Quote:
Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I'm reading Dear Mr. Holmes: Seven Holmes on the Range Mysteries by Steve Hockensmith. Yes, I know I mercilessly ragged Hockensmith's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but this offering is hilarious and the mysteries are extremely entertaining. To be sure, I hated P&P&Z so much, I wouldn't have given this author a second thought had I not heard one of his stories on the Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Fiction Podcast ( Episode 16: "Fruitcake" by Steve Hockensmith) without realizing until after the podcast that it was the same author.
If you're curious about the Holmes on the Range series, you can listen to the short story " Dear Doctor Watson" free at Ellery Queen's home at PodOmatic.
Very highly recommended. |
Correction: Steve Hockensmith did
NOT write
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. That book was written by
Seth Grahame-Smith (and Jane Austin). I discovered my error when I received one of those "More by Seth Grahame-Smith" emails from Amazon this morning, and a light went off in my head. That's the P&P&Z guy, I thought. Something's wrong.
What
Steve Hockensmith wrote was a
prequel (
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls) to Seth Grahame-Smith's book and a
sequel (
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After). Hence my confusion.