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January 13, 2010

Coming in June: 'Android Karenina'

Russian literature goes steampunk!

Quirk Classics, which has already given us the fantastic "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," and "Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters," (with P&P&Z's prequel, "Dawn of the Dreadfuls" due in March) has decided to go after Leo Tolstoy.

"Android Karenina" will be available June 8th.

I think what I enjoy most about this series is the genre twisting. Turning Austen's romance novels into high adventure kung-fu tales is great as it is; making Tolstoy's celebrated "Anna Karenina" a sci-fi love story just warms my heart.

And my greatest hope is that these books will open up a previously inaccessible world of Russian classics to the general public. After all, those who may not initially enjoy a 100-year-old romance novel could give it a second look when robots are involved.

Posted by Nancy Knight at 10:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

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I loved Anna Karenina! Hopefully the androids can help end the drudgery of all that Russian farming!

Posted by: Suzanne Levin | January 14, 2010 9:43 AM

Recently, my 12 yo devoured Pride and Prejudice and Zombies while her 16 yo sister read Pride and Prejudice. I was thrilled to have them both reading Jane Austen. Sort of. I love the idea of these mash-ups. I can see my husband, who is the only one in the family who has read Anna Karenina, enjoying this verion since he likes sci fi.

Posted by: Sarah | January 14, 2010 9:50 AM

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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