Thinkgeek.com has a book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. (I tried to link to it, but I’m on my daughter’s netbook, and it’s not letting me click the hyperlink icon). Here’s the deal: it’s the entire word-for-word Jane Austen classic Pride and Prejudice, but at supposedly appropriate places, Zombie Action Bloodbath Scenes ™ have been added.
When I saw this, I thought it was incredibly amusing, but it got me wondering: what other classic (or maybe not-so-classic) novels would benefit from being Zombified? What say the Dopers?
“Wuthering Heights” might go well with a few zombies wandering grimly about the moors.
Funny, the book I am re-reading just now** is** Pride and Prejudice. You know, just a gentle bedtime read. Well it WAS but NOW I’m going to be imagining where the zombies are!
If you stop to think about it, pretty much any work of literature can be improved with the addition of zombies.
Huckleberry Finn – As Huck and Tom travel down the Mississippi they run into the King and the Duke, a couple of small-time con artists. How much better would that section have been if they had been brain-eating zombies?
War and Peace – Pierre Bezukhov is socially awkward and illegitimate. Wouldn’t his struggles be even more poignant if he were undead?
Romeo and Juliet – Since both characters die at the end, wouldn’t it have been more exciting if they then reanimated and took revenge on their families?
1984 – Oceania was always at war with Zombies.
Canterbury Tales – toss a Zombie into the mix of pilgrims and watch how a light-hearted contest to see who can tell the best story turns into a tale of suspense to see who gets eaten next!
I have never read Pride and Prejudice, but I am currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
I would be VERY surprised if it is as described, because so much of the little things point to the characters being in a Zombie Uprising that it’s not like scenes of Zombie mayhem were added… unless Lizzy was sharpening sabers during the 2nd ball?
The Scarlet Letter… instead of being a guilty adulteress, she’s a ravenous zombie looking to take revenge on the Puritan community that banished her… and eat the brains of the secretly zombie minister…
I think it would end up being a MUCH different play, but I just love the possible title Much Ado about Zombies.
I’m thinking a zombie traipsing randomly through Great Expectations would be great. Oh, wait. I forgot about Miss Havisham.
Haha, in a way I suppose she was. She was then being a bit snarky with Mr. Darcy, 'cos at that point she believed Wickham’s story that he was a bad guy really. So, metaphorically sharpening sabres, yes! Hey, this Zombie version sounds quite well put together. Might have to look out for this one.
All the “Gone With The Wind” ideas sound fun too.
How about “MacBeth”? What with the witches and Banquo’s ghost, it might as well have a couple of zombies.
Practically any play could be improved by adding zombies. A Midsummer Night’s Zombie, Ten Little Zombies, Guys and Dolls and Zombies, You’re A Good Zombie Charlie Brown, Oh Dad Oh Dad Zombies Ate Your Brains And I Feel So Sad, The Effects of Zombies on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, [title of show with zombies], Six Zombies in Search of an Author…
And if anyone from Disney is reading this- instead of ripping off Romeo and Juliet again, might I suggest Zombie High School Musical?
