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The Living Dead

by John Joseph Adams (Editor)

Other authors: Sherman Alexie (Contributor), Dale Bailey (Contributor), Clive Barker (Contributor), Hannah Wolf Bowen (Contributor), Poppy Z. Brite (Contributor)30 more, Adam-Troy Castro (Contributor), Catherine Cheek (Contributor), Andy Duncan (Contributor), Scott Edelman (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor), Brian Evenson (Contributor), Jeffrey Ford (Contributor), Neil Gaiman (Contributor), Laurell K. Hamilton (Contributor), Joe Hill (Contributor), Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Contributor), Nancy Holder (Contributor), Nancy Kilpatrick (Contributor), Stephen King (Contributor), David Barr Kirtley (Contributor), John Langan (Contributor), Joe R. Lansdale (Contributor), Kelly Link (Contributor), George R. R. Martin (Contributor), Will McIntosh (Contributor), Lisa Morton (Contributor), Susan Palwick (Contributor), Norman Partridge (Contributor), David J. Schow (Contributor), Darrell Schweitzer (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Dan Simmons (Contributor), Michael Swanwick (Contributor), David Tallerman (Contributor), Douglas E. Winter (Contributor)

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A collection of short stories about zombies includes contributions by Clive Barker, Laurell K. Hamilton, Stephen King, and Neil Gaiman.
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"Horrible" is all I can think of to describe this book. Even the one or two stories that were halfway decent couldn't save this travesty of a collection. Apparently, just thinking about zombies or being dressed up like zombies in the story made it qualify as a zombie tale, and therefore made it eligible for inclusion in this book. I have The Living Dead 2, and here's to hoping that it's better than this (when I can bring myself to read it, that is.) ( )
  thatnerd | Mar 2, 2024 |
I'm going to look into other compilations by this editor. He made some excellent choices. ( )
  JenelleB | Aug 23, 2021 |
This collection really has it all. Zombies as monsters, as objects of pity, as commodities, as political collateral, and even as the natural evolution of the human species. There is even a story without a zombie. I won't go story by story but I can tell you that they are all well done. No one will be moved or even like every story in here, but the sheer scope of viewpoints, as well as the quality of the writing, make this collection a treasure. Mr. Adams has impeccable taste.

My personal favorites are those that generate sympathy or really get into the human condition as it faces the inevitability of death or isolation. As such, my favorites were "This Year's Class Picture," "The Dead Kid," "Stockholm Syndrome," "Dead Man's Road," "The Age of Sorrow," "Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man," and "How the Day Runs Down." These were stories that left me stunned by their beauty and their humanity. You will probably have a different list.

