Bookspotting: In which NOTHING is Sacred any longer...

[mythosidhe]

Seth Grahame-Smith, erstwhile defiler of literary classics co-author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, has signed up for a two-book deal with publisher Hachette Book Group, the first installment of which is to be...wait for it, now...
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter...Gentle Readers, I know not what to say. Honestly, at this time I cannot form

Comments

[mythosidhe]

These days it seems that publishers of genre fiction are more often than not banking on concept rather than content. People will probably buy this for the title, regardless of the wretchedness (or not) of the prose.

[padawansguide]

LOL.

I don't know what to say about poor Honest Abe either.

I'm glad to hear I wasn't the only one horrified by the costumes in P&P&Z though. Actually, I very much thought the illustrations were inspired by the Keira Knightley movie, particularly this outfit:
http://costumersguide.com/pride_prejudice/2005brownjumper.html

[mythosidhe]

Ah, yes, Brontë!Lizzy ! You know, as much as I love that film (despite it's many flaws), I haven't watched it in ages, so the similarity didn't jump out at me while I was reading P&P&Z, but I believe you may be right! The new illustrations, on the other hand, look very BBC :p

[padawansguide]

I don't know why, but it really jumped out at me! I've only see the movie once and though there were piece of it I liked, there was much I didn't. I quite liked Jane for one thing. ;-) The new ones do look very BBC!

[hooveraardvark]

yes, and they purposefully set that version a few years earlier than it is usually set, right? i seem to recall reading that a while ago.

[twotone]

YES! Finally, some Abraham Lincoln action!

Ever since I got a promotional e-mail last year for "Revere: Revolution in Silver" (the Paul Revere vs. werewolves comic), I've been waiting for some kind of insane historical fantasy starring Honest Abe.

[mythosidhe]

Thank you! Now then, Paul Revere vs. werewolves, you say? That I have to look into...

[brontewhore]

Yeah, this reader of said atrocity will be skipping it. Along with any other books from the defiler. One reading of a useless novelty is enough, thank you...

[hooveraardvark]

i read p&p&zombies. i am actually more interested in the concept of abraham lincoln, vampire hunter, if only because the author will have to actually write his own prose?