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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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#54 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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Ricardo Mota
Nov 21, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: zombies
Brilhante e envolvente, o livro conta-nos a história de um passado recente sob a forma de várias entrevistas realizadas em diversos pontos do mundo que abrangem uma grande quantidade de problemáticas, de formas de luta e da experiência daqueles povos ante a guerra mundial Z.

Com as entrevistas, o livro dá-nos uma envolvente visão na primeira pessoa de cada um dos prismas da questão, com determinados pontos a cruzarem-se aqui e ali ao longo do livro.

Uma história do fantástico, mas com uma base pla
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Emily
Dec 09, 2011 rated it really liked it
The scope of this is absolutely amazing. I was also amused by the fact that part of it takes place on the elevated portion of I-10 between Baton Rouge and Lafayette.
Karen Azinger
Oct 08, 2011 rated it liked it
When I picked this book up I expected a novel, but what I got instead was a series of very short stories, all with the same writing voice. There are no characters to really care about, no sweeping story arches, no evocative descriptions, but I did like the author's breath of thinking. I liked how the short snippets of story were set all around the world, with different circumstances and different solutions, as if the author viewed the zombie problem from every possible angle. It is not a great r ...more
E.J. Frost
Apr 13, 2014 rated it really liked it
So much better than the movie. It hurts that many will approach Brooks' story only through the movie and miss some of the elements that make it so special. ...more
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