One thing is certain. This collection is a masterpiece of dark literature. ( )
  ChrisMcCaffrey | Apr 6, 2021 |
Leichen, Zombies, Sensationen – eine wüste Mischung von Geschichten aller Stil- und Geschmacksrichtungen (von Drama bis Comedy ist alles am Start), nicht immer auf den Punkt gelungen, aber insgesamt sehr unterhaltsam. Viel Zombies für kleines Geld, als Genrefan kann man mit diesem eBook eigentlich nichts falsch machen. ( )
  Horrortorte | May 17, 2019 |
I just finished the first offering, "This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons (of Hyperion fame). This might be my favorite horror short story of all-time. So far, so awesome. John Joseph Adams knew what he was doing and started this anthology off with a huge survivalist story. 5 STARS.
"Some Zombie Contingency Plans" by Kelly Link--1 Star. Couldn't wait to get it over with. Reread it a week later and, yep, just a reductionist tale with no character development. Instead, poppy youth driven dialogue!
"Death and Suffrage" by Dale Bailey--4 Stars. Presidential election won by a zombie girl. Nuff said.
"Ghost Dance" by Sherman Alexie--3 Stars.
"Blossom" by David Schow--5 Stars. NASTY. Could never forget.
"The Third Dead Body" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman--3 Stars.
"The Dead" by Michael Swanwick--4 Stars. Corporatism run amok.
"The Dead Kid" by Darrell Schweitzer--3 Stars.
"Malthusian's Zombie" by Jeffrey Ford--4 Stars.
"Beautiful Stuff" by Susan Palwick--3 Stars (post 9/11 critique of US gov't)
"Sex, Death, and Starshine" by Clive Barker--1 Star. (I KNOW!!! SO DISAPPOINTING.)
"Stockholm Syndrome" by David Tallerman--4 Stars (felt a bit like SK's 'Roadwork'. 1ST PERSON NARRATION WARNING)
"Bobby Conroy Comes Back From the Dead" by Joe Hill--5 Stars. Takes place on the set of a George Romero flick...a love story, somehow enjoyed!
"Those Who Seek Forgiveness" by Laurell K. Hamilton--1 Star.
"In Beauty, Like the Night" by Norman Partridge--4 Stars.
"Prairie" by Brian Evenson--5 Stars. Refreshingly weird, DARK, downright bereft of hope...and difficult to consider.
"Everything is Better with Zombies" by Hannah Wolf Bowen--2 Stars.
"Home Delivery" by Stephen King--4 Stars. Left me wanting more.
"Less Than Zombie" by Douglas E. Winter--2 Stars.
"Sparks Fly Upward" by Lisa Morton--2 Stars.
"Meathouse Man" by George R.R. Martin--5 STARS. SETTING, SETTING, SETTING. What the author achieves in describing this landscape cannot be understated. Hard to read due to the completely likeable, forlorn narrator. In the notes it says Mr. Martin has trouble rereading this story...I can see why.
"Deadman's Road" by Joe Lansdale--5 Stars. Zombie Western with a pinch of the demonic.
"The Skull-Faced Boy" by David Barr Kirtley--2 Stars.
"The Age of Sorrow" by Nancy Kilpatrick--4 Stars.
"Bitter Grounds" by Neil Gaiman--3 Stars. I always WANT to like Neil Gaiman's works. ( )
  apomonis | Jun 2, 2016 |
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The shambling animated corpses of George Romero's films have lurched into the bookstores in droves in recent months, headlined by high-profile titles like World War Z and Monster Island. In this anthology, editor Adams (Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse) does a remarkable job of collecting a sampling of variations on this theme. These stories range from the truly disgusting (Poppy Z. Brite's 'Calcutta: Lord of Nerves') to the nearly wistful ('Followed' by Will McIntosh) and even one with no supernatural elements at all (Joe Hill's 'Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead'). Included are pieces by big names in horror like Stephen King and Clive Barker but also contributions by less obvious suspects like Harlan Ellison, Sherman Alexie, and George R.R. Martin. The final treat is John Langan's 'How the Day Runs Down' a nasty little play best described as Our Town with zombies. Highly recommended for all horror fiction collections.
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Recently prolific anthologist Adams (Seeds of Change) delivers a superb reprint anthology that runs the gamut of zombie stories. There's plenty of gore, highlighted by Stephen King's Home Delivery and David Schow's classic Blossom. Less traditional but equally satisfying are Lisa Morton's Sparks Fly Upward, which analyzes abortion politics in a zombified world, and Douglas Winter's literary pastiche Less than Zombie. Also outstanding, Kelly Link's Some Zombie Contingency Plans and Hannah Wolf Bowen's Everything Is Better with Zombies take similar themes in wildly different directions. Neil Gaiman's impeccably crafted Bitter Grounds offers a change of pace with traditional Caribbean zombies. The sole original contribution, John Langan's How the Day Runs Down, is a darkly amusing twist on Thornton Wilder's Our Town. There's some great storytelling for zombie fans as well as newcomers.
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Adams, John JosephEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Alexie, ShermanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bailey, DaleContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barker, CliveContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bowen, Hannah WolfContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brite, Poppy Z.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Castro, Adam-TroyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cheek, CatherineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Duncan, AndyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Edelman, ScottContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ellison, HarlanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Evenson, BrianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ford, JeffreyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gaiman, NeilContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hamilton, Laurell K.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hill, JoeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hoffman, Nina KirikiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Holder, NancyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kilpatrick, NancyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
King, StephenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kirtley, David BarrContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Langan, JohnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lansdale, Joe R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Link, KellyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Martin, George R. R.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
McIntosh, WillContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Morton, LisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Palwick, SusanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Partridge, NormanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schow, David J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Schweitzer, DarrellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Silverberg, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simmons, DanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Swanwick, MichaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tallerman, DavidContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Winter, Douglas E.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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"You know Macumba? Voodoo. My granddad was a priest in Trinidad. He used to tell us, 'When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.'"

-- Ken Foree as "Peter" in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead
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(Introduction): When I first started assembling this anthology, I thought to myself: This is not going to be the sort of book that begins with an origin of the word zombie.
Ms. Geiss watched her new student coming across the first-graders' playground from her vantage point on the balcony of the old school's belfry.
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When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!

From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale, The Living Dead covers the broad spectrum of zombie fiction.
Collects these stories:
Introduction by John Joseph Adams
"This Year's Class Picture" by Dan Simmons
"Some Zombie Contingency Plans" by Kelly Link
"Death and Suffrage" by Dale Bailey
"Ghost Dance" by Sherman Alexie
"Blossom" by David J. Schow
"The Third Dead Body" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
"The Dead" by Michael Swanwick
"The Dead Kid" by Darrell Schweitzer
"Malthusian's Zombie" by Jeffrey Ford
"Beautiful Stuff" by Susan Palwick
"Sex, Death, and Starshine" by Clive Barker
"Stockholm Syndrome" by David Tallerman
"Bobby Conroy Comes Back From the Dead" by Joe Hill
"Those Who Seek Forgiveness" by Laurell K. Hamilton
"In Beauty, Like the Night" by Norman Partridge
"Prairie" by Brian Evenson
"Everything is Better With Zombies" by Hannah Wolf Bowen
"Home Delivery" by Stephen King
"Less than Zombie" by Douglas E. Winter
"Sparks Fly Upward" by Lisa Morton
"Meathouse Man" by George R. R. Martin
"Deadmans' Road" by Joe R. Lansdale
"The Skull-Faced Boy" by David Barr Kirtley
"The Age of Sorrow" by Nancy Kilpatrick
"Bitter Grounds" by Neil Gaiman
"She's Taking Her Tits to the Grave" by Catherine Cheek
"Dead Like Me" by Adam-Troy Castro
"Zora and the Zombie" by Andy Duncan
"Calcutta, Lord of Nerves" by Poppy Z. Brite
"Followed" by Will McIntosh
"The Song the Zombie Sang" by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
"Passion Play" by Nancy Holder
"Almost the Last Story by ALmost the Last Man" by Scott Edelman
"How the Day Runs Down" by John Langan
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