Best Zombie Book

[reaper239]

doom: knee deep in the dead. good luck finding a copy though. i must have read that book 30 times. it is a novelization of the original doom game.

[reaper239]

I just finished a few good reads (unabriged listens, actually) and added Tony Fa"Kings of the Dead" to my list of favorites. Finished Keene's books (The Rising an City of the Dead), but didn't like the ending. Carrie Ryan's "Forrest of Hand and Teeth" is a good Z book but not my cup of tea, too much drama; started "Breathers" but found it uninteresting. "Eden" and "The Reapers are the Angels" are already here but no time to read 'em yet (will wait for unabridged audiobooks). BTW, I didn't know "1-18, Migration" went to print, will look for it.

eden has poor editing, but is still one of the most awesom zombooks i have had the privelige to read.

[COsurvivor]

The Zombie Combat Manual by:Roger Ma

IT is not a story but a manual of how to survive a Zombie Apocalypse... Not only that but it has things put into realistic perspective and not just grab a gun and kill to stay alive.

It breaks down, Weapons, Exercise, Shelter and a whole lot more...

[Loyal Retainer]

I have to say the Day by Day Armeggedon series really sucked me in. I'm actually re-reading the second one right now. WWZ did a lot for the genre so I would have to put it high up on the list. I've never read Eden but with all the people on here saying they love it I am definitely going to have to check it out now. Autumn is another good one. It starts of really slow but if you stick with it it is pretty good.

[Leedo2502]

I've been curious about Cell, but I've been let down by King enough times to be a little wary. Maybe I'll take a leap and pick it up.

I too have been let down by King and I'll say Cell was a let down as well. Though mostly King looses me on the first few chapters I stuck with Cell til the end, that's when it got stupid.

[Leedo2502]

I'm going to go against the grain on this one... I think WWZ is highly overrated.

I did enjoy alot of the book but I was taken out of the story on by him making up terms and his complete unfamiliarity with the military. For example:

-No one in the military has ever called a grenade a "'nade"... it's ridiculous to the point of being distracting
-The Battle of Yonkers scene was absolute crap, it seems like Brooks didn't even use Wikipedia to see how M-1 Abrams tanks work or even how devastating artillery would be to a densely pack mob of people/zombies
-More on Yonkers, the way that the military reacted in the book makes me think that Brooks has a thing against the military. To think that there would be one plan with zero contingencies is absurd.
-More silliness at Yonkers, I laughed out loud when the guy was saying that the higher-ups couldn't adapt and wanted to fight a conventional war against the Zombies... the military has conducted countless actions that are considered "other than war" from police actions in the Balkans to aid after Katrina, pretty sure those aren't fighting the Reds in the Fulda Gap.

Those are just a few of my technical disappointments with this book.

The other thing that got me was every charecter sounded the same, it was basically a collection of mini-Max Brooks throuought the book using the same slang and terms wheather they were in China India Japan US or Europe. Everyone sounded the same.

I could go on about how boring I found this book but I don't want to burn the calories.

Day by Day is way better, and Zone One was another good one and a bit of a heavier read.

[Osiris]

I'm going to go against the grain on this one... I think WWZ is highly overrated.

I did enjoy alot of the book but I was taken out of the story on by him making up terms and his complete unfamiliarity with the military. For example:

-No one in the military has ever called a grenade a "'nade"... it's ridiculous to the point of being distracting
-The Battle of Yonkers scene was absolute crap, it seems like Brooks didn't even use Wikipedia to see how M-1 Abrams tanks work or even how devastating artillery would be to a densely pack mob of people/zombies
-More on Yonkers, the way that the military reacted in the book makes me think that Brooks has a thing against the military. To think that there would be one plan with zero contingencies is absurd.
-More silliness at Yonkers, I laughed out loud when the guy was saying that the higher-ups couldn't adapt and wanted to fight a conventional war against the Zombies... the military has conducted countless actions that are considered "other than war" from police actions in the Balkans to aid after Katrina, pretty sure those aren't fighting the Reds in the Fulda Gap.

Those are just a few of my technical disappointments with this book.

The other thing that got me was every charecter sounded the same, it was basically a collection of mini-Max Brooks throuought the book using the same slang and terms wheather they were in China India Japan US or Europe. Everyone sounded the same.

I could go on about how boring I found this book but I don't want to burn the calories.

Day by Day is way better, and Zone One was another good one and a bit of a heavier read.

First, my grandfather, two of his sons, and my old neighbour all served. They've called them 'nades' on more than on occasion, so you are wrong. Second, Yonkers was a fun fight, engaging, and entertaining. Third, in the age of information sharing being a single click away, terminology tends to travel faster than sound.

Day by Day was a totally different book, better is subjective at best.

[Leedo2502]

First, my grandfather, two of his sons, and my old neighbour all served. They've called them 'nades' on more than on occasion, so you are wrong. Second, Yonkers was a fun fight, engaging, and entertaining. Third, in the age of information sharing being a single click away, terminology tends to travel faster than sound.

Day by Day was a totally different book, better is subjective at best.

Dude I'm calling Bullshit on the 'nades. No one has ever said 'nades. It's stupid.

Don't try and cover for lazy writting by using the internet as an example. I've been all around the world and they all have their own colloquialisms. Even in the englishspeaking countries there are huge gaps in terminology and slang.

[Osiris]

Dude I'm calling Bullshit on the 'nades. No one has ever said 'nades. It's stupid.

Don't try and cover for lazy writting by using the internet as an example. I've been all around the world and they all have their own colloquialisms. Even in the englishspeaking countries there are huge gaps in terminology and slang.

Call bullshit all you want. Deal with it.

[Leedo2502]

Call bullshit all you want. Deal with it.

Nothing to "deal with." You can have your own opinion but not your own facts. "'Nade" isn't used by anyone in the military past or present. Just because a bunch of kids use it when playing COD doesn't mean those of us who have actually been in the military use them. For clarification we don't call an M-203 a "n00b tube" nor do we call sitting in an LP/OP "camping."