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squeeeb · 06-04-2009, 07:11 AM

musicians, especially rappers, have been sampling for years. i always wondered what if i took a Shakespeare play and added a few words, could i call it sampling and sell it as my own?

but that's not the point. the point is, i was at the bookstore and i saw "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by By Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith.

that is pure fucking genius!

he took a classic book, changed a few words around, added some words (i am grossly over exaggerating the simplicity of what he did, i know he did more than that) and now its a different book but the same. and its got zombies.

i wish i had thought of it first.

how do you feel about it? is it sacrilege? is it innovative? a stupid novelty? or do you think this will start a new genre?

and if it does start a new genre, how would it affect the literature world?

06-04-2009, 07:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
squeeeb part of the problem Location: hic et ubique	sampling in literature musicians, especially rappers, have been sampling for years. i always wondered what if i took a Shakespeare play and added a few words, could i call it sampling and sell it as my own? but that's not the point. the point is, i was at the bookstore and i saw "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by By Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. that is pure fucking genius! he took a classic book, changed a few words around, added some words (i am grossly over exaggerating the simplicity of what he did, i know he did more than that) and now its a different book but the same. and its got zombies. i wish i had thought of it first. how do you feel about it? is it sacrilege? is it innovative? a stupid novelty? or do you think this will start a new genre? and if it does start a new genre, how would it affect the literature world? __________________ onward to mayhem!