World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
List Price:
Our Price: $7.97
You Save: $6.98 (47%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $7.50 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Max BrooksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-16
ISBN: 0307346617
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Reviews of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Book Review: A good romp through a world of zombie carnage.
Summary: 4 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's written as a collection of interviews with key players from a fictional previous global zombie pandemic. The stories range from sources all over the planet so there should be something to wet the taste of any English reader. There are links between the accounts and lots of plot hooks left open, great food for thought for any budding zombie genre writers or story tellers. I especially liked what happens in Korea, but I'll let you read about that. The writing style is easy to read and contains small cultural references to give the 'foreign' interviews an authentic feel, although whether they are correct I could not say. As it is not a traditional, 'follow the protagonist', story the pace is not terribly fast, but this is made up for by the scope and depth of tales which give you good rounded vision of the war from initial infections to final resolution. I'm no expert on the zombie genre but this was an excellent horror apocalypse story and well worth a read by those who like to immerse themselves in that sort of world.
Literature & Fiction Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Forthcoming Movies from Books
Her Fearful Symmetry: A Novelby Audrey Niffenegger
Scribner; Published: 2009-09-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.81
Price in other shops:
Under the Dome: A Novelby Stephen King
Scribner; Published: 2009-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $23.10
Price in other shops:
Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, Book 1)by Patricia Briggs
Ace; Published: 2006-01-31; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.12
Price in other shops:
Enchanted, Inc. (Katie Chandler, Book 1)by Shanna Swendson
Ballantine Books; Published: 2005-05-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.59
Price in other shops:
John Dies at the Endby David Wong
Thomas Dunne Books; Published: 2009-09-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.49
Price in other shops:
The Automatic Detectiveby A. Lee Martinez
Tor Books; Published: 2009-02-03; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.79
Price in other shops:
The Adoration of Jenna Foxby Mary E. Pearson
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); Published: 2008-04-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.98
Price in other shops:
Plague Yearby Jeff Carlson
Ace; Published: 2007-07-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.00
Price in other shops:
Daemonby Daniel Suarez
Dutton Adult; Published: 2009-01-08; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.92
Price in other shops:
Cell: A Novelby Stephen King
Pocket Star; Published: 2006-11-21; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.00
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Zombie Survival Guide Deck: Complete Protection from the Living Deadby Max Brooks
Potter Style; Published: 2008-07-22; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.98
Price in other shops:
Thunder and Ashes (The Morningstar Strain) (Pt.2)by Z.A. Recht
Permuted Press; Published: 2008-04-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.25
Price in other shops:
How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellionby Daniel H. Wilson
Bloomsbury USA; Published: 2005-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Watchmenby Alan Moore
DC Comics; Published: 1995-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.85
Price in other shops:
Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undeadby Kim Paffenroth
Permuted Press; Published: 2007-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.50
Price in other shops:
Plague of the Dead (The Morningstar Strain)by Z. A. Recht
Permuted Press; Published: 2006-12-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.20
Price in other shops:
I Am Legendby Richard Matheson
Tor Books; Published: 2007-10-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops:
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!by Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith
Quirk Books; Published: 2009-04-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.26
Price in other shops:
Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)by J. L. Bourne
Permuted Press; Published: 2007-11-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.45
Price in other shops:
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Deadby Max Brooks
Three Rivers Press; Published: 2003-09-16; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.39
Price in other shops: