The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman
Any one who knows me can tell you that I am a zombie fan. Don't get me wrong--I am not a fan of gore or meaningless violence. I am the other type of zombie fan. The kind of fan who loves well rounded characters thrust into the nightmare of zombie infestation.
Zombies. (Always watch for zombies.) They are the worst creatures that can show up to ruin your picnic.
Think about it. With a serial killer, werewolf, vampire, or mummy, you can be safe at some point in time. A serial killer is only human and can only be in one place at a time. Werewolves and vampires only come out at night. And there is only one mummy or even if there are 1,000 mummies, there is still a limit to where each mummy can be. Plus, there is safety in numbers. 1,000 mummies are not going to attack 10,000 of us! We'll kick there half dead a**es back to where ever mummies come from. And then, and only then, we will get nasty.
What about Freddy? Who cares about stupid Freddy! There is one of Freddy and thousands of us. Even if we have to sleep together, we could put some hurt on Freddy. Safety in numbers.
Zombies are different. Safety in numbers doesn't apply to zombies, neither does being safe at some point in time. Zombies come at you at all hours of the day or night and in ever increasing numbers. They are slow and dumb, but relentless. They just keep coming and coming and coming. Zombies are the only creature that can turn our safe world into Armageddon in less than a month.
That's right. 30 days from now your world could come to an end.
In the perfect zombie movie, the characters fight and struggle to survive. They become closer to perfect strangers than they have ever been with their own parents, spouses and children. They must etch out a living with nothing more than their wits and backs and fingernails. They are hungry, scared, and angry, but they survive. They have no choice but to survive.
The Walking Dead is so far the perfect zombie book. I just finished reading Vol:1 Days Gone Bye and I am hooked. The main character Rick Grimes is a cop... well, he was a cop. The story starts much like the movie, 28 Days Later
, with the main character awakening from a long coma. His thoughts are only of finding his wife and son. And the ride begins from there.
The author, Robert Kirkman, writes in the introduction (I am paraphrasing here) that the worst part of a zombie movie is the end. Just as things are getting good the credits start rolling and you never find out what happens next. The writer promises that this book will follow Grimes as he navigates through this world gone undead.
I recommend this book because it is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something very, very special.
Zombies. (Always watch for zombies.) They are the worst creatures that can show up to ruin your picnic.
Think about it. With a serial killer, werewolf, vampire, or mummy, you can be safe at some point in time. A serial killer is only human and can only be in one place at a time. Werewolves and vampires only come out at night. And there is only one mummy or even if there are 1,000 mummies, there is still a limit to where each mummy can be. Plus, there is safety in numbers. 1,000 mummies are not going to attack 10,000 of us! We'll kick there half dead a**es back to where ever mummies come from. And then, and only then, we will get nasty.
What about Freddy? Who cares about stupid Freddy! There is one of Freddy and thousands of us. Even if we have to sleep together, we could put some hurt on Freddy. Safety in numbers.
Zombies are different. Safety in numbers doesn't apply to zombies, neither does being safe at some point in time. Zombies come at you at all hours of the day or night and in ever increasing numbers. They are slow and dumb, but relentless. They just keep coming and coming and coming. Zombies are the only creature that can turn our safe world into Armageddon in less than a month.
That's right. 30 days from now your world could come to an end.
In the perfect zombie movie, the characters fight and struggle to survive. They become closer to perfect strangers than they have ever been with their own parents, spouses and children. They must etch out a living with nothing more than their wits and backs and fingernails. They are hungry, scared, and angry, but they survive. They have no choice but to survive.
The Walking Dead is so far the perfect zombie book. I just finished reading Vol:1 Days Gone Bye and I am hooked. The main character Rick Grimes is a cop... well, he was a cop. The story starts much like the movie, 28 Days Later
, with the main character awakening from a long coma. His thoughts are only of finding his wife and son. And the ride begins from there.The author, Robert Kirkman, writes in the introduction (I am paraphrasing here) that the worst part of a zombie movie is the end. Just as things are getting good the credits start rolling and you never find out what happens next. The writer promises that this book will follow Grimes as he navigates through this world gone undead.
I recommend this book because it is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of something very, very special.
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