false 3302568 2 "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!" From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, Kelly Link, and Joe R. Lansdale, The Living Dead covers the broad spectrum of zombie fiction. Edited by John Joseph Adams. 3339382 29 9 2008 The Living Dead total:321|5:12|4:13|3:3|2:4|1:0| 321 1205 813 69 3 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:08:56 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:44:28 -0800 2009
Anyway, the collection is pretty good. I didn't read all of them; I mean, who does in a colle...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 17 07:53:34 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 07:28:35 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Aug 18 06:49:28 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 09:42:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 19 21:04:48 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 21:08:48 -0700 2009 StaticMultimedia.com I gave this 31/2 stars and thoroughly enjoyed this massive collection of zombie stories. Below are some highlights from that review. To read my full review go to: http://www.staticmultimedia.com/print/re...

In The Living Dead, Adams has pulled together so much supern...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 04 17:37:55 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 13:50:38 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 17:37:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Feb 09 15:10:20 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 15:52:42 -0800 2009
That said, there were some s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 16:41:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 16:51:03 -0700 2009 ness. Some h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:10:29 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 10:13:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 26 09:58:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 10:07:25 -0800 2009
I especially enjoyed the following stories:

- This Year's Class Picture by Dan Simmons
- Death and Suffrage by Dale Bailey
- The Third Dead B...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Apr 24 13:04:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 06:45:04 -0700 2009 2. "Some Zombie Contingency Plans" by Kelly Link ?
3. "Death and Suffrage" by Dale Bailey
4. "Ghost Dance" by Sherman Alexie
5. "Blossom" by David J. Schow
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1. "This Year's Class Picture" by ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 09:05:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 22:55:19 -0700 2009 1 Stephen King’s Just After Sunset earlier this year, I realized that I enjoyed having a collection sitting around to break things up when I’m in the middle of a longish book, or after I’ve finished one novel and have yet to ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 19 11:56:49 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 21:03:15 -0800 2009
* “Followed” by Will McIntosh is the best story in the collection. It supposes a world in which the dead rise and instead of attacking the living, they follow them. B...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 15:05:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:56:12 -0800 2008 1 World War Z. There were a few stories about zombies and politics and a few that dealt with "Dawn of the Dead...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 22:50:43 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 23:57:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 06 10:17:22 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 14 16:43:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 10:21:34 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 10:23:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:51:33 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 07:50:40 -0700 2009
In contrast, there were some really interesting takes on the Zombie concept that were great (Jeffrey ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 08:28:42 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 05:25:22 -0800 2008
I really like the more traditional zombie type stories dealing wi...more...]]>