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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

by Max Brooks

Series: The Zombie Survival Guide (1), The Zombie Survival Guide

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For the record, I like all zombie flicks and love video games like "Plants vs. Zombies" and "Left 4 Dead" but for some reason simply could not get into this book.

It's written like a serious survival book, which results in some laughs. There's the recommendations for weapons to keep around the house which would have you armed to the teeth (and they are "for an individual"). Also, how it recommends an apartment over a house based on it being easier to defend.

But it's a manual and not a story. For a funner read, pick up World War Z by the same author. ( )
  bgsu_drew | Jan 31, 2010 |
Very well put together and often engaging read. You won't read this book without making sure of your own plans for the coming apocalypse!

I liked the way that it was written in such a serious way in a parody of a real guidebook, but this pretence got a little wearing after a couple of hundred pages! I felt the historical accounts in the last chapter while well thought out, but went on a little too long and became a touch repetitive. Overall a mostly fun read, about as thoroughly researched as a fictional virus can possibly be! ( )
  baronDodd | Jan 24, 2010 |
This book started out well, but went on a bit too long. Not nearly as good as [b:World War Z|8908|World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War|Max Brooks|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165766703s/8908.jpg|817]. ( )
  KApplebaum | Jan 17, 2010 |
Funny but ultimately forgiveable. Main use is to flaunt it on your shelf for style. ( )
  Kuiperdolin | Nov 7, 2009 |
Zombie survival guide is a unique book its not the type of comedey you would find that amazing funny punch line that leaves your stomach churning its more of a serious comedey as if a we were in a zombie apocalepse a slow but very amuzing book 5 Stars ( )
  whistlebinkies | Sep 24, 2009 |
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Drawing from reams of historical data, laboratory experiments, field research, and eyewitness accounts, this comprehensive and illustrated guide is the only book you'll need to face the greatest challenge mankind has ever encountered. Granted, you probably already know that skills such as wilderness survival, leadership, and basic first aid are important when fighting off hordes of the undead. But The Zombie Survival Guide doesn't stop there, teaching you how to: Identify cases of infection by the zombie virus, Solanum, and recognize the hourly progression of symptoms: 'Hour 8: Numbing Of Extremities And Infected Area, Increased Fever [103-106 Degrees], Increased Dementia, Loss Of Muscular Coordination'; choose the right weapon: 'A Section Of Lead Pipe Will Work For A Single Encounter But Is Too Heavy For Those On The Move'; defend your home: 'A Ten-Foot Cinder-Block Wall, Reinforced Wih Steel Rods And Filled With Concrete, Is The Safest Barrier In Both Class 1 And Class 2 Outbreaks'; and much more. Filled with helpful illustrations and a sample 'Outbreak Journal' that should be kept on your person at all times, The Zombie Survival Guide is the only guide you will need to survive a most certain pandemic. 'Ignorance is the undead's strongest ally, knowledge their deadliest enemy,' Brooks writes. 'Personal choice, the will to live, must be paramount when the dead begin to rise. The choice is up to you.'

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