Thoroughly excellent for anyone who (like me) is obsessed with zombie films. The Zombie Survival Guide is always a good reference, and perfectly describes how an undead being without dependence on oxygen might function. The best part of this book is the perfect suspension of disbelief it achieves, after I was halfway through I was assessing houses for security, checking for exits and formulating escape plans as if the undead were really about to rise.
World War Z I read in one sitting at my university bookshop, and is an excellent sendup of traditional oral histories. Brooks knows his stuff and has clearly done his research, his alternate world is well realised, and filled with detail. I remember reading an interview where he stated he actually went and interviewed ex-CIA spooks and war veterans to get the feeling of authenticity. The audio book (featuring Henry Rollins and Mark Hamill) is equally good and a true-to-type adaption. The Chinese accents are a bit hokey though...
Any other Z-heads out there?
1. Organise, before they rise.
Max Brooks - The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z
Moderator: Orlion
-
Stone Magnet
- Giantfriend
- Posts: 276
- Joined: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:33 am
- Location: In the Depths of R'lyeh
Max Brooks - The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z
Druids gather at the circle of stones,
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
To worship the ancient ones.
In the glow of a dying red sun,
Their rites of evil have only just begun...
Electric Wizard - Black Butterfly
-
High Lord Tolkien
- Excommunicated Member of THOOLAH
- Posts: 7393
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:40 am
- Location: Cape Cod, Mass
- Been thanked: 3 times
- Contact:
I'm a fan too.
Check out www.homepageofthedead.com for Zombie stuff.
The Forums are many and I think it has the largest Zombie fiction selection on the Net too. (2 of my stories are there)
Check out www.homepageofthedead.com for Zombie stuff.
The Forums are many and I think it has the largest Zombie fiction selection on the Net too. (2 of my stories are there)
https://thoolah.blogspot.com/
[Defeated by a gizmo from Batman's utility belt]
Joker: I swear by all that's funny never to be taken in by that unconstitutional device again!
[Defeated by a gizmo from Batman's utility belt]
Joker: I swear by all that's funny never to be taken in by that unconstitutional device again!
-
Orlion
- The Gap Into Spam
- Posts: 6666
- Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:30 am
- Location: Getting there...
- Been thanked: 1 time
Zombie Survival Guide was an entertaining read, but I was much more throughly impressed with World War Z. As Nyarlathotep pointed out, it is very well realized... Max seemed to have thought of literally everything! This actually allowed me to get a sense of what an actual worldwide zombie outbreak would be like. Great stuff.
'Tis dream to think that Reason can
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Govern the reasoning creature, man.
- Herman Melville
I am Lazarus, come from the dead,
Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all!
"All creation is a huge, ornate, imaginary, and unintended fiction; if it could be deciphered it would yield a single shocking word."
-John Crowley
Haven't read WWZ yet, but I have the ZSG on audio and have listened to it about thirty times.
I wonder if that's why I started carrying a crowbar in my car...
I wonder if that's why I started carrying a crowbar in my car...
"How do you say 'we're screwed' in your native tongue?" ~ John Crichton
And on the Eighth Day God created Whiskey so that the Irish would not rule the Earth
And on the Eighth Day God created Whiskey so that the Irish would not rule the Earth