My favorite summary of Yrnameer so far, courtesy of an eighth-grader who has listed three books on his blog that he intends to read for his humanities class:
“Sheriff of Yrnameer by Seth Grahame-Smith authour of pride and prejudice and zombies
this story is about space guy named joe. It is the future and earth has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Cole is a guy on the run from the evil guy and he faced many problems (a cargo hold full of freeze-dried orphans; a corporate training satellite filled with bloodthirsty zombies). He reaches Yrnameer (your name here) where a bandit has threatened the cizilians to give up all there crops.This story appeals to me because it is set in the future and its a comedy and an adventure story. This is my favorite out of my 3 choices and i think i am going to read this one.”
Oh, the humanities.
On the up side: “cizilians”? I am stealing that.
Yes. I can’t decide if it’s shorthand for Sicilian civilians, or if we’re perhaps witnessing the birth of a whole new genre: book reviewzzles by Snoop Dogg.