Max Brooks

Star Base Andromeda is a Lincoln science fiction, fantasy, horror and action/adventure club, which holds weekly meetings in downtown Lincoln. Approximately every six weeks, we hold a Book Discussion meeting, for which all attendees are encouraged to have read the same book for group discussion. Our book ... (more)selection for February 15, 2011, is the recent bestseller "World War Z" by Max Brooks. SBA meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend and participate.

Max Brooks is considered by many to be one of the world’s foremost Zombie Preparedness experts. As we all know, the world we live in has become a rather scary place, and the global increase in the number of Zombie attacks isn’t helping matters any. According to the Office of Homeland Security, Brooks ... (more)is the preeminent authority on dispatching the relentless, flesh-eating armies of Zombies that seem to be everywhere these days. Brooks’s latest release The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks (2009) is the graphic novel that fans demanded: Major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. Recorded Attacks reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with—and survived—the ancient viral plague. By immersing ourselves in past horror, we may yet prevail over the coming outbreak in our time. The Zombie Survival Guide, Brooks’ first release, is your key to success against the hordes of the undead that may be stalking your right now. The book is the result of Brooks’ tireless search for both the living dead and ways to eradicate them, which has taken him to over 30 countries and territories in Europe, Russia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Artic and Sub-Saharan Africa. The New York Times best-seller, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2007), tells the story of the world’s desperate battle against the zombie threat with a series of first-person accounts “as told to the author” by various characters around the world. Publishers Weekly called the novel “surprisingly hard to put down.” The son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, Max Brooks is completely dedicated to the cause of raising awareness on the issue of Zombie survival. Brooks is ready to come to Grand Rapids to help prepare us with the latest Zombie techniques. His talk is free and open to the public.

Max Brooks, considered by many to be one of the world's foremost zombie preparedness experts, will take the stage at the Clark County Library to explain the keys to success against the hordes of the undead that may be stalking you right now.

Max Brooks is considered to be one of the world’s foremost Zombie preparedness experts. His tireless search for both the living dead and ways to eradicate them has taken him to over 30 countries and territories in Europe, Russia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Arctic and Sub-Saharan Africa. In his ... (more)visit to UWM, he will help raise awareness and prepare you with the latest Zombie survival techniques. A reception and book signing will follow Max Brooks’ talk.

During the summer, Mysterious Galaxy's Book Discussion Group meets on Tuesday nights at the store. Participation is open to all readers; readers need not have completed a particular book to attend. Max will be one of the Special Guests at Comic-Con International later in July!

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Hosted By: Vicki Sitron
1529 16th St NW Washington, DC 20036 vicki@geshercity.org (202) 777-3215

RSVP by: March 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm (Eastern Time)

"Former Saturday Night Live writer and son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, Max Brooks is completely ... (more)dedicated to the cause of raising awareness on the issue of Zombie survival. Brooks is considered by many to be one of the world's foremost Zombie preparedness experts. As we all know, the world we live in has become a rather scary place, and the global increase in the number of Zombie attacks isn't helping matters any. According to the Office of Homeland Security, Brooks is the preeminent authority on dispatching the relentless, flesh-eating armies of Zombies that seem to be everywhere these days. The Zombie Survival Guide explains in great detail how to survive an impending zombie apocalypse. The book touches on what it describes as pop culture myths about zombies. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, recounts the war between the human race and zombies. Brooks is currently writing the screenplay for Paramount Pictures." (DC JCC website)