Be careful Marianne! It appears this Colonel Brandon may have more on his mind than talk of love. If John Willoughby has similar ambitions, you might be caught between Scylla and Charybdis. What next? I guess I’ll have to find out in Jane Austen’s and Ben H. Winters’ Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, coming [...]
Looks like a winner: An illustration from Quirk Books upcoming horror classic mash-up Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, due September 15. (Click image to enlarge.)
Quirk Books, the company which created Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is following up The New York Times best seller with another Jane Austen-horror mash-up, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters. This video promo had me laughing out loud — and sad I have to wait until September 15 for the book to “splash ashore.”
Let’s have dinner with dead historical figures. The idea is to select guests from history you believe would make engaging conversation. The following would receive my invitation:
Jesus of Nazareth
Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha)
William Shakespeare
Niccolò Machiavelli
Thomas Jefferson
Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
Karl Marx
Ernesto “Ché” Guevara
Jane Austen
Charles Darwin
Imagine Darwin, Jesus and Buddha discussing the existence of God and the creation of [...]