I’m absolutely buried today, but I wanted to take a moment between editing tasks to talk about The Road. This is the post-apocalyptic equivalent of For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Instead of pitting the protagonists against mindless zombies or other supernatural beasties, The Road firmly sets the charred remains of the world as the enemy. All [...]
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The Road
16Oct06World War Z
03Oct06I finished reading Max Brooks’ World War Z last night, and I really enjoyed his take on the zombie apocalypse. Instead of writing a straight expository narrative, Brooks’ novel tells the tale of the living undead overrunning the world via a series of first-person accounts. The book is an oral history of the battle between [...]
Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
25Sep06I’ve spent what I can only describe as a ludicrous amount of time at my office discussing defense about the coming zombie apocalypse. We’ve talked about everything from the ultimate zombie killing weapon to the best way to defend our office. I read most of Max Brooks’ Zombie Survival Guide this weekend, and as a [...]
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