Android Karenina to retool Tolstoy for his centenary
After Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the next classic novel 'mash-up' is to introduce robots into the classic love story
As fans around the world gear up to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy's death, the author hailed in the west as one of the very greatest writers of all time is set to be commemorated in a more unusual fashion: his classic tragic love story Anna Karenina is to be reworked with added robots.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, 13 January, 2010
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