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A review by wyntrchylde
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks. Max Brooks by Max Brooks
3.0
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recroded Attacks
Author: Max Brooks and ibraim Roberson
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published In: New York
Date: 2009
Pgs: 144
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
The wars of survival that we are fighting against the zombie in the modern age are not the first plagues to sweep across Man. There have been recorded instances throughout history. They’re coming and they’re hungry. From the Stone Age to the Information Age, across African savannas, against Roman legions, and onboard sailing ships, civilizations have faced them. The darkness of today mirrors the past. The monster is rising. Shoot it in the head.
Genre:
Adventure
Alternate History
Apocalypse
Comics and graphic novels
End of the World
Fiction
Historical fiction
Horror
Science fiction
Zombies
Why this book:
Zombies plus Max Brooks equals me reading.
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The Feel:
Even with the differing format from novel to graphic novel, Brooks close and paranoid feel manages to communicate through Roberson’s excellent line drawings.
Favorite Scene:
When the caveman faces down the horde and discovers how to take down the rampaging dead and ends up as the subject of a cave painting showing the future viewer to fear the bite of the living dead.
Pacing:
The vignette stories are short and carry a pretty good punch. The pace is great.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
The WW2 Japanese chapter and the USSR in the 60s chapter are too closely related to one another given the spread of the other stories in the book. Same stories could have been told with less direct connections, either that or had them be pieces of the same story instead of one after the other with a direct story connection.
Hmm Moments:
The “real” reason the ancient Egyptians removed the brains during their funerary rituals.
Hadrian’s Wall.
Are these conspiracy theories from a zombie plagued world? That would work since each fails to tell us where the disease came from, even though it is obviously the same disease. The modern world is necessary for it to become the rampant widespread disaster that it is in the modern zombie craze. The hordes couldn’t spread fast enough to devour everything. A modern interconnected world makes the disease spread faster.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Considering the little that WWZ had to do with Brook’s incredible book, I have no desire to see this translated.
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Last Page Sound:
Wish there was more.
Author Assessment:
I love Brooks and zombies.
Editorial Assessment:
My only quibble is regarding the WW2 Japan and USSR stories interconnectivity that I addressed elsewhere.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
glad I read it
Disposition of Book:
741.5973 BRO
Irving Public Library
South Campus
Irving, TX
Would recommend to:
genre fans
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Author: Max Brooks and ibraim Roberson
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published In: New York
Date: 2009
Pgs: 144
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
Summary:
The wars of survival that we are fighting against the zombie in the modern age are not the first plagues to sweep across Man. There have been recorded instances throughout history. They’re coming and they’re hungry. From the Stone Age to the Information Age, across African savannas, against Roman legions, and onboard sailing ships, civilizations have faced them. The darkness of today mirrors the past. The monster is rising. Shoot it in the head.
Genre:
Adventure
Alternate History
Apocalypse
Comics and graphic novels
End of the World
Fiction
Historical fiction
Horror
Science fiction
Zombies
Why this book:
Zombies plus Max Brooks equals me reading.
______________________________________________________________________________
The Feel:
Even with the differing format from novel to graphic novel, Brooks close and paranoid feel manages to communicate through Roberson’s excellent line drawings.
Favorite Scene:
When the caveman faces down the horde and discovers how to take down the rampaging dead and ends up as the subject of a cave painting showing the future viewer to fear the bite of the living dead.
Pacing:
The vignette stories are short and carry a pretty good punch. The pace is great.
Plot Holes/Out of Character:
The WW2 Japanese chapter and the USSR in the 60s chapter are too closely related to one another given the spread of the other stories in the book. Same stories could have been told with less direct connections, either that or had them be pieces of the same story instead of one after the other with a direct story connection.
Hmm Moments:
The “real” reason the ancient Egyptians removed the brains during their funerary rituals.
Hadrian’s Wall.
Are these conspiracy theories from a zombie plagued world? That would work since each fails to tell us where the disease came from, even though it is obviously the same disease. The modern world is necessary for it to become the rampant widespread disaster that it is in the modern zombie craze. The hordes couldn’t spread fast enough to devour everything. A modern interconnected world makes the disease spread faster.
Why isn’t there a screenplay?
Considering the little that WWZ had to do with Brook’s incredible book, I have no desire to see this translated.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Last Page Sound:
Wish there was more.
Author Assessment:
I love Brooks and zombies.
Editorial Assessment:
My only quibble is regarding the WW2 Japan and USSR stories interconnectivity that I addressed elsewhere.
Knee Jerk Reaction:
glad I read it
Disposition of Book:
741.5973 BRO
Irving Public Library
South Campus
Irving, TX
Would recommend to:
genre fans
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