| MojoNexus |
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| 03/23/07 09:50 AM |
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Max Brooks, Zombie Survialist
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Bought The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z last week. Almost finished with The Zombie Survival Guide. Its a quick read in that its not a novel, it truly is a survival guide. Meant to be humorous, its a great read for any zombie fan. Haven't started World War Z yet, but I hear it is already in development for a feature film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Brooks
| Knifey |
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| 03/24/07 06:01 AM |
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Sounds right up my alley. I'll have to check this out sometime soon.
| EdgarAllen |
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| 05/06/07 12:21 AM |
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I have two books I'm working on right now, but hope to start reading World War Z next. Lots of good reviews out there about this book. Just a fun little tidbit, Max is the son of Mel Brooks.
Have only read snippets of the Zombie Survivalists Guide in the bookstore.
| kamikaze_zombie |
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| 05/06/07 12:51 AM |
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Reading The Zombie Survival Guide now, on loan from a friend. I must say, it's definatley become one of my favourite books.
| MojoNexus |
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| 12/18/07 02:16 PM |
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World War Z script review.
http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3947&Itemid=99
| Dr Peligro |
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| 12/18/07 05:01 PM |
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*** may contain VERY MINOR spoilers for those who haven't read the books ***
I've read both books. They were very fun, and impressively well thought out and researched. The man must have spent A LOT of time reflecting on how a real worldwide zombie plague would play out, and all the political/social/military consequences it would have.
World War Z does something that very few works of zombie-fiction have been able to do : it presents the situation in a fresh and never-seen-before fashion, instead of just copying the Romero formula with a couple minor changes thrown in. It is also by far the most epic zombie story I've ever encountered, focusing on the entire world as opposed to a small group of survivors.
If the movie is done right and has a high budget, it has potential to be absolutely jaw-dropping. Some of the situations and visuals in the book are downright overwhelming in their ''epicness'' : ex. the army facing a milions-strong zombie horde that stretches from Time Square to Yonkers, massive underwater battles pitting armored scuba suits-guys against zombie crowds that FREAKIN WALK ON THE OCEAN FLOOR, firing squads that gun down LITERAL mountains of approaching zombies during days-long battles, etc.
If the movie can effectively recreate the visuals I was imagining in my head while reading the book, we'll have a new major zombie classic to enjoy.
| MojoNexus |
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| 11/14/08 12:18 PM |
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Reported in Variety:
Paramount has set "Quantum of Solace" director Marc Forster to helm "World War Z," based on the Max Brooks bestselling novel about a worldwide infestation of flesh-eating zombies.
"Changeling" scribe J. Michael Straczynski is writing the screenplay, and Brad Pitt's Plan B is producing.
Brooks -- the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft -- wrote a detailed tale in which a researcher for the U.N. Postwar Commission interviews survivors from countries all over the world, 10 years after the crisis, to gather a first-person post-mortem on a war that obliterated every country on the map.
| DanielSavage |
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| 11/14/08 02:11 PM |
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I love Max Brooks' style.
The Survival Guide and World War Z should be mandatory reading for zombie fans at this point.