Friday, April 17, 2009

Pride and Prejudice...and Zombies?!?!?



I'll be the first to admit, I haven't read it. I haven't even read the original Pride and Prejudice, although I do have the book at home, sitting on my dresser, and I have seen the Kiera Knightley version of the film (which I LOVED!!!).

But when I came across a story about a new and updated version called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...I thought to myself, "well, now that's just a swell idea". And I meant it! Yeah, I'm weird about zombies for some reason. I love 'em! I haven't seen every zombie movie out there, yet. But I do have a few favorites, such as "Shaun of the Dead", "Fido", "Boy Eats Girl", etc. And now, I can incorporate zombies into my love of reading. You can bet this one will be going on my request list at my local library!

And here's my favorite quote from Monica Hesse's article on MSNBC.com:

The news was announced in the recently released novel "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," which recounts the struggle of Elizabeth Bennet and her sisters to simultaneously annihilate the undead invading their idyllic community and to marry well.

Were it just the zombies, the Bennet sisters would surely triumph, armed as they are with advanced weaponry knowledge and Shaolin martial arts training. Unfortunately, however, aliens, vampires, robots and dragons are also about to descend on the village.


I'm in love and we haven't even met yet!

1 comment:

Zeke said...

Dude, that was totally awesome what you did for your roommate...and congrats on finding the book.

Thanks for putting a big smile on my face this morning. I will never question the degree of your devotion to the zombie genre again:)