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    How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"

    Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant Lobsters

    Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?

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    Image of mst3k4ever mst3k4ever
    09/15/09

    In reply to How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
    All I know is, there's probably sharks in the first chapter...

    ...for this genre to jump over. :P
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    09/15/09

    @mst3k4ever: but will there be mega-sharks in it too.
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    09/15/09

    @mst3k4ever: As long as it doesn't jump the shark before my own Troilus and Cressida and Crab People" comes out, it's okay. Plus,it's such a great way to be a writer without actually doing much writing.
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    09/15/09

    @mst3k4ever: I see what you did there.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    09/15/09

    In reply to How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
    As a writing exercise this is kind of interesting.

    As fiction I might actually want to ready though, not so much.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/15/09

    In reply to How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
    So okay, P&P&Z sold disgustingly well. There's always the hardcore Janeites and zombie fans, they were a given. Lots of casual readers bought it just for the novelty. Does anyone think sea monsters are a big enough draw to ensure the same success for this thing?
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    09/15/09

    @Grey_Area: They should have done some Lovecraft Mythos.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    09/15/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: The two styles clash too much. Tentacle face on the cover will probably attract Mythos devotees.
    My queasiness is abetted with the knowledge that this stuff Quirk is doing will go the way of the Pet Rock or the singing plastic fish.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    09/15/09

    @Grey_Area: I'd have said it'd do fine, but then I noticed my local music/books and DVD store had it sat beside this, Vampyre and my heart sank - it's lost the twihards right there, I think.
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/15/09

    @OW-Holmes--Upset with Polling: be nice if hollywood made a real decent lovecraft film instead of the dumb drek.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/15/09

    In reply to How the Sea Monsters Got into "Sense and Sensibility"
    I think it was much simpler than that. Fish sex!! Ahhh DONE!
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    09/03/09

    In reply to Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant Lobsters
    these mashups are just to weird.guess when you run out of ideas might as well just ripoff a few sand put them together for something new................but old.
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    09/03/09

    In reply to Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant Lobsters
    I refuse to make any comments regarding cunnilingus and a tentacle-like beard.

    Dammit!!
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    09/03/09

    In reply to Mashup Discussion Guide Ponders the Romantic Implications of Mutant Lobsters
    Have you ever been romantically involved with someone who turned out to be a sea witch?

    Are we talking metaphorically? If so, yes.

    If not, yes.
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    09/03/09

    @NerD!!! - R.O.A.C.H.: I'd have to say no - to the romantically bit.

    It was simply wild, uninhibited cross-subspecies sex.

    Seaweed leaves a nasty rash, FYI.
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    Image of limber limber
    07/17/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    Oh, boo, publishing morons. It's painfully evident that the sea monster should've been saved for "Persuasion" -- a man goes to sea for seven years and comes back to pursue his love? Jackpot! Bad reviews of P&P&Z aside, this convinces me the author has no real feel for the original, such a rookie mistake.

    S&S&Vampires, sure -- Edward's family constantly draining him and turning him into a wimp. Or Willoughby's a werewolf. But the kraken had an Austen opening, and it's not S&S.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    The book's cover makes my heart sing. Sold, one book to a sucker!
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    07/15/09

    @gods-n-clods: Don't you mean "suckers"?
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    Image of His_Steveness His_Steveness
    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    Isn't this basically Davey Jones's backstory?
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/15/09

    @His_Steveness: My thought exactly.
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    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    David Copperfield VS. KILLDOZER!



    A Mid-Summer NightMARE on Elm Street



    Very LITTLE WOMEN, hiding in the wall...



    Wee! This is fun!
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/15/09

    @Hamslicer: I'm still working on I, Robot Claudius
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    07/15/09

    @Grey_Area: ooh, good one!
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/15/09

    @Grey_Area: Ha! It is fun.



    Emma The Vampire Slayer



    Nicholas Nickelby vs. Predators



    Terminator: The Anna Karenina Chronicles



    Jane Eyre vs. Aliens
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    Image of Illogic Illogic
    07/15/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I was thinking The Predator in the Rye myself.
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    Image of DumbledoreCalrissian DumbledoreCalrissian
    07/15/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: You may have stumbled on to awesome with Jane Eyre vs. Aliens. She had a fortitude comperable to Ripley's....
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    07/15/09

    @Grey_Area: Please write that. You have at least one dedicated buyer. But does it fall under fair use???
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/16/09

    @Zidel333: I'm sure there's going to be difficulty with Issac Asimov and Robert Graves' estates, but not as much as making 900 pages of stuttering binary into a compelling read.

    Like I said, it's a work in progress.
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    07/16/09

    @Grey_Area:
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    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    Easiest using a title that already contains one "And". Next War and Peace and..."? Then we can move on to other conjunctions and consider the possibilities of prepositions.
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    Image of ZafirahDeimachus ZafirahDeimachus
    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    My money's on Wolfmansfield Park
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    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    see, EVERYTHING is better with tentacles.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/15/09

    In reply to Literary Mashups Meet Tentacles. Has All Of Western Literature Been Leading Up To This?
    Harold Zoid?
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