It’s funny how ‘fads’ could abruptly change things in our world.
When “Twilight” came into the big screen, I was almost surrounded by vampire-related books in bookstores, merchandise, clothes, body ointments (have you seen the body glitter product? oh dear…) and more! Once I was a very amazed and awestruck of everything vampire related. They were either sophisticated, sexily lustful, mighty intelligent or brashly handsome, I would readily let them suck my blood anytime! But now, with mainstream vampire genre going around, these ‘creatures’ has lost their appeal to me.
And just now, I found out zombies are also taking over parts of literature.
Personally, zombies are icky, gross and plainly the ultimate example of the walking undead. These creatures are often the things to shoot at in games and they are just the brainless dead meant to be ignored or destroyed when pestered by them. Recently, they had taken in a new ‘persona’, if I may call it that way, since they have weaved their way through classic literature and some recommendable readings.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim: Mark Twain’s Classic with Crazy Zombie Goodness
- The War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies
Gaah! What the heck is happening? Though in a way, I was mighty intrigued since I was so bored in reading anything created by Jane Austen, I wasn’t able to finish a single book of hers. LOL. Maybe, with this ‘version’, the result would be different. :)
There are other intriguing literary titles that had taken a slight shift to current pop mainstream genres. You can check out:
I have a feeling this could aid non-bookworms to actually pick up a book and read. As a former officemate said, “with such fine reading, ahhh…there’s hope yet for literacy he he”. :D
