mash-up literature is out of control; will schuester loves it

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith) has created a monster. I thought it was just as awesome as the next girl willing to indulge in Jane Austen while also harboring a penchant for the supernatural. But this literary trend to take a classic novel and "insert" original passages to change the story around has taken off exponentially. It slapped me in the face the last time I was in a bookstore.

No really. Look at all these existing/upcoming titles:

Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, by Jane Austen and Ben Winters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, by Steve Hockensmith
Android Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy and Ben Winters
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith
Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter, by A.E Moorat
Little Women and Werewolves, by Louisa May Alcott and Porter Grand
Little Vampire Women, by Louisa May Alcott and Lyn Messina
Jane Slayre, by Charlotte Bronte and Sherri Browning Erwin
Mansfield Park and Mummies, by Jane Austen and Vera Nazarian
Emma and the Werewolves, by Jane Austen and Adam Rann

This list goes on. I got bored. Other "ruptured" classics include Alice in Wonderland, Dante's Inferno, Huck Finn, Robin Hood, War of the Worlds and the Wonderful Wizard of Oz!

I didn't make any of these titles up. It was tempting. Look out, public domain. What is this published fanfiction? Is nothing sacred? I hate it and I love it. I think these are very funny books, I love that this type of creativity is being recognized, and I'm glad that people are reading them and potentially revisiting (or discovering) the orginals. But this is just, as I said before, out of control. Of all the trends, right?

don't tell me what I can't write,
Leah and John Locke