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Zombie Attacks Continue

By Haylee Landford
Nov 4, 2009
Nothing is more peaceful that grazing across beautiful acres of lush green land. Until the zombies, that's right, zombies pop out of the ground faster than weeds! What to do? Zombie season is here and nothing is worse than not being ready.

Seth Grahame-Smith gave an insight to zombie preparation by taking a twist on Jane Austen's book, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. The mystery of who is undead and who isn't accompanies the basic story line. Don't worry, the romantic story remains unblemished, except for the additional zombie action sequences.

The Bennett daughters remain in their same character, but are also trained zombie killers. Darcy is well known for his mass slaughter of the undead. The whole reason Netherfield Park becomes vacant is because of an unfortunate zombie attack. I found these to be humorous additions to the story indeed.

Or course, I was initially excited by this idea, but found as I read the book, it was seriously lacking in literary merit. But anything containing zombies is already void of quality. Seth has a fun idea with some good moments, I found myself bored, even with zombies attacking. It wasn't right because there are some places, like Pemberly, that zombies just don't belong.

Seth Grahame-Smith obviously had just one intention with writing this. He wanted to take a classic tasteful novel and turn into a manfest. It would be like me writing a novel about James Bond, but instead of him being an international secret agent, he's making potpourri. I admire your ambition and unique ideas, Seth, but Jane Austen is the novelist of the century for a reason. Read it for yourselves, but never let go of the original.

Zombies aren't just bent on battering literature this season. Fluxx creators have added to their clever collection, Zombie Fluxx! Hidden in the deck are zombies you don't want, and must destroy.

It all about the card combinations for winning, like having the brain card with the baseball bat card. Careful, the goals change faster than your friends turn into zombies. While getting rid of all your zombies, the goal can change to make you want at least nine zombies and a baseball bat card to have the zombie baseball team. Since every game is different and fun, you'll keep playing.

And in their newest edition, you received Larry the Zombie. I like to call Larry the Old Maid, because when you have him, you can't win. He's like the zombie that keeps popping up in the garden no matter how many times you bludger him down.

Personally, I would start by buying zombie-free property in the first place. With all the zombie-free claims out there, it's hard to be sure. You might say buying land online is just as scary, but you can trust Land for Sale Online. Try their link below for a glance at the zombie-free property of your dreams.
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