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Zombies: Encounters with the Hungry Dead
by
John Skipp
From a master of zombie fiction and a founding father of splatterpunk comes a mind-bending anthology of 32 new and classic stories from both renowned writers and rising stars
In the tradition of Black Dog & Leventhal's bestselling
Vampires and Ghosts, this anthology of 32 stories is set in a world where the dead have risen from the grave to consume the living. This rich...more
In the tradition of Black Dog & Leventhal's bestselling
Vampires and Ghosts, this anthology of 32 stories is set in a world where the dead have risen from the grave to consume the living. This rich...more
Paperback, 699 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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The latest edition of zombie stories overseen by John Skipp contain numerous solid tales from many instantly recognizeable authors. Unfortunately, if you are like me and have read quite a few anthologies out there, you are seeing a lot of repeats, so beware. This book is broken up into "Old School" and "Post Emancipation" tales. In other words, pre and post Romero type zombie stories.
Its hard to go wrong with the likes of Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Max Brooks, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, J...more
Its hard to go wrong with the likes of Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Max Brooks, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, J...more
Nov 05, 2011
Joe
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
New zombie fans looking for history & variety.
Shelves:
horror
In my recent experience zombie fiction has tended toward being the most literate and thoughtful genre of modern "fantastic" fiction. Perhaps it's because zombies make an almost ideal blank canvas for writers who want to paint our fears. Some of the best, both old and new, have been collected into this volume. Quality and variety are excellent. Better still, the book is helpfully divided into two sections: one featuring the more subtle, servile zombies of the old school, the other the flesh-eatin...more
I don't do anthologies very often, mostly because I find myself peeking ahead to see how long the story is. Sometimes I do this out of boredom, and sometimes its just habit. I have some mixed feelings about this 700 page book...
1. I was about 50/50 on the stories. Half the time I felt excited to read a certain one that had been talked up so amazingly in John Skipp's commentary, but found myself ending the story with a "meh".
2. Many of the tales were haunting, regardless of whether or not I had...more
1. I was about 50/50 on the stories. Half the time I felt excited to read a certain one that had been talked up so amazingly in John Skipp's commentary, but found myself ending the story with a "meh".
2. Many of the tales were haunting, regardless of whether or not I had...more
Borrowed this from the library over the summer and I only managed to get about half way through it before I had to return it. This book is massive and the variety of stories in it is great. You get everything from scary to funny to sad. I intend to check it out again and finish reading the stories I didn't get a chance to the first time. Definitely recommend it to anyone interested in zombies.
Fabulous, amazing book! From the introduction to the two appendices, this book is non-stop zombies. The stories are the cream of the crop, including old favorites and thought-provoking new stories. The introduction is amusing and well thought out. The appendices detail out a brief history of zombies and the history of zombies in pop culture. Definitely a must have for zombie fans.
This is such an amazing collection of stories! From funny to sad, disturbing, and thought provoking. It has a lot of different writing styles which kept me reading from one story to the next, and each story is a good read!
Short stories of zombies including old style voodoo/Frankenstein and the modern versions including max brooks and neil gaimon. Worth reading although you probably have read a few of these stories.
This is a good collection of horror short stories. I liked best the editor's comments on each story. He has intellectualized this genre! The stories range from old classics up to "now" and they really are the best of the best! I can visualize this as a text for a college course either in writing or literary analysis!
Awesome so far. Who would have thought the balls to publish a story about Jesus rising from the dead as a zombie would have existed in 1908?
Lots of good Zombies stories in this tomb. Some are really good. Others are just so-so, but overall it's a good book for the collection.
I hate typos. This book is full of them. The typo distraction takes away from the few good stories the book has to offer. I can't say I hated this book because I didn't. I just didn't enjoy it as much as I could have because of the numerous typos. A few stories were 4 stars but the rest were 3 stars at best. There are better zombie collections out there.
Lots of reprints makes this compilation redundant if you've already read them, but also serves as a good 'best of' zombie tales from writers like Stephen King, Robert Bloch, Neil Gaiman. Way too long, making it 'thorough' and 'complete' I guess. I think I still liked Mondo Zombie compilation better because it had all the sick sex stories, but this one is worth skimming.
The essential zombie fiction collection. If you are a horror fan you need this book.
Some great stuff in here! Really liked S.G. Browne's story.
If I had to teach a class on zombie horror literature, this would be the textbook I'd assign!
If you like these kinds of short stories, this is a good collection. There's basically none of the authors comments (before each story type) that so many anthologies put you through, and they're top notch stories, some real old, some pretty new. A fast read and easy to put down over and over when you have little time.
The author does give a good pre-write up and interesting appendix/history, that you can read if you choose. They are worth it.
The author does give a good pre-write up and interesting appendix/history, that you can read if you choose. They are worth it.
It may be because I'm not a huge short story person, or I don't care for my zombies in writing, but while some stories were very good, most were just meh - not really instilling anything let alone horror, anxiety, sympathy, or that end-of-the-world feeling.
The ones that I have read thus far, have been pretty scary, so I am taking a break from this one. I like this assortment of stories. If you aren't a fan of one, just read another.
That's my face on the cover. :)
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Some great, atypical zombie stories in here.
Couldn't bring myself to finish it.
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