Thursday, April 1, 2010

The Old Man and the Kraken

That was no giant fish Santiago battled for days on the open sea, but the legendary Kraken! Popular mash-ups like Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies open up a world of possibilities for writers looking for a way to make a name for themselves without having to come up with an original work. I am hard at work on my re-working of Hemingway's classic story. I feel he would be proud. Booklist's Likely Stories and Library Journal's ShelfRenewal offer some more possibilities. Let's hear from you: what would your mash-up be?

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