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Seconded. Also, Colson Whitehead is supposed to have a "fresh" look at zombie fiction. He's a "literary" writer, so I'm curious whether anyone has read it or not. I'll probably pick it up. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct...ehead-20111030 Quote:
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12-20-2011, 09:31 AM | #1191 | |
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WWZ has a great view into how different people and different cultures could potentially react to a global epidemic. It also had great characters and some really cool "what if" scenarios. The Walking Dead has good characters (although they drive me crazy sometimes), but it's mainly a survival story that looks into how you would react and behave if most of modern civilization had gone out the window. And the gore can be fun, too. But it's definitely not why I watch/read zombie stories. |
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12-20-2011, 09:40 AM | #1193 |
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It's about 10 times the book that the Zombie Survival Guide is. Seriously. It's awesome.
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I am a pretty tough critic when it comes to books BTW. The only book that gets an "A" that I have ever read is newest full version of "The Stand".
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My problem with Zombie Survival Guide is that it's a gimmick book, to me. It's the book I point my struggling reader students to, because it's broken into small sections, has illustrations, and allows them to browse read instead of following a narrative. WWZ is an actual novel, and a badass one at that.
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12-20-2011, 10:48 AM | #1198 |
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SURELY WWZ isn't on par with The Stand?
I haven't read a good book in a while (SK's last book The Dome was ass). Guess I'll have to check it out.
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The Stand was good until the last 100 pages or so, I thought. I hated the end, just like most of his books.
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It seems, and this isn't limited to King, the longer the book, the more disappointing the ending.
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