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So, is this the sequel?

2009 at 6pm     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

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Seriously, a customer asked one of my coworkers that very question yesterday afternoon. I can’t even begin to count the ways in which that is just a huge FAIL!

He was tempted to respond, “Yes. Jane Austen has come back from the dead after 200 years, so she decided to use her newfound knowledge of the undead to write the sequel.”

I was going to save this for an Adventures in Bookselling post, but I couldn’t wait.

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  1. EL Fay on March 27th, 2009 8:02 pm

    Actually, that really wasn’t such a bad question. Many authors have written lesser-known sequels to famous works. Daniel Defoe, for example, actually wrote two sequels to “Robinson Crusoe.” In other cases, sequels have been written later by other authors, as has been the case with Daphne Du Maurier’s “Rebecca.”

    I love that image! Did you make it yourself? It looks like something from Something Awful’s Photoshop Phridays.

  2. Megan on March 27th, 2009 8:35 pm

    Hah! That’s great.

  3. Devourer of Books on March 27th, 2009 8:53 pm

    Wow. Just, wow.

  4. Jules on March 27th, 2009 9:23 pm

    That is….a very special patron your coworker had. At least it added something interesting to the day.

  5. Joanne on March 27th, 2009 9:57 pm

    LMAO! That just made my day :)

    Off topic (sort of) but I am just dying to find out which classic Seth tackles next!

  6. Lyndale Press on March 27th, 2009 10:40 pm

    haha. wow. I just got this book (my first ARC!) And only because it is my first ARC, I am going to try to get through it and review it. It’s going to be a very tough weekend.

  7. Staci on March 27th, 2009 10:49 pm

    OMG!! That was too funny!!

  8. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on March 27th, 2009 11:13 pm

    El Fay—nope, that’s an actual book with a cover created by someone much more talented than I.

    Joanne–not at all off topic. In fact, we’ve been debating it around the store and have decided that Wuthering Heights & Werewolves and Sense and Sensibility & Sasquatch should be next.

    Lyndale–please come back and let us know how it turns out.

  9. jennsbookshelf on March 28th, 2009 6:57 am

    Oh my…now that’s hilarious!

  10. Alyce on March 28th, 2009 12:44 pm

    Thanks so much for sharing with us! I love reading about your experiences with bookselling; they always make me laugh.

    I’m also dropping by to let you know that I’ve given you an award:
    http://athomewithbooks.blogspot.com/2009/03/awards-roundup_28.html

  11. Dennis the Vizsla on March 28th, 2009 7:14 pm

    I have this book on my wishlist!

  12. kittykay on March 28th, 2009 11:37 pm

    Haha! That’s such a funny question! :D

    My copy just arrived in the mail Friday, can’t wait to read it!

  13. stacybuckeye on March 29th, 2009 10:43 am

    Hee Hee! Questions like that always make me feel just a little bit smarter :)

  14. Biblibio on March 30th, 2009 2:02 pm

    Giving the benefit of the doubt, this customer was probably joking and just didn’t hit the punch-line hard enough. At least, let’s hope that was the case.

  15. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on March 30th, 2009 2:06 pm

    Biblibio, how I wish that were the case. But sadly, she was serious.

  16. Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit) on March 31st, 2009 10:25 am

    I really like that response…she used her new knowledge of the undead to write a sequel..lol hilarious.

  17. Molly on April 1st, 2009 10:26 pm

    I’ve seen a lot of jokes made about this book, but this is definitely the funniest story I’ve heard.

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