Well "The Wind Done Gone" was ruled fair use. So "Gone with the Undead" might be too. Of course "Wind Done Gone" was not just a retelling; it was from a slave's point of view and was a commentary about the racism, and gender roles and of course did not involve much direct quotation. It really was a different different story, unlike "P&P with Zombies" which stitched large amounts of the original P&P together with the supernatural and added Ninjas . You could avoid rereading the original and use cliffnotes plus maybe the "Wind Done Gone" as your reference material. Might make it easier to avoid unconscious copyright violation any way.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Typo Boy - Dec 09, 2009 6:23:55 pm PST #10573 of 28370
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Fred Pete - Dec 10, 2009 4:01:18 am PST #10574 of 28370
Ann, that's a ferret.
Not to mention that Gone with the Undead could also be a commentary. Katerina's point about Ashley as zombie fits. Gerald is also pretty much a zombie after Ellen dies.
To branch into other forms of undead, Scarlett sees the others at Tara after the war as -- although she doesn't have the language to say it that way -- vampires. And to take it further into direct social commentary, vampirism could make an interesting metaphor for slavery, with the plantation owners feeding off the slaves.
Toddson - Dec 10, 2009 5:08:21 am PST #10575 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
FCM:
Rhett Scarlett Ashley
eta: sorry, I couldn't resist
Hil R. - Dec 10, 2009 5:12:20 am PST #10576 of 28370
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Questions we're probably not supposed to ask about Twilight -- if Jasper can't control himself if Bella gets a papercut while he's standing a few feet away, how on earth does he go through a world full of adult women and a high school full of teenage girls? Or, y'know, all the people who get papercuts all the time, or cut themselves shaving, or any of the zillion other reasons someone might be bleeding a little.
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2009 5:17:15 am PST #10577 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Vampire stories always seem to overlook the whole menstruation thing.
Amy - Dec 10, 2009 5:18:44 am PST #10578 of 28370
Because books.
Vampire stories always seem to overlook the whole menstruation thing.
I read a Buffy fic once that really, really didn't.
Toddson - Dec 10, 2009 5:19:33 am PST #10579 of 28370
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And didn't Theodore Sturgeon once do a story that addressed the issue? my memory is vague on this ... as on many other issues.
-t - Dec 10, 2009 5:31:57 am PST #10580 of 28370
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Vampire stories always seem to overlook the whole menstruation thing.
It was a big thing in a later Anne Rice. The Body Thief or the one after that, I think.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 10, 2009 5:42:04 am PST #10581 of 28370
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Questions we're probably not supposed to ask about Twilight -- if Jasper can't control himself if Bella gets a papercut while he's standing a few feet away, how on earth does he go through a world full of adult women and a high school full of teenage girls? Or, y'know, all the people who get papercuts all the time, or cut themselves shaving, or any of the zillion other reasons someone might be bleeding a little.
I'm assuming the magic underwear factors in somehow.
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2009 5:55:00 am PST #10582 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Vampire stories always seem to overlook the whole menstruation thing.
I read a Buffy fic once that really, really didn't.
Uh, that was probably mine, if it was set between S5 and S6.