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Title: The Zombie Survival Guide : Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks ISBN: 1-4000-4962-8 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (50 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Humor? No, a necessity
Comment: This book is essential for the zombie hunter. It is passed off as humor but I believe it is dead serious...when the dead rise there will be three categories of people: food, people who read this book as a parody and hence become food, or people like me who read this book and studied it as a vital survival tool who will turn the tide against the zombie horror. I already have a Katana sword and a machete ready for immediate usage should flight to an undisclosed location become necessary, and my group of anti-zombie fighters is just as prepared should a Class 4 outbreak ever occur.
This book warrants multiple readings and absolutely should be counted as a vital survival guide...the stuff in here is just as useful as the Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbooks, and remember, people label them humor too (the first two are not, but they have gotten worse and worse as the series has progressed), and the attention to detail is outstanding. My only question is the belief on the author's part that zombies can walk on the ocean floor...even granting they do not need to breathe or eat the pressure would crush them completely. Thus, my flight location is an island; I won't reveal the location for fear of hordes of people descending and ruining it for my group. All I know is that if and when the dead rise those who took this book for what it is, a dead serious (no pun intended) survival guide, will be completely equipped for fighting for the sake of saving humanity.
Rating: 5
Summary: You never know... !!!
Comment: The best aspect of this book is that it never winks at you and lets you in on the JOKE - keeping a serious and matter-of-fact tone throughout. (which makes it all the funnier)
But dammit, the ironic part is that in the event that the dead ever start walking the earth in search of human prey, the info contained in this book is actually some pretty useful stuff!
Rating: 5
Summary: I better watch out.
Comment: This book is a good source for anti-zombie warfare. I was interested on it both because of its topic and its author; Max Brooks is Mel Brook's son. I was expecting a book with open jokes and perhaps a parody, but was impressed when I saw how seriously the author dealt with the topic; it was almost convincing, actually. Aside from the smooth writing and interesting detailed information about defeating the undead, I was also quite pleased at how Mr. Brooks would every now and then, while explaining some feature about zombies, pinch us humans with sharp comments, as, for example, in the statement "Americans have a special relationship with handguns" (page 47). People wishing to create good zombie stories should consult this book; also, the "Recorded Attacks" add a touch of realism and perhaps some ideas for good plots. This book may not cause severe laughter, but its refined humor added to very properly divided chapters and good writing are sure worth the money and time.
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Title: Reign of the Dead : by Len Barnhart ISBN: 0595192033 Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press Pub. Date: 22 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Apocalypse End : Reign of the Dead by Len Barnhart ISBN: 0595271650 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Book of All Flesh by James Lowder ISBN: 1891153870 Publisher: Excelstor Games Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Dead by Mark E. Rogers ISBN: 0741405563 Publisher: Buy Books on the web.com Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Rising by Brian Keene ISBN: 0843952016 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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