A review by wole_talabi
Zombies: A Compendium by Harlan Ellison, Henry S. Whitehead, Robert E. Howard, Otto Penzler, Thorp McClusky, Theodore Sturgeon, Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack D’Arcy, Richard Matheson

3.0

This book provides a broad and interesting overview of Zombies in fiction and was excellent as an educational entry point into zombie lore. However in terms of entertainment value, the stories varied widely and I think I only enjoyed about half of them. The early 20th century zombie stories with clever detective/investigate twists as well as those more recent stories that used the zombies as clever metaphors were my favorites but many of the stories from the early pulp era were overlong, silly and mildy racist (if such a thing can be said). The last two stories that close the book are the worst examples of this. Still, all things taken together, I liked the collection and enjoyed it for its merits which only just outweigh its demerits.