Last night my friend, Mrs Shoo, and I went to see Seth Grahame-Smith talk at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Why there? Because on Tuesday he released his newest book, Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter. You may be more familiar with his best-selling mash-up Pride & Prejudice & Zombies.
He was so personable and funny! His story about the how Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter came to be actually seems quite logical. Last summer was Abe’s 200th birthday so it seemed like every time he went into a book store there would be a table up front with every book about Abe you could imagine. It was also the summer of Twilight… which means that right next to Abe table was a vampire table. And after seeing this on multiple occasions he decided to combine the two.
So he read up about Lincoln (without ever visiting Springfield making his trip to my hometown all that more fun!) and read as much as he could that was written by Honest Abe so that he could pick up his style. He also decided to take vampires back to their roots. No sparkling. No falling in love. Just kill or be killed. He started with an outline (he says the book would end up about whales if he didn’t lol) and puts on his iTunes playlist filled with soundtracks. He has them sorted by mood which I think is brilliant. (His favorite movie soundtrack is Snow Falling on Cedars.)
I think the best questions of the night were: “How do you feel about all the mash-ups coming out after P&P&Z?” to which he said that it was a fad and that he thinks it will pass and “Is this going to be made into a movie?” and YES it is! He will be writing the adaption himself and Tim Burton is one of the producers. FYI Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is also being made into a film starring Natalie Portman as Elizabeth
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Not only did I have fun listening to Seth,but I got my copy of Abraham Lincoln : Vampire Hunter signed AND I got a copy of Pride & Prejudice & Zombies signed for one lucky reader!!
Just leave a comment telling me which
you think would be easier to kill
a mob of zombies or a vampire!!
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A mob of zombies would be easier to kill because vampires are faster.
I would LOVE to win this!
A Vampire
-Lindsay
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@ Michelle : hahahaha true!
@ Rylie : Wonder why more people have answered that…
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@ Amy : Hahahahaha you are the first to suggest that!! Great answer!!
I would have to go with a mob of zombies. They are usually slow, and guns work on them. So, I’ll take my chances with them.
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One vs. a mob? I’ll take my chances with the vampire!
I’d much rather battle a hoard of Zombies. They’re slow, they’re stupid, and a well-placed bullet can end the problem. Not so much with a vampire.
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Thank for the great giveaway! I think a mob of zombies… they move slower. Plus, I already read The Ultimate Zombie Survival Guide… so I’ve got it down!
@ Laura : I’m honestly surprised at how few feel that way!
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@ heather y : I have yet to read that, but keep meaning to pick it up!
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I would have to go with a vampire. It seems that in all of the zombie movies the zombies take forever to die, and if there was a mob that would be tough. Probably either or though really!!
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@ Sherry : That’s what I was thinking! A lot of people seem to think they can just shoot them and be done, but I’m not so sure…
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