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

Evilynn
Jan 14, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: horror, dystopia, 2013
A mockumentary of the Zombie World War in book form. I found the form fascinating, even if some of the interviewees come across as a little similar. This was probably exacerbated since I read it as an e-book and couldn't flip back and forth easily to see if the interview was with a recurring character.

Some things were ignored, like, what happened with the nuclear power plants? Left to their own devices they'd have core melts or go boom relatively quickly.

I'm not a great fan of zombie books, but
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Susan Dickson
Mar 25, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: post-apocalyptic
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Rob Roth
Feb 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Marian
Aug 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: zombies
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la
Aug 27, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Nikolas Robinson
Feb 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 03, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Feb 12, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Christie
Dec 11, 2016 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Diana
Jan 08, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 19, 2017 marked it as to-read
Shelves: literary-hub
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Apr 21, 2019 marked it as to-read
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