Fun and Games With Jenners: Game 4: Mixing Up Genres
by Jenners • 04/26/2009 • Fun and Games • 21 Comments
It is time to play Fun and Games with Jenners again! This game is a bit challenging so I’ll give you all week to work on it — or longer if you feel you need more time. I don’t even have mine ready, but I’ll tell you what inspired this particular game.
Have you heard about the new book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? The subtitle is “The Classic Regency Romance — Now With Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!” (I swear, I am not making this up. Click on the link and you’ll see.) The book description from Amazon reads:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem. As our story opens, a mysterious plague has fallen upon the quiet English village of Meryton—and the dead are returning to life! Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is determined to wipe out the zombie menace, but she’s soon distracted by the arrival of the haughty and arrogant Mr. Darcy. What ensues is a delightful comedy of manners with plenty of civilized sparring between the two young lovers—and even more violent sparring on the blood-soaked battlefield as Elizabeth wages war against hordes of flesh-eating undead. Can she vanquish the spawn of Satan? And overcome the social prejudices of the class-conscious landed gentry? Complete with romance, heartbreak, swordfights, cannibalism, and thousands of rotting corpses, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies transforms a masterpiece of world literature into something you’d actually want to read.”
So reading about this book got me to thinking about how this would be a great “game” to play here. So here is what you need to do for this one:
Think of two types of books/authors/stories/genres that are wildly different. Then come up with a title of a book that combines the two — along with a sample paragraph or two.
What if Danielle Steele was combined with Dr. Suess?
Or how about the Twilight books written by Charles Dickens?
Or if Stephen King and Augusten Burroughs decided to write a book together?
I know you guys can do it! And I promise to put my tired little brain to work and come up with something myself by Friday. (If I’m not around too much this week, now you’ll know why.) I’ll post Mr. Linky on Friday and you can hook up your posts any time from Friday through Sunday. On Monday, I’ll highlight what you all come up with. I know this one might be hard, but I’m confident you are up to the task! I so cannot wait to see what you come up with. Good luck!
Movie: The Magnificent Se7en — A frontier town hires a group of cowboys to protect them from a serial murderer obsessed with the Seven Deadly sins.
I love your creativity. You rock, my friend!
How about Dr. Suess and Life of Pi?
Would you could you with a tiger?
Would you be able to sit up higher?
Would you could you in a boat?
Would you could you with a goat?
I am Pi. Pi am I.
That’s all I’ve got, lol.
You are too funny. LOL. Thanks for the laughs. You are a witty & creative gal = ].
This is the first time I’ve participated in your game so not sure if I’m doing it right…
Mine would be Emma and Christine. Emma (Jane Austen’s heroine) has just purchased a new carriage in celebration of her marriage. She soon realizes there is more to this carriage than meets the eye, like it doesn’t always need the horses to get around…When she is she one day is trapped inside and taken directly to Mr. Elton’s front door, she begins to realize this carriage was put purposely in her path in order to drive her crazy and to drive her (FINALLY) to Mr. Elton. Can she overcome this mad carriage and the mad man who is after her heart again?
Love this. I’ll have to put my thinking cap on.
Boo-Yah!!
I am thinking and thinking and thinking!
Great idea – I cannot believe that zombie book! Too funny.
I’ll see if I can come up with anything. No promises though, this one will require a little more thinking. It will be fun to see what others come up with.
i thought i was the only nut to have a book blog AND a life blog.
now…as for your topic…i don’t have enough brain cells left today to even dare to consider it. i may just watch and see how creative everyone else is…
This is genius! And I thought that book was a joke the first time I heard about it.
Holy crap…..this is a hard one!
Your contests are always so creative! Are they really contests? Whatev… they’re still creative. Really and truly this time I’m going to do it!
You are just too creative! Can’t wait to see what turns up now!
This is going to be hilarious!! It’ll be just as much fun making one up as reading everyone elses… hehe
Oh, this is hilarious. I’ll have to think on it for awhile… maybe I can come up with something clever.
Ouch. This makes my head hurt, but I’ll give it some thought. Honest.
Jenners…I had an off topic question. I changed my profile picture but my picture in the following your blog didn’t change. Do I have to change that one myself and do you know how?
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
I’m intrigued…here’s hoping I can come up with something good…
You always have creative, fun ideas! I’m going to try and think up something soon
That’s seriously crazy – I love it!
That is crazy! I wonder if I can come up with something good…we’ll see what I can do i guess.
Seriously, you are so creative!