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Review on 'Booksy' by Catherine Edmunds

4/17/2010

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Robin Hood and Friar Tuck: Zombie Killers

By Paul A Freeman
Published by Coscom Entertainment
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-926712-23-9
eBook ISBN: 978-1-926712-24-6

If you’re into zombie tales, you’ll love this book. If you’re a Robin Hood fan, you’ll love this book. If you adore Chaucer, you’ll love this book. If you’re a fan of zombie tales, Robin Hood, and Chaucer – you must have already read this book, because before Paul Freeman wrote this work, I doubt if such a fan existed. This is cross-genre writing with a vengeance. I came to it as a Chaucer fan, who remembers liking Robin Hood as a child, but who has never had much to do with zombie tales. I found in this astonishing work the spirit of Chaucer living on: immaculate iambic pentameter rhyming couplets that never falter and therefore become invisible; great wit; great storytelling; vibrant characters; fabulous drama. I also relived my childhood enjoyment of the tales of Robin Hood. I won’t give away the ending here, but will just say it’s genuinely moving and is told with authenticity and a clear love for the traditional tales of one of England’s best heroes. As for the zombies… ‘She pulled him from the gore-bespattered mound, / Where strugg’ling for his life upon the ground / His body was immobilized by hands / Which soon plucked out his guts in glist’ning strands.’ Horror fans will not be disappointed. This stuff rocks.
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Chaucer Illuminated!

4/10/2010

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Yesterday, one of those great ideas that just pop into the head did me that honour.

One or two Chaucer scholars have asked me to write some more serious Canterbury Tales since my 'voice' is usually quite jolly and the subject matter humorous.

So I've decided to respond to these calls by building up an archive of abridged Canterbury Tales which can be expanded into fully fledged Tales at a later date.

The latest, concerning an illuminated manuscript with magical powers, is a ghost story which references a number of Bible stories.

Hopefully, next vacation time, I'll get an opportunity to write all these stories up.

Paul
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