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Mrs Darcy Versus the Aliens
A year or two into her marriage, Elizabeth Darcy has much on her mind: she has still not produced an heir for Mr Darcy, there are preparations to be made for the Pemberly summer ball, and her youngest sister Lydia has been abducted by aliens. As Regency England sleepwalks towards tentacled oblivion, will she be able to reunite with her old foe Wickham and put a stop to the...more
Paperback, 253 pages
Published
September 1st 2011
by Proxima
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Review copy, read for the British Fantasy Society
Fresh from Salt Publishing’s new genre imprint, Proxima, this is a tentacle-heavy Austen homage for fans of Blackadder-style innuendo and puns that would make the Pope groan. The truth is out there, though it is not yet universally acknowledged.
The cast of Pride and Prejudice are carrying on much as we left them, though Jane and Charlie Bingley are having financial problems (something to do with an African Princess’s bank account and an ill-advise...more
Fresh from Salt Publishing’s new genre imprint, Proxima, this is a tentacle-heavy Austen homage for fans of Blackadder-style innuendo and puns that would make the Pope groan. The truth is out there, though it is not yet universally acknowledged.
The cast of Pride and Prejudice are carrying on much as we left them, though Jane and Charlie Bingley are having financial problems (something to do with an African Princess’s bank account and an ill-advise...more
Unlike most typical Jane Austen remix/mashups, Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens completely reinterprets the material while staying, in my opinion, true to the Austen characters. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favourite books and I’m not a fan of most attempts to mess with it, but this alternative perspective on Elizabeth’s married life felt fresh and original – and it’s spit-your-coffee-out funny the whole way through. Definitely best for readers who don’t mind a few tentacles with their fiction an...more
'The truth is out there, though it is not yet universally acknowledged’
I recently won a signed copy of Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens, published by Salt’s science fiction and fantasy imprint, Proxima Books.
I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it was fun for the first couple of chapters. But honestly, it was a cut and shut job. A sprinkle of zombie sentences within the original story. But Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens by Jonathan Pinnock is different. Firstly, Mrs D is a sequel to the events in...more
I recently won a signed copy of Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens, published by Salt’s science fiction and fantasy imprint, Proxima Books.
I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and it was fun for the first couple of chapters. But honestly, it was a cut and shut job. A sprinkle of zombie sentences within the original story. But Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens by Jonathan Pinnock is different. Firstly, Mrs D is a sequel to the events in...more
I've not been reading much lately, what with..well, everything. Decided to wind myself in gently and read something which promised to be entertaining - plus I am a huge Jane Austen fan (poor, poor Jane...)and I loved it! Quite a few groan-out-loud puns, some wit, quite a lot of running-about and a massive amount of Evil. This is a subversive look at the world of Jane A, her characters and tentacles, but no-one who isn't familiar with the whole Austen movement should allow themselves to be put of...more
Jan 23, 2012
Kell
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of classic mash-ups
Shelves:
read-in-2012
Not quite as clever as Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, nor quite as funny as Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but still a fun read. Pinnock pits our beloved Elizabeth against invaders from another planet and, on the whole, it does well, but some of the pop-culture in-jokes will probably not age quite as well as the ones based on more classic areas. This really is a major mash-up, not just between Austen and aliens, but also time, as the Regency meets the Victorian age too.
If you're a fan of mash-ups, especi...more
If you're a fan of mash-ups, especi...more
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Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens – Jonathan Pinnock
You know that feeling when you're reading about how much Mr Darcy ardently admires our dear Miss Elizabeth Bennett, and you can't stop thinking 'man, this scene would be so much more romantic if Darcy just had tentacles!'. No? Well Jonathan Pinnock has provided it for you anyway.
This stunningly hilarious book picks up...more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_C0Nl...
Mrs Darcy Versus The Aliens – Jonathan Pinnock
You know that feeling when you're reading about how much Mr Darcy ardently admires our dear Miss Elizabeth Bennett, and you can't stop thinking 'man, this scene would be so much more romantic if Darcy just had tentacles!'. No? Well Jonathan Pinnock has provided it for you anyway.
This stunningly hilarious book picks up...more
A humorous follow up to Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice' but then you probably already know that. A fun, madcap read with aliens (duh!), tentacles, ghosts, alien babies and dirigibles (one of my favourite words), some of the humour had me laughing aloud and some groaning. Dude! Of course, I then had to relay the humorous bits to whoever was in the vicinity.
An enjoyable read.
An enjoyable read.
A wonderfully funny book which combines the Austen world with tentacles!! A threatened alien invasion results in a romp of an adventure. My favourite bits are where historical characters collide with the story, especially the arrival of Byron and a commune based in Glastonbury.
One of the funniest 'take off' books I have read, laught out loud and not a bit stuffy like some of the others I have read.
A random book picked up at the library and very bizarre in a good way. Certainly made me laugh.
This could have been subtitled Carry on The Darcys!! Lots of wickedly filthy British humour and pop culture references. Sniggers aplenty from me lol! One of the better monster mash-ups around
Hilarious! That is all!
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