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Literary classic Little Women being remixed with werewolves
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a monster hit, and we can understand why. Zombies are always cool, and mashing them up with Jane Austen—whose continued popularity almost two centuries after her death makes her seem a bit zombie-like herself anyway—was a brilliant idea.
Then came Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, which once more remixed Austen and monsters, this time two-headed sea serpents, giant lobsters and rampaging octopi.
Meanwhile, Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith has abandoned classic novels (at least temporarily) and instead set his sights on historical figures with his upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
And this remix trend is far from over, because according to GalleyCat, Del Rey Books has signed on for a mashup of yet another classic novel with a different iconic monster. Editor-in-chief Betsy Mitchell has just purchased Little Women and Werewolves from writer Porter Grand.
Here's how the publisher describes the book: "In this retelling of Louisa May Alcott's classic, the beloved little women must keep not just the wolf, but the werewolves, from the door ... and the kindly old gentlemen next door and his grandson may have some secrets to hide—or share with the March girls."
We look forward to seeing whether Alcott's werewolves can compete with Austen's zombies, or if the new novel will find itself shambling off to the remainder bin ...
By enough already at 3:20 PM ON 09/30/09
Enough already.
By Omen at 3:48 PM ON 09/30/09
How about The Pickwick Papers vs the Vampires?
George Washington:Werewolf Hunter?
Its endless.
But how good?
By divephotog at 3:49 PM ON 09/30/09
Is my calender off... I'd be tempted to think it was April 1st, what with the one story of infusing Dune with vampires, and now Little Women with werewolves...
Have the writers really gone that sy that they have to resort to this trash? Next,you will say that they are infusing the Matrix movies with Godzilla, or War of the Worlds with mummies!
Get bigger brains writers,and come up with your own ideas, not this redux trash... - kh
By sjc1963 at 4:25 PM ON 09/30/09
I bet that in a thousand years they will be teaching about the Early American president that was also a vampire hunter. [rollseyes]
By Bloodyabsinthe at 4:34 PM ON 09/30/09
I for one am quite excited.. as an english major its nice to see the classics coming back even if with some better entertainment.. BRING EM ON! I'll read every one of em :)
By jedimom at 5:17 PM ON 09/30/09
OH NOES!! I have been preempted, lol.
I am working on a new rendition 'Jane Eyre & The Were' in which Rochester and the strange maniacal howling form the attic, ie Mrs Rochester the first, are WERES, lol!
By Daniel Salvo at 6:39 PM ON 09/30/09
That remembers me "Thirty days was september" by Robert F. Young. Is the beginning of a new era of mixing, or the end of the originality?
By GQ at 6:19 AM ON 10/01/09
I hope this is good because I love Little Women and I love Werewolves.
By robeaux at 8:56 AM ON 10/01/09
Don't leave out Sci Fi, THE GRAPES OF WRATH OF KHAN. Grandpa Joooooaaaaaadddd!!!!!!!
By Arianna at 11:04 PM ON 11/22/09
Darn it... I wanted War and Peace and Werewolves. On a more serious note, I truly feel classics should remain classics and enjoyed as the original author intended. Adding zombies, werewolves, seamonsters and vampires diminshes the classicism of the work, which is why we were assigned these books to read in school.
My 2 (although not so shiny) cents.
Arianna
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