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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie WarWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks is pretty entertaining and thought provoking book. I like it more than most of the other books I’ve read recently.

This book is written as if it’s nonfiction. Apparently, there was a worldwide zombie outbreak that lasted 10 years and the book was written 10 years after the end of the outbreak. It tells the story of the zombie war through a collection of interviews with survivors. The interviewees come from all over the world. The story progresses from the first case of the zombie virus until the “present” when the world is still rebuilding.

I’m not expecting a zombie attack, but reading World War Z did make me wonder how we would handle a global catastrophe. In the book, the governments of the world made some costly mistakes. I hope we wouldn’t make those same mistakes.

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  1. rob
    June 25th, 2009 at 16:41 | #1

    Looks like an interesting read. Will have to pick it up.

  2. August 19th, 2009 at 19:14 | #2

    Zombies are the best of the horror genre. Ugly, smelly, mindless, flesheater make for the Best Zombie Movies. Unlike any other movie monsters, zombies have no agenda, master plans or for that reason any plans at all. No feeling evil or good. They are just plain fun.

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