HALLIE: There it is on the best seller list: "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." It begins: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.”
Brilliant blasphemy! If only I'd thought of it. Listening to author Seth Grahame-Smith on the radio, I was not surprised to learn that the book was his editor's brain child– he’d been noodling around with lists of classic book titles and, I assume, creatures, until BINGO: P&P and Zombies.
Trying to recreate his process, here's my list of titles (and some main characters) and creatures, and I started tyring to pair them up and realized this is not as easy as it looks. Nancy Drew and...Oompaloompas? How would you pair these up--or come up with your own title/creature pairing...(look down...can't seem to get rid of this big fat space below here)
TITLES | CREATURES |
Wuthering Heights and the werewolves stood out for me.
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but I have to admit I'd love to give the Hardy boys a shock and introduce them to some kind of undead.
And Hercule Poirot too. He's always so pleased with himself. Let's see if he can deduce that someone was ripped apart by the Incredible Hulk.
Rhys,
today in Houston, tomorrow Scottsdale
I like a lot of the picks you have. This is a tough assignment, but I would do:
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Moby Dick & Samurai
To Kill a Mockingbird & Space Aliens
:-)
P.S. - Rhys, Stay hydrated in Scottsdale! If you like Thai food eat at "Malee's! (480) 947-6042 - 7131 E Main St. Great Thai food. The only place I know that's better is around the corner from my house.
I wondered about Gone with the Wind and the creatures from JRR Tolkien:
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Definitely blockbuster bestsellers. Especially Gollum with The Wind: The quest for the elusive (wedding) ring
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The Incredible Lightness of Sneetches
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Fear and Leprechauns in Las Vegas
That should be
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Also Wuthering Werewolves, Driving Miss DeathEater and Tuesdays With Zombie -- in which an Undead serves as Life Coach.
ReplyDeleteSusannah, you are inspired!
ReplyDeleteI remember eating a world class rotisserie roasted chicken in Scottsdale. Must've been in January.