World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Max Brooks
Sep 2006 Ā· Penguin Random House Audio Ā· Narrated by Various
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#1Ā NEW YORK TIMESĀ BESTSELLER ā¢ āPrepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history of the great war between humans and zombies.āāEntertainment Weekly
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We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand,Ā World War ZĀ is the only record of the pandemic.
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The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time.Ā World War ZĀ is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
āWill spook you for real.āāThe New York Times Book Review
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āPossesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. ThinkĀ Mad MaxĀ meetsĀ The Hot Zone. . . . ItāsĀ Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.āāUSA Today
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āWill grab you as tightly as a dead manās fist. A.āāEntertainment Weekly,Ā EW PickĀ
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āProbably the most topical and literate scare since Orson WellesāsĀ War of the WorldsĀ radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.āāDallas Morning News
Ā
We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand,Ā World War ZĀ is the only record of the pandemic.
Ā
The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time.Ā World War ZĀ is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years.
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
āWill spook you for real.āāThe New York Times Book Review
Ā
āPossesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new fiction titles. ThinkĀ Mad MaxĀ meetsĀ The Hot Zone. . . . ItāsĀ Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.āāUSA Today
Ā
āWill grab you as tightly as a dead manās fist. A.āāEntertainment Weekly,Ā EW PickĀ
Ā
āProbably the most topical and literate scare since Orson WellesāsĀ War of the WorldsĀ radio broadcast . . . This is action-packed social-political satire with a global view.āāDallas Morning News
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4.8
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Donald Briese
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July 9, 2019
missing parts? I have the actual book, but listening to this I feel like it's missing a lot of stories that the book has but it's definitely not in this audiobook. im confused.. - i just saw on the list when you search for it its abriged. i didnt see that before.. I didn't want half of a bookš¢
Cynthia Rosette
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December 13, 2019
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June 14, 2018
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About the author
Max Brooksās previous book, The Zombie Survival Guide, formed the core of the worldā s civilian survival manuals during the Zombie War. Mr. Brooks subsequently spent years traveling to every part of the globe in order to conduct the face-to-face interviews that have been incorporated into this present publication.
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