? I'm guessing it must be a sort of parody with some of Jane's own words since they've kept her name on it? All these questions and no answers. So, of course, I'm going to have to get it and read it. Sadly, it is not available until May 2009. I hate waiting for books to come out. At least I have a date for this one; who knows when they'll decide to release Twilight #3 and Harry Potter #7 in paperback so that I can buy them.
Update: For some reason the BN.com link isn't working reliably. So go check it out at Amazon instead. And (oh yay!) Amazon actually has a description of the book: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action." (A side note to Amazon description writers, book titles are supposed to be italicized, not put in quotes. Grrr.) Seriously, violent horror movie and Regency romance combined? There can't be anything more satisfying (or amusing).
Bad link, and you know what? Just go ahead and link me as "Sarah Elsewhere" or "Sarah from Wisconsin" or "Sarah." I mean now that you have comments :p
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It wasn't a bad link when I put it in there. BN.com apparently took the book off in the night. When I put it in at 11:30 pm, that book was there and the link worked. Something evil is afoot. Perhaps they did not want attention brought to it?
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