Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters- Revised

I was just going through my emails and a little-cool bookshop in Manhattan always sends me a list of book events coming up. I thought it was funny that they are having a launch for Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, since we had just mentioned it! I had to share... just take a look at the food and drink they will be serving- I may have to go! If anybody will be in NYC on Sept 15th let me know :) ADDITION- Looks like it's getting lots of publicity!


Tuesday September 15 @ 7pm
Launch party for SENSE AND SENSIBILITY AND SEA MONSTERS, by Jane Austen and Ben Winters

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, slithers ashore Tuesday September 15 with a launch party at Idlewild!

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters is a "literary mashup" of the original Jane Austen text (60%), with giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other watery monsters seamlessly woven into the novel by "posthumous collaborator" Ben Winters.

As the story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon. Austen fans are already arguing among themselves about whether it will be the mutant sea monsters or the original book's meddlesome matriarchs that pose the greatest threat to the sisters' happiness.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has sold an astonishing 650,000 copies in its first four months, and the new book is one of the most buzzed-about launches of the season -- fearlessly debuting on the same date as the new Dan Brown book. (New novels by a number of big name authors have been rushed into print early to avoid competing on what many in the publishing world are referring to as "DB-Day".)

The Idlewild launch will be a festive affair featuring sea-green punch, fried calamari, a seaworthy soundtrack, and readings from the book by co-author Ben Winters and other New York authors.

Reservations required - RSVP to events@idlewildbooks.com

Trailer for the book