Saturday, July 4, 2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Look at this book I'm reading. This is what it says on the back:
Subtitle: The Classic Regency Romance-Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! "It
is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must
be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an
expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of
bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen
upon the quiet English village of Meryton—& the dead are returning to life!
Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but
she's soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty & arrogant Mr. Darcy.
What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring
between the two young lovers—& even more violent sparring on the
blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating
undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices
of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak,
swordfights, cannibalism & thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you'd
actually want to read.
So if you're male and you've never read Pride and Prejudice, shame on you. But here is your chance to read it without that fear you've been harboring of growing a vagina as a result.

2 comments:

M@ said...

Hahaha! I bought this last month. Great book.

Eva McGann said...

I like my Pride and Prejudice unadulterated...I am not sure that I can handle this book....I have looked at it several times in the book store, but can't bring myself to buy it. Maybe I will borrow yours.