Vampires join zombies in Classic Lit invasion
July 9, 2009 by Elaine Frei
Filed under Authors, Books, News
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The popularity of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith (Quirk Books, 2009) has opened the doors not only for an expanded, deluxe edition, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: the Deluxe Heirloom Edition, due out in November, but it has also spawned a further invasion into classic literature, this time by vampires, according to Publisher’s Weekly.
Among the new entries in the new genre is Mr. Darcy, Vampire, by Amanda Grange (Sourcebooks Landmark, August 2009), is said continue the story begun in Pride and Prejudice, with a twist in the form of a family curse.
Also upcoming is The Immortal Jane Austen, by Janet Mullany (Harpers, Summer 2010), in which Jane Austen participates in a “vampire resistance” during an invasion of England by French forces.
Not to be left out, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith has written Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, tentatively set for publication in April, 2010, in which the reader learns that Lincoln was not only one of the United States’ most notable presidents, but a skilled vampire-hunter, as well.
Sounds awful - what’s the point of reading a book where the main and probably only joke or witty bit is in the title - and even that it is already quite tired.