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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?