tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post6751317259994161505..comments2024-02-10T19:58:20.327+00:00Comments on Stuck in a Book: Pride and Prejudice and...StuckInABookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-24792638794980823952009-05-30T23:29:02.382+01:002009-05-30T23:29:02.382+01:00Ah, erratum, my dear Mel! I have read a chunk, an...Ah, erratum, my dear Mel! I have read a chunk, and (more importantly) an interview with the author. He said 'I made them throw up a lot, because I thought the idea of posh people throwing up in their hands was really funny.'<br /><br />'nuff said.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10302528888097902932009-05-30T20:49:36.179+01:002009-05-30T20:49:36.179+01:00How do you know the creator of 'Pride and Prejudic...How do you know the creator of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' is not also a devoted Austen fan with a good sense of humour?<br />Are you assuming that they can't possibly have any taste because they also enjoy the horror genre? Are you going to persist in assuming this without even reading one chapter?<br />I believe this is called 'Prejudice'.<br />Will you refuse to ever read it in accordance with some notion that you are a better person than they are with objectively better taste? Proud, at all?Melhttp://thepygmygiant.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-19931545681861283272009-05-29T23:11:34.048+01:002009-05-29T23:11:34.048+01:00Here are a couple of titles for you - spotted on t...Here are a couple of titles for you - spotted on the shelves of a local used book store: <br /> - Mr. Darcy's Daughter <br /> - Pride & Prescience (a mystery for or involving Mr. & Mrs. Darcy - I didn't make note of the correct description) <br /><br /> Have you come across these? I don't remember having read about them on any of the several blogs I read.Nancy-B-T-MAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-73211726792088460222009-05-29T01:25:16.667+01:002009-05-29T01:25:16.667+01:00I must confess along with Sarah that I didn't ...I must confess along with Sarah that I didn't think much of Lost in Austen. I was merrily going along with it, but I was appalled at the direction they chose for Wickham because it seemed to undermine the character of Georgiana and the whole reason that Lizzie eventually realized that she loved Darcy. <br /><br />I got a chuckle out of the P&P&Z concept, but I had a sneaking suspicion that the only chuckle to be had was in the concept. I couldn't imagine the joke being good enough to carry through a whole book. Seems like it would require a mashup of two altogether different kinds of humor.<br /><br />And I love the Facebook P&P. Hilarious. Have you by any chance discovered Ask Lady Catherine? I find it equally diverting.(http://www.pemberley.com/bin/ladyc/ladyc.cgi?)Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896331683344872038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-78855061433032231512009-05-28T13:51:32.605+01:002009-05-28T13:51:32.605+01:00I confess I hated Lost in Austen. For me, one of t...I confess I hated Lost in Austen. For me, one of the best things about Austen is her heroines and Amanda was no replacement for Lizzie. <br /><br />I read a bit of the P & P and Zombies book in a bookshop today, and found the joke wore thin very quickly. Not something I'll be reading in its entirety either.Sarahhttp://adevotedreader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-10616569819249802472009-05-28T12:55:08.318+01:002009-05-28T12:55:08.318+01:00wow, I heard about that and I thought it was a jok...wow, I heard about that and I thought it was a joke. Oh dear, oh dear...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-41192596442425006722009-05-28T10:40:49.617+01:002009-05-28T10:40:49.617+01:00The link was very amusing.
I have been avoiding a...The link was very amusing.<br /><br />I have been avoiding anything about the zombie sacrilege like the plague.<br /><br />I think that you accept some distortions and not others is because some -like Lost in Austen- are devoted and passionate reinterpretations whereas others are travesties and are shamelessly trying to take advantage of a lucrative franchise with no respect for Austen or her fans.Paperback Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579608422235511054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-38259550561122925312009-05-28T09:20:38.250+01:002009-05-28T09:20:38.250+01:00love the link, thanks for it and i do agree.love the link, thanks for it and i do agree.Kokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09766659637868125876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-5339625941442544052009-05-28T02:59:38.710+01:002009-05-28T02:59:38.710+01:00My sentiments exactly!My sentiments exactly!Darlenehttp://www.rosesoveracottagedoor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446727280609751914.post-72725093734498704352009-05-28T01:39:57.133+01:002009-05-28T01:39:57.133+01:00Oh my gosh, this is fabulous. Thanks for that lin...Oh my gosh, this is fabulous. Thanks for that link.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.com