Fifty Shades of Pemberley?

[clanwilliam]

So, the Guardian is reporting this. They even got the publisher to justify this on Comment is Free (apparently "cos we want to make a shitload of money" doesn't count

Comments

[ingenious76]

This has made my day. Thank you!

(BTW, I now feel I have to read *that* book, so I get what the fuss is all about!)

And for spicing books up...

Best book to spice up: Anna Karenina - "she felt herself tremble as her lover revealed himself in the shadows, waiting to take her in the confined of her opera box. She could not help but grip the whip more tightly, ready to flay him, hoping his screams would correspond with the crescendo of the soprano."

[clanwilliam]

Love it!

[ingenious76]

I think all the ficcing I've done this last year has really boosted my creativity...;)

[silly_swordsman]

Worst candidate for spicing up: Anne Frank's Diary, aka the Mills&Booney "Diary of a Young Girl". (Although that's still in copyright, for another three years.)

Best candidate for spicing up: Treasure Island. Now, Jim, me lad, put yer hand here, and I'll gi' ye a white spot...

[clanwilliam]

Treasure Island would be brilliant. "Fifteen Men On The Dead Man's Chest" has a whole new meaning now, especially as they're seamen!

[caulkhead]

The publishers got there before you, I'm afraid.

But I'm sure your version would be infinitely superior (hey, perhaps I should Captain Purpleprose to try his hand?)

[nineveh_uk]

The old ones are the best...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was “Oh, yes, more”.

Adam lay y-bounden, of course, needs no alteration.

I've just been reading a book that purports to be a "sexy, superman" version of the Iliad. It isn't.

[bellinghman]

In the beginning was the Safe Word

[nineveh_uk]

You see, that was what I was groping after and couldn't quite find :-)

[bellinghman]

And I wouldn't have even gone down that road if I hadn't been following your footsteps.

[esmeraldus_neo]

I try to have a sense of humor about these, but I have to drink heavily before it kicks in.

[clanwilliam]

I mean, I adore Jane Eyre. The thought of an "erotic" version is just weird - it's a sexual tragedy, damnit! (Okay, with a happy ending).

It's already riddled with sex!

[daibhid_c]

I can't bring myself to write excerpts, but here's some titles from the Discworld Erotica shelf:

Men In Each Others' Arms

Witches Abed

Going Penile

Fifty Shades of the Colour of Magic