Kell Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010 Not sacriligious at all - but I have merged it with the existing thread. If you look back, you'll see I really enjoyed P&P&Z. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Kell, please shut this down if it considered sacriligious? I am just about to start reading this (I have had a sneak peek) and it looks to be a bit of a phenomenon., with a film coming up too. Wondered what diehard Austen fans thought about it, outraged or happy? Diehard fans of anything will defend the original, not matter what, even if the target of their wrath complements and brings out more detail in the original. They don't want to see, even to the extent of seeing nothing outside there narrow world view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 I just finished P&P&Z a couple of days ago. I DID enjoy it very much, it gently takes the micky out of its source material a couple of times, you need to know the original story well first to truly get the injokes. Because, apart from that the book is essentially a one-joke incongruity. Zombies in late 18th England. It is only because it is hung on such a marvelous story, essentially unchanged that it sustains itself to the end. It will be a film next year with Natalie Portman in the lead role. If it is done well it should be worth watching. I am with Frankie, I wouldn't want to read another mash -up. One is enough. But I have no shortage of people who saw me reading it and want to borrow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 (edited) Diehard fans of anything will defend the original, not matter what, even if the target of their wrath complements and brings out more detail in the original. They don't want to see, even to the extent of seeing nothing outside there narrow world view. Have you read it Rob? If not, any plans to? Or is life too short for mash-ups? Edited April 12, 2010 by vodkafan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirinrob Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Well having read the various novel mash ups in Jasper Ffordde, like you probably had my fill of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz3 Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 There's lately a trend in book writting. Lately authors have chosen to take classics novels and add them supernatural elements. The best example of this is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. I thought this would be it but after a quick look I also found this titles: 1.Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters 2.Jane Slayre 3.Little Vampire Women 4.Mansfield Park and Mummies 5.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim 6.Android Karenina 7.The Undead World of Oz 8.Little Women and Werewolves 9.Alice in Zombieland 10.Emma and the Werevolves And many, many others in the similar nature (not counting of course Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter and Queen Victoria Demon Hunter which are more historic character based). So my question is are there really that many people reading this books. I bought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I really liked it mainly because I thought it was an original idea. However I don't feel like reading every single version in the list because after a while it just feels like someone's fan fiction. Like I mention I haven't read more than the one I mention so maybe the other ones are good and witty. So what are your thoughts on this new trend of taking a classic and throwing in zombies, werewolves and mayhem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 16, 2010 Share Posted August 16, 2010 I'm not particularly interested in these books, although if someone gave me a copy, I'd probably read it just to see what it was like, but I'd personally rather stick to the original. There's actually already a thread about these style of books here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've read P&P&Z (which I've previously mentioned) and also Mr Darcy; Vampire (which I rather liked), I Am Scrooge; A Zombie Story For Christmas (which was OK), and Queen Victoria; Demon Hunter (which was excellent!). I definitely plan on reading more of the classic/supes mash-ups as on the whole they've been pretty decent. I also read Murder at Mansfield Park, which was very cleverly done and despite completely subverting all the characters we know and love from Austen's classic, it actually worked very well. I've not read any of Gregory Maguire's books (yet), but he pretty much does the same thing - looking at classic, well-loved tales from another perspective, and they've been highly popular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adz3 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've read Wicked and I loved it. I always thought it made the character of Elphaba a very tragic figure. Definitly nothing like the original Wicked Witch from the West. I don't know if it's just me being picky but I liked Wicked better than any of the other books because I feel it is a well-thought novel, while the other books feel a bit more rushed and amateur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) I just found out about a new version of Kafka's The Metamorphosis, called The Meowmorphosis, in which Gregor is turned into a kitten. Edited June 15, 2011 by Kylie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Just to say, there are a few similar threads merged here.. in case it doesn't seem to flow quite right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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