Max Brooks, World War Z Reviews

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World War Z: An Oral history of the Zombie War is a great book for any zombie fan. Written by Max Brooks as a historical record by survivors of the zombie holocaust I was hooked. The idea of a simple virus wiping out humanity and leaving behind an array of different people is based on a lot of research by Brooks who took inspiration from George A. Romero and a book detailing the history of World War II. I really enjoyed reading this book, I felt the characters were well developed even in the small chapters that are devoted to a different survivors story in each. A nice vein of humour runs through the book keeping it from slipping into what could be a morbid story. If you love zombies and think the real zombie pandemic could happen then you've gotta read this...with a film on the horizon get in there before it becomes too well known.

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If you enjoy the zombie genera you'll enjoy Max Brooks' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars. It is indeed an oral history of the zombie wars as told by people from around the world. From the early beginnings in China to world wide effort to rid the planet of the millions of zombies still lurking about after the humans have gained the upper hand in the war, these tales will mesmerize the reader just as if they had actually happened. Max Brooks is a master story teller that is able ...

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World War Z
Max Brooks
Crown, September 2006, $24.95
ISBN: 0307346609

This tome serves two purposes, as a cautionary book for humans in future encounters against the Zombie horde and to provide an "oral history" of the global war on terrorism, in which the insurgent living dead came within a bite or two of winning. The CIA offers a slam dunk proof that the Zombie revival started in China as a result of the government campaign of "health and safety" sweeps. Other nations either built grea ...