World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307346609 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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9/12/16 is the Tenth Anniversary of World War Z’s publication! We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z, a #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the blockbuster movie, is the only record of the plague years.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Brooks tells the story of the world's desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts "as told to the author" by various characters around the world. Despite its implausible premise and choppy delivery, the novel is surprisingly hard to put down. . The subtle, and not so subtle, jabs at various contemporary politicians and policies are an added bonus. (Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. A Chinese doctor encounters one of the earliest zombie cases at a time when the Chinese government is ruthlessly suppressing any information about the outbreak that will soon spread across the globe. All rights reserved. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zomb
Ariadne011 said For the intelligent zombie fan. I got this book to prepare for an end-of-the-world class in my Mythology course, despite not being much of a zombie fan, but ended up loving it. This book is nothing at all like the movie, and that's a good thing. As others have commented, it's told as individual stories told years after the events, and the characterization, a. "An Exceptional fictional read with new and interesting perspectives" according to Mooty. An excellent book. The retelling of a war against "zombies" through the eyes of "witnesses" provided a new perspective that i have yet to find in any other novel. All details are well layed out, and the intertwining of information between different accounts provide secondary opinions and outlines how different cultures respond. Like a Z war documentary in print; NOTHING like the movie (thank heavens) Vertigo First, do not judge this book by the movie. The only similarities between the movie and book are that they deal with a worldwide zombie apocalypse. That is IT.Book covers the Z war from numerous perspectives, each a vignette of interviewer and interviewee. Because it's parsed out like this, the book never seems tedious or blan