NPR Reccommends The Zombie Survival Guide
With Christmas just shy of twenty four hours away, there still is time to get that special gift for the zombie lover in the family. If you have need any advice, NPR proudly recommends Max Brooks’ uber hit, The Zombie Survival Guide
I love that the author of this writeup approaches the material in the same way a grad student approaches his thesis.
And I’ve got to say, Max Brooks makes a number of excellent points. For example, when fleeing zombies, Brooks advises against using a sedan. Instead, he suggests using an armored car. Even if you break down or run out of gas, you’re still sitting pretty in a nice little fortress.
I never thought of that.
Brooks also scoffs at my notion of using a heavy machine gun, pointing out — quite rightly — that zombies can only be killed with a perfect head shot. I’d always imagined myself aiming my gun at head level, and then mowing down an entire crowd of the undead with one fluid spray of bullets. Not so easy, says Brooks, because zombies — like the humans they used to be — are not all the same height.
You can also listen to the segment that was played on NPR itself. Pretty cool stuff, indeed.
Beware, Zombies: This ‘Guide’ Will Save Humankind (npr.org <- new window)
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The only book better than this is World War Z by Max Brooks. If zombies were real both these books seem very logical and go against the grain of many popular zombie films. “Blades don’t need reloading.” says it all.
I’m of the belief that if zombies did rise from the dead, they’d be put down rather easily. I think only the Russo style of zombie (Return of the Living Dead) could bring about the collapse of civilization.
I seriously doubt this. Though you make a significant point in the way that they’d be easily dispatched… But think about all of the people who’d be either too stupid to be aware of the event (think Shaun of The Dead) or those who’d be caught unawares without a single clue of the events happening because of sedated culture and the “over-hyping” of the news media. I guess both of these are very similar, but they are quite applicable and most often, true things, that happen on a daily basis. Otherwise, I think Ian hit that on the mark.