I also didn't like the notion in WWZ that the military has no doctrine to deal with masses of infantry. Slow, shambling infantry. While they have military rifles and lots of ammunition...but their "deployment" was bad. I've heard of real-life vets bitching that this part really bugged them.
Also, it was written by the same guy who wrote the Zombie Survival Guide, a manual that gets touted a lot ("I know what to do, I've read the ZSG!"), but which has utterly terrible and uneducated firearm advice. That entire book kind of counts as a pet peeve of mine. :)
Yeah a lot of his ideas in both books weren't very well thought out. Like his basic advice to stay put. I dunno, esp if you're in a badly infested area, I think you'd be better off on the run, they're just going to horde up all around you if you stay put.
But yeah, the military has all these cluster bombs and fuel air explosive and other fun things that can pretty well clear an area pretty damn well.
And I felt like a military-tactics-nerd for listing it as another complaint, but he touted some guy as a genius for inventing the infantry square, wherein the infantry form up a square all facing outwards. First of all, that kind of idea is literally one of the oldest military tactics there is, and second of all, a SQUARE??? In a circle everyone is equidistant to the enemy and has the same arc of fire, whereas in a square the corners are way out there and have a huge arc they need to cover -- so the defensive square is a terrible idea.
I'm going from memory. But as I recall, the following were my big complaints:
1. He recommends using a .22 pistol, because you can shoot the zombie in the eye and the bullet will ricochet around the skull. Nice idea in theory, but imagine you're scared, amped up and running. There will likely be more than one zombie immediately threatening you. Now you're going to consistently hit a moving target the size of a quarter? With a light pistol
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I think you can get a lot of stuff on Amazon and Itunes- and just buy the season. It probably won't come to Netflix before Season 3 starts, because AMC/Whoever has to do a licensing agreement, etc. But usually the past season isn't released for sale until the new season starts, to drive up sales.
You can buy seasons of things on amazon and itunes?? Thanks I had no idea. And I know I've been at friends places and they've put those shows on and I've been wondering, where are they getting this???
Hey, got your message and unfortunately my apocalypse story is having to wait until I've finished another... mostly because my brain is mushy right now with pregnant, so trying to world-build is a bit beyond my capability (I'm struggling with remembering my children's names). My story doesn't involve zombies, although there is a 'virus' which knocks out the communications, which is a problem considering how wireless the society is. But that's due to a nefarious element which has strategically planned the attack and placed spies in the governing body, so a bit different to your idea. I hope to get back to my story either next year, or, depending how things go with my current project, I might try and work on it during NaNoWriMo. The newborn will be about 8 weeks old by then, though, so we'll see.
Anyway! Another book you might be interested in is I am Legend by Richard Matheson. The movie by the same name is VERY different so reading the book might be interesting for you. It doesn't deal with how the zombies get infected, but
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Also, it was written by the same guy who wrote the Zombie Survival Guide, a manual that gets touted a lot ("I know what to do, I've read the ZSG!"), but which has utterly terrible and uneducated firearm advice. That entire book kind of counts as a pet peeve of mine. :)
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But yeah, the military has all these cluster bombs and fuel air explosive and other fun things that can pretty well clear an area pretty damn well.
And I felt like a military-tactics-nerd for listing it as another complaint, but he touted some guy as a genius for inventing the infantry square, wherein the infantry form up a square all facing outwards. First of all, that kind of idea is literally one of the oldest military tactics there is, and second of all, a SQUARE??? In a circle everyone is equidistant to the enemy and has the same arc of fire, whereas in a square the corners are way out there and have a huge arc they need to cover -- so the defensive square is a terrible idea.
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