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I am reading a book right now called The Zombie Survival Handbook. It might sound silly, but it takes a very serious approach to the threat of zombie attack. The world of the book is one where a virus called Somnabul can actually kill, then reanimate someone as a zombie, so in that context it makes sense as it's trying to tell you how to prepare yourself against waves of the undead. It's chilling, really, and while it's fascinating the level of detail that the author goes into, some of the scenarios are, quite frankly, terrifying, and despite any thoughts I had before of "Oh man zombie attack would be cool I'd be all like stab stab bang bang," the idea of it is kind of frightening (however fantastical) to me now.
By the same author, I picked up World War Z. This is even more chilling. It's written in the same world, but it takes a much more personal approach to a zombie attack. It's not even written like a narrative "I did this, Joe jumped over the fence," but it's actually a collection of oral interviews with a variety of people who lived through this "World War Z". The way its presented makes it feel real in a way that's kind of disturbing, like when an otaku describes how he looked out of his apartment building and saw that hell had descended on his prefecture, or how a banker must now rely on his maid, now his CO, to order him into battle against living corpses.
They're excellent books, and definitely give a 'real' side to a zombie scourge. It's even inspired me to design a video game about it.
-WK
By the same author, I picked up World War Z. This is even more chilling. It's written in the same world, but it takes a much more personal approach to a zombie attack. It's not even written like a narrative "I did this, Joe jumped over the fence," but it's actually a collection of oral interviews with a variety of people who lived through this "World War Z". The way its presented makes it feel real in a way that's kind of disturbing, like when an otaku describes how he looked out of his apartment building and saw that hell had descended on his prefecture, or how a banker must now rely on his maid, now his CO, to order him into battle against living corpses.
They're excellent books, and definitely give a 'real' side to a zombie scourge. It's even inspired me to design a video game about it.
-WK