The Logical Next Step In Literary Horror Mash-Ups | Cracked.com

The Logical Next Step In Literary Horror Mash-Ups | Cracked.com

"Last year marked the release of a novel called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The book follows the basic story of the original Pride and Prejudice, except also Zombies. Even though it's a seemingly-lazy gimmick, plopping monsters into books that previously did not have monsters in them became quite the rage. 2009 and 2010 saw and has seen the release of, to name a few, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Jane Slayre, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim. That not enough for you? Try Little Vampire Women. Hate vampires? Maybe Little Women and Werewolves is more your style.

Yes, it has become clear that we as a culture can no longer come up with a single original thought to save our own thoughts. Reboots, remakes, and mash-ups have now infiltrated our literature. But what will we do when we've run out of monsterless novels to infuse with monsters? Well, once we're done with The Chupacabra of Monte Cristo and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bigfoot, we'll have to turn to works that already contain monsters or magical beings.

Then we'll remove them."