Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer (Wait...WHAT???)
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/17/zombie-austen-lincoln-vampire
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"Seth Grahame-Smith's first venture into fiction, 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,' is a version of Jane Austen's classic that injects zombie warfare into the quiet lives of the Bennet sisters. Released by tiny US publisher Quirk Books, it has proved an unexpected success, hitting the New York Times bestseller charts and already making waves in the UK where it was published last week.
Now Grand Central, part of the publishing conglomerate Hachette, has pounced on Grahame-Smith, signing him up for a two-book deal reported to be worth more than half-a-million dollars.
The first book will be 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,' "a presidential biography in the vein of a Doris Kearns Goodwin or David McCullough, but repositioning the president as the greatest vampire hunter to walk the earth". Unlike Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, there is no source material, so the novel will be all original writing. "But rather than just toss vampires in wherever he feels, Seth is doing a lot of research to see where they could fit in properly to the actual events of Lincoln's life – from childhood on," said editor Ben Greenberg. Grahame-Smith's next book is as yet undetermined, but will also be fiction."
Now Grand Central, part of the publishing conglomerate Hachette, has pounced on Grahame-Smith, signing him up for a two-book deal reported to be worth more than half-a-million dollars.
The first book will be 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,' "a presidential biography in the vein of a Doris Kearns Goodwin or David McCullough, but repositioning the president as the greatest vampire hunter to walk the earth". Unlike Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, there is no source material, so the novel will be all original writing. "But rather than just toss vampires in wherever he feels, Seth is doing a lot of research to see where they could fit in properly to the actual events of Lincoln's life – from childhood on," said editor Ben Greenberg. Grahame-Smith's next book is as yet undetermined, but will also be fiction."
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Lincoln sort of LOOKS like he could be a vampire hunter!
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