text: Posts 3	Best Zombie Books/Series?
  Reply With Quote November 3rd, 2010, 05:18 PM
  Posts 249	Alot of ppl seem to like World War Z, although I'm not really certain why. It's dull and dry. Try Patient Zero or Plague of the Dead.
  Reply With Quote November 3rd, 2010, 07:07 PM
  Posts 44	I'm with Pvt, dunno why World War Z is so popular, haven't yet read Patient Zero or Plague of the Dead yet, but plan to.
  Reply With Quote November 3rd, 2010, 07:12 PM
  Posts 10,027	You'll find lots of good suggestions in this thread:
  Reply With Quote November 3rd, 2010, 07:57 PM
  Posts 12,316	World War Z is popular because it is written exactly like an academic oral history research work, with subtle satiric bits (somewhat connected to Brooks' humor book, The Zombie Survival Guide,) homages to past zombie lore and movies, and then some moving, saddening prose. It's kind of like Susannah Clarke imitating Trollope, Austen and Dickens. It's not what you want if you want a straight zombie thriller, but if you've ever read and liked non-fiction books like The Hot Zone, it's a lot of fun. It's unusual and in many ways a very logical breakdown of how an outbreak would spread and what would be the constraints on it. Most of the zombie novels are technically science fiction, but some possible ones to check out if you want multi-volume series are Xombies by Walter Greatshell, David Wellington's Monster Island trilogy, Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne, James Knapp's Revivors series, and Mira Grant's Newsflesh series.
  Reply With Quote November 3rd, 2010, 08:30 PM
  Posts 1,826	Reapers are the Angels is getting a ton of notice as of late.
  Reply With Quote November 4th, 2010, 07:28 AM
  Posts 2,503	I'm not a big zombie fan -- just don't see the appeal, though the original Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead are terrific -- so this is a bit off to the side of your question: Richard Matheson's I am Legend has had enormous influence on zombie fiction because it had a big influence on George Romero and Night of the Living Dead. The creatures in it aren't exactly zombies, but they are a major source of Romero's zombies.
  Posts 3	I wanted to say thank you to everyone who replied to this post. I appreciate the suggestions, and will check them out!
  Reply With Quote November 5th, 2010, 12:16 AM
  Posts 56	Originally Posted by TalonWarlock
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  Reply With Quote November 5th, 2010, 08:36 AM
  Posts 143	The Rising by Brian Keen
  Reply With Quote November 5th, 2010, 10:41 AM
  Posts 377	David Wong wrote a Book titled "John Dies at the End." while it is not specifically zombie zone, it is a twisted tale that amuses and disgusts. It has zombie -ish stuff going on. Welcome to SFFWORLD.
  Reply With Quote November 8th, 2010, 08:53 PM
  Posts 6	Cell by Stephen King is zombie-ish, I didn't enjoy it very much, but I have to agree on The Rising by Brian Keene and of course The Walking Dead.