Comments on: The zombies are back on TLC http://thelongestchapter.com/2010/01/26/the-zombies-are-back-on-tlc/ Literary fiction, poetry, first editions, classics... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Longest Chapter http://thelongestchapter.com/2010/01/26/the-zombies-are-back-on-tlc/#comment-190 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:26 +0000 http://thelongestchapter.com/?p=3970#comment-190 Ah, welcome back! I agree that the Austen/classic mash-ups are likely being taken too far. That’s something the publishing industry does without shame — they get a money-maker and wrench out sequels and read-alikes for every future penny they can get.

Okay…I’ll ‘bite’ … and get a copy of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I’m saying to myself as I type that I’ll read with an open mind. I promise. At least, I’m trying to promise.

Thanks for The Onion. Nice touch.

]]> By: Thom Foolery http://thelongestchapter.com/2010/01/26/the-zombies-are-back-on-tlc/#comment-189 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:10:15 +0000 http://thelongestchapter.com/?p=3970#comment-189 “It didn’t take long for someone to tell me to lighten up.” A shout-out!

I will give you some slack. PPZ was absurd and a well-sustained gimmick, but this is just getting out of control. I’ve always liked Jane Austen well enough, but to do this to Tolstoy…sigh.

However, I will be reading Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Will you? Sometimes absurdity is good for the soul.

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