World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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“The end was near.” –Voices from the Zombie War
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from persons apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of dread and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail started with the twelve-year-ancient Uncomplaining Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plot provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable fee, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally ongoing to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.
Most of all, the audiobook captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the regularly raw and plain scenery of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the listener, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, “By excluding the human factor, aren’t we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn’t the human factor the only right difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as ‘the living dead’?”
Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.
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Three hundred plus pages and not a single original thought. Slow, drifting writing with out much imagination. Truly a waste of time I’m very sorry to say, especially since it came highly recommeded from a name who usually leads me to fantastic books.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Now let’s not getting carried away here, comparing this throw-away trash to a compelling horror novel like Carrion Comfort or The Bright. “Zombies take over the world, feed gluttonously on human flesh, walk among us, etc.” isn’t the most imagination thought these days, and the leader doesn’t take it much further but resorts to the usual bone idle imagery, really derivative from Romero, EC Comics, bless their heart, and King. I’m reading it purely as escape while my wife’s away on business and my 4 year ancient is driving me half crazy, and it still makes my eyes glaze over after three leaden paragraphs.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
The book wasn’t for me it was for my step-son —we just got the book today 1/18/06–he hasn’t have time to read it yet—give it a couple of days and I’ll question him
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
When I read Brooks’ Perfect Zombie Survival Guide, I factually could not place it down until I had read the whole thing. So naturally I was excited to see World War Z on the new relief book shelf when it came out and bought it immediately.
I’ll be candid and fleeting, this book f****** sucks zombie genitalia. Don’t waste your time or money on this perfect bore of a book. Aside from the obvious political slant that I take offense to in the writing, the entire thing is just unadorned dull. What a perfect and utter waste of a excellent concept.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I really despised this book. Not only is it dry and unentertaining, but many of the facts are incorrect or misused. It’s completely unbelievable and drags on forever. While the novel could have been written in 200 pages, the leader tends to go on and on, using the same topics, rambling and adage the same things over and over again. And not to mention there is no central character. There is, but, a first person narrator, who claims that he or she will try his or her best not to slot in his or her own personal opinions, building it as if he or she will, in fact, take a side in the Zombie War, and also shed light with emotions, etc. But the leader fails at basically everything he tries to accomplish in the book. It is utterly dull and horrible to read. I would not tell anyone to read this, ever. It’s horrible.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5