It seems like the perfect formula for a date book: Jane Austen + undead ultraviolence. Last seen guiding people “How to Survive a Horror Movie”, Seth Grahame-Smith hijacks the classic author’s “Pride and Prejudice” with an unexpected and critically acclaimed zombie angle.
“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is set to be the first of a series of Quirk Classics that fool around with influential literature. To comply with copyright laws however, it’s likely that only stories published in the United States before 1923 will qualify. The publisher, Quirk Books, has mentioned some of their favorite fan-suggested titles on their website (publishing rights notwithstanding):
A Farewell to Arms and Legs
The Corpse of Monte Cristo
As I Lay Bleeding
Android Karenina
Portrait of a Werewolf as a Young Man
O Pioneers! And O My God, Zombies!
Maggie: A Ghoul of the Streets
The Brothers Karazombie
Uncle Tom’s Coffin
I Know Why the Caged Zombie Sings
Tender is the Night of the Living Dead
Lady Chatterley’s Braaaaaains
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Zombie Margaret
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Please consider Tarzan Zombie Killer by Edgar Rice Bourroughs ; or Zombies of the Purple Plains by Zane Grey.
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Huckleberry Finngers – Mark Twain
The house of satan’s gables – Nathaniel Hawthorn
The red badge of Corpses – Stephen Crane
June 18th, 2009 at 4:53 pm