Recently Jane Austen has followed up her masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, with a sequel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (PPZ).

Ok, that’s only partially true. There is a book known as PPZ that is a…monster hit! But it is by one Seth Grahame-Smith, not Jane A. One of the many good blogs published by the NYTimes.com, Paper Cuts Blog, has a run down on the new novel.

I’ve heard people complain about how hard it is to get. I believe that has to do with the overwhelming success that small publisher Quirk Books is trying to deal with. If you can snag a copy, you should do so. In Toronto  I’ve seen some at Urban Outfitters; if you have an UO in your city, try there. To their credit, not only did they have PPZ, but they had the original PP as well. Having them side by side is great stuff.

For more on the phenomena, see Jane Austen Ate My Brain – Paper Cuts Blog – NYTimes.com

Well, there are two of them. One is a famous philosopher. A second is a famous 20th century painter. The latter has a retrospective in NYC at the MoMA that I recently blogged about.

If you are interested in who he is, kottke.org has a great posting on a documentary concerning the artist. You can find the details here at Francis Bacon documentary