At one time, they were everywhere, they were hungry and they were unrelenting. They charged without fear and kept coming, the zombies wouldn’t stop coming. Now those dark days are behind us, “...but at what cost?” asks Max Brooks in his chilling, multiple-perspective biography, World War Z. This book features at least over one hundred different perspectives on the catastrophe, from Doctor in Rio who witnesses one of the first outbreaks, to a Chinese Admiral trying to flee his country in China’s only nuclear sub to escape the carnage.
The stories these people tell also reveal the politics and military strategies of the outbreak and even what the zombies were like themselves, “They displayed no conscious thought, just biological instinct” (260). I’m going to say this right now, this book is simply amazing. I had no interest on the subject matter (zombie apocalypse theories) before i picked this book up, and now I’m a convert. It is something reminiscent of Orsen Wells’ radio play of The War of the Worlds. After reading this book, I am now paranoid of everything that moves that might be a zombie. Just like many were afraid of giant martian tripods incinerating their towns. Even if you have no interest, read the first page, and you’ll be hooked on this apocalyptic earth until you finish the last page.
Grant
How do they get 100 perspectives into one book? Seems a little chaotic, but interesting.
ReplyDeletethere usually short interviews, not too short, but not too long and with enough variety to the personalities to keep it fresh.
ReplyDeletethis book sounds pretty good and even though i'm not into the whole apocalypse thing, this might be the book that I get hooked on.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds kind of weird but it could be cool
ReplyDeleteZombies? Sounds academic. I might give it a try if it were more a novel, not a bunch of interviews. I do like zombie movies, though.
ReplyDeleteSounds creepy. Must be awesome!
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