I would like to read some Zombie/Living Dead Horror Books.

[n.phelge]

DeepDiscount has the Walking Dead series BOGO Free. I picked up two copies of the Compendium (one for me, one as a gift) for $48 shipped.

[Phodg]

Originally Posted by JWAR

I haven't read it yet but have it sitting on my shelf. I'm interested as well to see what those who have read it think.

I didn't like it. Got if from the library, read about a third and just wasn't interested any more. Maybe it's just me though.

[Sessa17]

I just finished Death Troopers the other night & really enjoyed it. It's the first ever horror story taking place in the Star Wars Universe. Yes, there is gore, it's violent, & it has tons of zombies. So if you like zombies & Star Wars you can't go wrong. I was actually a little bored with it for the first 90 pages, but then something happens around page 100 that gives you a geeky smile, then the action starts & it's a fun ride from there.

[mgbfan]

Ha - as much as I loathe Star Wars tripe, I might just try that.

[Ginwen]

Originally Posted by Phodg

I didn't like it. Got if from the library, read about a third and just wasn't interested any more. Maybe it's just me though.

I thought it was ok, it was an amusing idea idea, but for me it did drag on a bit, and I don't really need to read any more books like this (so Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters will most likely get a pass from me).

[Giantrobo]

I need to read another Living Dead book.

[CaptainMarvel]

I looked back over the thread, and I can't believe I forgot to mention Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. I thought it was a very good book, combining spy/action stuff with zombie stuff. It's probably my favorite zombie book since World War Z. I think there's a sequel coming out soon as well.

[SkipKassidy]

Currently reading Patient Zero. Fast-paced thriller. Loving it so far.

[CaptainMarvel]

Originally Posted by DJLinus

For those that want a little more Max Brooks, this graphic novel just came out:



The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

Anyone read it?

I would say skip it. It's like $17, and it took about 20 minutes to read.

It's the actual text from the historical zombie attacks in the back of the book, split into word balloon captions, then added to illustrations. It's nice, but maybe $7 or $8 nice.

[True_Story1011]

Originally Posted by Sessa17

I just finished Death Troopers the other night & really enjoyed it. It's the first ever horror story taking place in the Star Wars Universe. Yes, there is gore, it's violent, & it has tons of zombies. So if you like zombies & Star Wars you can't go wrong. I was actually a little bored with it for the first 90 pages, but then something happens around page 100 that gives you a geeky smile, then the action starts & it's a fun ride from there.

90 pages... and you kept reading? wow -- not sure if I want to read it.

[Mr. Plow]

Here is the editor's description from amazon.

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born.

But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead.
Now it is sixteen years later, and a wall has been built to enclose the devastated and toxic city. Just beyond it lives Blue’s widow, Briar Wilkes. Life is hard with a ruined reputation and a teenaged boy to support, but she and Ezekiel are managing. Until Ezekiel undertakes a secret crusade to rewrite history.

His quest will take him under the wall and into a city teeming with ravenous undead, air pirates, criminal overlords, and heavily armed refugees. And only Briar can bring him out alive.

I picked this up last Thrusday and I'm about 150 pages in. So far it's actually pretty good. It starts off a little slowly in order to set up the backstory but as soon as the two main characters enter the walled off city of Seattle it's been tense. I just got past the first "rotter" encounter and was completely entertained.

[Giantrobo]

That sounds fascinating. The 1800's setting is very cool.

[maingon]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Here is the editor's description from amazon.


I picked this up last Thrusday and I'm about 150 pages in. So far it's actually pretty good. It starts off a little slowly in order to set up the backstory but as soon as the two main characters enter the walled off city of Seattle it's been tense. I just got past the first "rotter" encounter and was completely entertained.

This sounds very cool.