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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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What Members Thought

Ariel
Aug 16, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Readthrough #2 still gets five stars.
It's a shame the movie turned out the way it did, because this book is freaking brilliant.
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Judy
Nov 30, 2009 rated it really liked it
This was a hard book to read. I got more from the movie (plus nightmares!).
Ben
Oct 26, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: owned-calibre
Summary: Fictional interviews with the survivors of a world-wide zombie apocolypse.

Things I liked:

Short story format made it easy to dip into.

Rich setting allowed for many different kinds of stories to be told.

Allusions to modern day ills like:

i) global warming,
ii) political manipulation of the media and general expediency
iii)and the polarising affects of wealth and fame on society.

... were thought provoking and allowed me to engage with those issues from a different angle.

I like the gen
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Shane
I read this book for something fun. I'd been reading a lot of serious classic books and just needed a break so I figured, hey why not zombies?
I was very right to pick this book. blind japanese gardener/zombie slayer...Nuff said.
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Josh
Jul 16, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: fiction, audiobook
If you love zombies like I do, you will love this book. Awesome on audio; read by an excellent cast.
Patrick
Jun 08, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to get their faces eaten off. ...more
Jim  Braden
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