We love seeing the grand technological anachronisms in science fiction novels set in the past, such as Victorian or Edwardian-era steampunk or exaggerated Renaissance automata. But what if you want to keep the language in your historical novel accurate for the period? Here's a simple trick historical fantasy novelist…
How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
Injecting submarines and man-eating jellyfish into Jane Austen may sound like a simple, gimmicky feat, but Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters author Ben H. Winters claims writing the book required a great deal of ingenuity, research, and Jules Verne.
Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant…
In Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, the literary mayhem doesn't end with the Jane Austen-meets-tentacles plotline. The novel's book group discussion guide asks us such timeless literary questions as: would you rather be devoured by sharks or giant jellyfish?
Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been…
Quirk Books just announced its follow-up to its Jane Austen/George Romero blend Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, and it sounds a million times more interesting — Sense And Sensibility And Sea Monsters. Witness the book-cover greatness. And there's a trailer!
THREE Jane Austen Science Fiction Movies In The Pipeline?
Jane Austen has been Hollywood gold for years now, but when did she become science-fiction platinum as well? Her novels are spawning a startling trifecta of bizarre science fiction films, plus a new fantasy novel.
Undead Pride And Prejudice To Launch Horror Film Of Manners?
It had to happen. The zombie revamp
