Cover to Cover #355A: Literature and Authors

Show Notes: Literature and Authors

Discussion: Pride and Prejudice… and Zombies. Does this mean that authors are going to become a rare commodity or a dying breed? Probably not… it just means that a lot of people are too afraid to try something new, so they’re rehashing anything and everything that’s already been published.

Will it impact true author collaboration? Only time will tell.

Listener Review: Web Genii recommends another podcast: Writers and Company by CBC Radio featuring Eleanor Wachtel.

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Discussion, continued: Mike and Mike continue to talk about the publishing and mass consumption, “literature”, the definition of what’s literature and what the stated reading materials way back when “should” be, and more.

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1. Amanda says on April 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pm :
   

   Speaking of combining literature with sci-fi concepts, several years ago I read “Jenna Starborn” by Sharon Shinn, which is a sci-fi retelling of “Jane Eyre”.

   I thought “Jenna Starborn” was pretty well done and it made an interesting read. It certainly wasn’t intended to be silly or a parody in the way “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” is. Still, it will be interesting to see there are more literature/parody combinations coming in the future.

   
2. Shane from Sydney says on April 16th, 2009 at 8:55 pm :
   

   Hi guys

   Web Genii mentioned there may be direct links to the interviews from Writers and Company she mentioned in her review specifically ACC and Pullman. Any chance of posting them?

   
3. Adam Christopher says on April 21st, 2009 at 2:25 am :
   

   Seems the Dragon Page is right, P&P&Z is the start of a new mash-up genre – author Seth Grahame-Smith has signed up to write two further books, the first of which is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, for $575,000.

   Hmm.

   
4. webgenii says on April 21st, 2009 at 11:21 am :
   

   I’ve been trying to post those links for awhile without success.

   
5. Arkle says on April 21st, 2009 at 12:42 pm :
   

   I don’t share Stackpole’s pessimism with regards to the mash-up books. I’m a huge music geek as well as an avid reader, and some of the things Mike said remind me a bit of the arguments against cassette tapes.

   
6. Arkle says on April 21st, 2009 at 12:43 pm :
   

   P.S. I doubt AL:VH will be as cool as Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter. Have you seen that movie? Classic camp.

   
7. Shane from Sydney says on April 21st, 2009 at 7:04 pm :
   

   Thanks webgenii, I was able to download the shows.

   
8. Shane from Sydney says on April 21st, 2009 at 7:05 pm :
   

   Arthur C. Clarke
   podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20080331_5117.mp3
   Michael Chabon
   podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20080824_6992.mp3
   Phillip Pullman Part One
   podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20080720_6669.mp3
   Phillip Pullman Part Two
   podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/writersandco_20071203_4031.mp3

   
9. webgenii says on April 21st, 2009 at 10:04 pm :
   

   I must have left some punctuation that prevented the upload.
   Thanks Shane!