Quirk Books to release Tolstoy's "Android Karenina"

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Daithi

Farewell, My Lovely Zombie
The Witch in the Lake
The Big Sleeping Vampire
The Little Sister Werewolf
The Long Ghoul-bye

Sorry Moejoe, I couldn't help myself.

run away !! run away !!

[kjk]

Originally Posted by Daithi

Farewell, My Lovely Zombie
The Witch in the Lake
The Big Sleeping Vampire
The Little Sister Werewolf
The Long Ghoul-bye

Sorry Moejoe, I couldn't help myself.

I am so getting The Long Ghoul-bye.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by Daithi

Farewell, My Lovely Zombie
The Witch in the Lake
The Big Sleeping Vampire
The Little Sister Werewolf
The Long Ghoul-bye

Sorry Moejoe, I couldn't help myself.

Oh the wrath! Oh, the anger! Oh the pummeling of writers' noggins if I ever see any of those for real!*

*They are funny though

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

*They are funny though

yeah they are.

[omk3]

Okay people, if you keep talking about Marlowe and mashups, someone will hear it and think it's a good idea, and we don't want that, do we?

It's maybe the first and last time in my life I'm thankful for the ridiculous length of copyright - he's still NOT public domain in most places, right? So they can't touch him yet. We can only hope the fad will have disappeared by then.

I actually thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a good idea (in a funny way), but that was before all those other mashups started shouting for attention too. Haven't read it yet, and I'm not sure if I ever will, but though it seemed as a maybe cool idea for once, it's just ridiculous to be repeated with any classic known to man.

Oh no, why do I like these titles???

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by kjk

I am so getting The Long Ghoul-bye.

That would be great if Robert Rankin did it, and it was a parody of the detective genre. I'd buy it too (but he has to do another Lazlo Woodbine Detective story first though)

[omk3]

Another fan of Lazlo! Moejoe, accept a little karma as a small gesture of appreciation

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

That would be great if Robert Rankin did it, and it was a parody of the detective genre. I'd buy it too (but he has to do another Lazlo Woodbine Detective story first though)

hm, i keep hearing about this Robert Rankin. i really must find (and read) some of his books. perhaps i should start with a Lazlo Woodbine Detective story.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm, i keep hearing about this Robert Rankin. i really must find (and read) some of his books. perhaps i should start with a Lazlo Woodbine Detective story.

Lazlo Woodbine appears not as a character within Rankin's books, but as a fictional character within Rankin's books who is also self aware of his status as a fictional character and of the author whose writing him (confused yet? I know I am). Although sometimes he is a real character, but only as an impersanation done by another character in the guise of a fictional character.

Here, read this, it might make some sense (good luck though)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazlo_Woodbine

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Lazlo Woodbine appears not as a character within Rankin's books, but as a fictional character wthin Rankin's books whose also self aware of his status as a fictional character and of the author whose writing him (confused yet? I know I am). Although sometimes he is a real character, but only as an impersanation done by another character in the guise of a fictional character.

Here, read this, it might make some sense (good luck though)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazlo_Woodbine

well now i'm REALLY intrigued. and rankin has shot to the top of my "to read" list. are his books available as ebooks ? (tell me they are).

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

well now i'm REALLY intrigued. and rankin has shot to the top of my "to read" list. are his books available as ebooks ? (tell me they are).

Darknet I'm afraid for most of his work. The last two you can get on Waterstones for ridiculously inflated prices (his books are short too). I'd love to be corrected on this though.

[omk3]

In Armageddon 3: the remake he makes a precious appearance as himself though.
I would kill to read some of the original Lazlo Woodbine thrillers...

Zelda, some are available, I don't remember which ones, and a lot are available in the darknet...

[edit] Actually I can only find the latest two as legal ebooks.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Darknet I'm afraid for most of his work. The last two you can get on Waterstones for ridiculously inflated prices (his books are short too). I'd love to be corrected on this though.

Originally Posted by omk3

In Armageddon 3: the remake he makes a precious appearance as himself though.
I would kill to read some of the original Lazlo Woodbine thrillers...

Zelda, some are available, I don't remember which ones, and a lot are available in the darknet...

well, i hope the rest will be released soon too (ideally at reasonable prices) ; clearly this is a writer worth reading (and buying). i'm glad some are available already, at least. i'll see what i can find.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by omk3

In Armageddon 3: the remake he makes a precious appearance as himself though.
I would kill to read some of the original Lazlo Woodbine thrillers...

Zelda, some are available, I don't remember which ones, and a lot are available in the darknet...

[edit] Actually I can only find the latest two as legal ebooks.

I remember when I first started reading Rankin, a friend of mine leant me a whole bunch and I read one a night, tears rolling down my face, my stomach hurting from the laughing. Being a big fan of detective fiction, the Lazlo Woodbine character had me hooked straight away

[omk3]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

I remember when I first started reading Rankin, a friend of mine leant me a whole bunch and I read one a night, tears rolling down my face, my stomach hurting from the laughing. Being a big fan of detective fiction, the Lazlo Woodbine character had me hooked straight away

Exactly
I started with the Armageddon trilogy, and I must say Elvis and Barry the sprout were adorable (I never liked Elvis before, now I always laugh when I see him -erm, not that I actually see him much ), but it was Lazlo who really hooked me. I read every book Rankin writes, hoping for more Lazlo. It's a disease...