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The Sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is. . .

By bioephemera on July 15, 2009.
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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.

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Sea monsters...you know, I really was hoping for something with mutating aliens...

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. :)