A New Twist for Pride and Prejudice Lovers

Friday, February 13, 2009

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”

That is the first line of a new novel to come out in June of 2009 called, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” That’s right. ZOMBIES.

Sometimes fact is just stranger than fiction. According to the co-author (the other co-author being Jane Austen), Seth Grahame-Smith, stated: “I hated her when I was forced to read Austen in school, but when I started rereading I realised she was a brutal, but very funny, satirist. I can only aspire to be as mean-spirited as she could be.” I guess he decided to make that brutal satire a little more literal.

The best part is that the five Bennet sisters are zombie slayers and Mr. Darcy is a ninja expert. They rove the countryside fighting zombies and falling in love. 80% of the text is Austen’s original work, and the other 20% is...well, zombified.

You can read a review at The Cornell Daily Sun’s site or hear a little about it on NPR’s hilarious game show, “Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me” that aired on Feb. 7.

Doesn’t this cover make you wanna go out and pre-order this book?

1. The horror!

   Posted by JennP  on  02/13  at  09:19 PM

2. Haha! That episode of was hilarious! Lately, I’ve also been listening to a similar british show called “Radio 4 Friday Night Comedy News Quiz” (or something insanely long like that) it’s similarly humorous (bit more vulgar...)...for some reason no one shared my fascination in “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”

   Posted by  on  02/14  at  11:58 AM

3. I’m looking forward to other classic literature getting this treatment.  How about “A Farewell to Brains?”

   Also “Portrait of the Zombie as a Young Ghoul” should be spectacular.

   Posted by  on  02/14  at  04:17 PM

4. Is that Chelsea Clinton on the cover?

   Posted by  on  12/09  at  11:17 AM