World War Z: Not Just a Zombie Tale
With its intelligent tone and cerebral look at the history of the war on Zombies, Max Brooks' tale of an earth changed not by the living, but the dead is not your usual zombie fare.
World War Z
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/11/2008)
"Zombie lit for those who enjoy a bit of political discourse with their undead scares."
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Max Brooks on Surviving a Zombie Attack
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A Quote From World War Z:
I found "Patient Zero" behind the locked door of an abandoned house across town. He was twelve years old. His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although he'd rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood. There was no blood on his other wounds, not on the gouges on his legs or arms, or from the large dry gap where his right big toe had been. He was writhing like an animal; a gag muffled his growls.
Max Brooks on Wikipedia
Max Brooks (born Maximillian Michael Brooks on May 22, 1972 in New York City) is an author and screenwriter.
Glossary of Terms (As Used in "World War Z")
- Ferals - Children - teens or even adults by the time of Total War - who have been abandoned as their parents have become infected, murdered or succumbed to hunger or disease.
- Honolulu Conference - When the decision was made to go into Total War. Spearheaded by the President of the United States.
- LaMOE - Short for "Last Man on Earth." Humans that have survived attacks in infested areas and have become combatant to retain their "rule" over the land.
- Patient Zero - The first patient that was found to be infected was a 12 year old in China.
- Total War - The effort to rid the world of the infected instead of trying to remain in uninfected areas.
- Yonkers - Where the U.S. Military launched the first offensive against the Zombies.
- Zack - Collective name for the zombies.
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The classic George Romero film. Public Domain!
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World War Z: Infested Locations
Note: As the current Squidoo module for Google maps only covers the U.S., many vital locations have been left out.
Recognize Any Famous Faces?
While Brooks doesn't name names, he does elude to some famous people being involved in the events depicted in his book. Some of the caricatures seem fairly obvious. Who do you think you spied hanging out with Zack?
