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Cover to Cover #355A: Literature and Authors

April 7, 2009 by

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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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.

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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Comments

  1. Amanda says
    April 10, 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
    April 16, 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
    April 21, 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
    April 21, 2009 at 11:21 am

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

  5. Arkle says
    April 21, 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
    April 21, 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
    April 21, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Thanks webgenii, I was able to download the shows.

  8. Shane from Sydney says
    April 21, 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
    April 21, 2009 at 10:04 pm

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