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Joseph:
No.
Buy the original Pride and Prejudice.
satsugaikaze:
--- Quote from: Joseph on 13 Jul 2009, 09:17 ---No.
Buy the original Pride and Prejudice.
--- End quote ---
I already have that, child, that's why I was interested in what exactly Pride and Prejudice and Zombies had to offer. =P
Joseph:
Absolutely terrible writing about zombies thrown in amongst the beautiful masterpiece.
It is low concept, and a very, very low result.
Maybe I'm just a prude, but I have trouble seeing it as anything other than stupid.
satsugaikaze:
Fair enough.
From what I've read of it now, the putting in of the ninjas and the samurai concept seemed more important than the zombies themselves. The author tried to justify his work by explaining how Elizabeth's personality is forged by her kung-fu teaching and her attempts to "avenge honour" at every opportunity parallels her hot temper in the original book.
But I think the zombies themselves were a distraction. They were useful at some points, eg. Charlotte getting infected while no-one seems to notice, but apart from that I think the zombies were just a tool to get people to read the real story hidden behind the setting.
Will:
Hmm...I haven't been into this thread in ages.
I've been into a stretch of Christopher Moore books lately - Moore's best-known work is probably "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff" which is a hilarious, not-quite blasphemous, and often times quite moving fake gospel - and I just finished a second reading of his newest book, Fool. Basically, it's a really freaking funny retelling of King Lear, through the eyes of the court jester Pocket and his assistant Drool. The most irrereverent adaptation of Shakespeare ever, and heinous fuckery most foul.
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