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. . .Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. According to editor Jason Rekulak,
I know there are a lot of vampire fans, but the genre feels exhausted to me. Whereas Sea Monsters allowed us to draw inspiration from so many rich and diverse sources--most obviously Jules Verne novels and Celtic mythology, but also Jaws, Lost, Pirates of the Caribbean, even SpongeBob Squarepants! I think Pride and Prejudice and Zombies fans are counting on us to deliver something original, and I don't think they will be disappointed."
Hey! He didn't mention Cthulhu. But check it out - there is a quantitative justification why the new S&S&SM (whoa! that is a very provocative abbreviation there!) will improve on its predecessor:
With Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Quirk Classics has also developed a new Austen to monster ratio. Instead of featuring 85% of Austen's work and 15% new text as in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters features 60% Austen and 40% additional monster chaos!
Uh-huh. Read more about S&S&SM here. Or read my review of P&P&Z here. Or if you're already sold on the monster chaos, preorder S&S&SM at Amazon.com
Comments
Unforgivable. He will not be eaten first.
Posted by: arvind | July 15, 2009 12:59 PM
I think people were just looking at me from the laugh I let out when I saw this :p
Posted by: JohnV | July 15, 2009 1:00 PM
Sea monsters...you know, I really was hoping for something with mutating aliens...
Posted by: Kate | July 15, 2009 1:36 PM
EEE! I found something for you.
This is utterly unrelated to this post, but I saw it, and I knew you had to see it too.
In fact, I was almost shocked I didn't see it here first! I'm glad though, because you have shared so many wonderful things, it's only fair and proper that I try to return the favor at least a little.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/05/11/science/051209-Forensic_index.html
Posted by: Esmeralda | July 15, 2009 3:08 PM
Esmeralda, the nutshell studies rock! I actually blogged about them back in the day, here:
http://bioephemera.com/2007/10/20/truth-and-death-in-a-nutshell/
But thanks for the link to the new slideshow!
Posted by: bioephemera | July 15, 2009 4:38 PM
I like it! Now we just need a Jane Austen + dinosaurs mash-up (maybe based upon Mansfield Park, if you see where I'm going). I volunteer to write it. :)
Posted by: Laelaps | July 16, 2009 7:47 AM
How about chickens and zombies?
Posted by: SmartDogs | July 18, 2009 9:32 PM
SOUNDS AWESOME!!! I still haven't read the first one, I should probably do that :P But sea monsters and Austen? That's fantastic!
Posted by: Captain Skellett | July 19, 2009 5:46 AM