Brooks, the author of the determinedly straight-faced parody The Zombie Survival Guide (2003), returns in all seriousness to the zombie theme for his second outing, a future history in the style of Theodore Judson's Fitzpatrick's War. 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. 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. The tale then follows the outbreak via testimony of smugglers, intelligence officials, military personnel and many others who struggle to defeat the zombie menace. 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.
Its really good. If you remember the case studies at the end of the zombie survival guide its a lot like that. Essentially its a guy going around interviewing survivors of the war and hearing their stories. Lots of different stories from people of all walks of life that tell the story of the war from many perspectives. Â
I was browsing through the zombie survival guide and it was pretty creepy but I never knew if the stories at the end were fictional or based on real events. Can anyone clear this up for me?
I was browsing through the zombie survival guide and it was pretty creepy but I never knew if the stories at the end were fictional or based on real events. Can anyone clear this up for me?compaq345682
idk but zombies are out there......waiting for another living person to cross their path
i love zombies as well. they are so fun to kill, and its great to think about what would happen if they were to invade the earth. kind of creepy though. i never Survival Guide or any of the others.
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