I had another terrible week. A week where I had no time ad all the wonderfully superfluous things like, among others, updating my blog. Maybe I have to accept the things as they are and renounce one and for all to the idea of posting here regularly… but whatever…
It’s no news that I don’t read a lot of comics anymore. I prefer to inspire myself with other media, like for example novels. I’ve stumbled over a couple of really interesting readings lalely, which I’d like to talk about here.
The first one is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a book that take the original novel by Jane Austen and turns it into something you’d actually want to read (as the book itself states). Apart from the illustrations, which are just plain lousy (why do they pay people like that to illustrate a book, while talented people have a hard time getting commissions?) and the fact that the book is no easy reading, it’s a great experiment and great fun to read most of the time. The author keeps the original plot and linguistic style, adddins a bit of zombies, gore and martial arts here and there. While this novel is not perfect (sometimes it can be tiresome to read, due to the old fashioned language, and the there’s some problems with the storyline here and there) I highly recomend it!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_and_Zombies
Another book I’d like to talk about it In Cuniculum by Lapin. Unfortunately this one’s only available in English, but since It contains several illustratins by me, (attention: subliminal advertising) I though I’d talk about it anyway. Lapin has a highly imaginative and surreal way of writing, the short stories that make up In Cuniculum are sometimes shocking, sometimes fascinating. One way or the other, Lapin knows how to surprise you and the book is a great read I hope he’ll get it translated in the future!
letture consigliate anch’io te ne voglio proporre una magari ne hai già sentito parlare, si intitola EUDEAMON pubblicato in internet diversi anni fa ( http://www.evil-dolly.com/txt/Eudeamon.pdf ) il passaparola ha fattosi che trovasse un estimatrice che l’ha tradotto e proposto ad una casa ed. italiana (io ho letto l’edizione italiana) è un romanzo di fantascienza dagli un occhiata credo che tutta la faccenda del “Bane” ti possa incuriosire, comunque piuttosto originale.ciao
Me lo leggerò! Ho giusto voglia di leggere qualcosa di questo tipo. grazie mille per il suggerimento!
Per quel che può valere, consiglio anche io vivamente la lettura del capolavoro lapiniano!