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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

Published on June 16, 2008 in Books, Life and Science Fiction. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max BrooksZombies. They’re sort of like vampires, but nowhere near as popular. Why is that? Aside from the fact that their mythology hasn’t yet been sexed up and corrupted, it’s because there’s not a lot of great zombie literature. Max Brooks’s World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War puts that excuse to rest. In short, it is to the zombie genre what Bram Stoker’s Dracula is to the vampire genre. And like with Dracula, if all zombie stories henceforth would use WWZ as a template, the literary world of the living dead will be a more enjoyable place. Continue reading ‘World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War’