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The Zombie Survival Guide
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Product Details:
Author:
Max Brooks
Paperback:
288 pages
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press;
1 edition (September 16, 2003)
Language:
English
ISBN-10:
1400049628
ISBN-13:
978-1400049622
Product Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.4
x 0.9 inches
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Synopsis:
In this outrageous parody of a survival guide, Saturday
Night Live staff writer Brooks prepares humanity for its eventual
battle with zombies. One would expect the son of Mel Brooks to have a
genetic predisposition to humor, and indeed, he does, and he exhibits
it relentlessly here: he outlines virtually every possible
zombie-human encounter, drafts detailed plans for defense and attack
and outlines past recorded attacks dating from 60,000 B.C. to 2002. In
planning for that catastrophic day when "the dead rise," Brooks urges
readers to get to know themselves, their bodies, their weaponry, their
surroundings and, just in case, their escape routes. Some of the
book's more amusing aspects are the laughable analyses Brooks proposes
on all aspects of zombiehood, and the specificity with which he
enumerates the necessary actions for survival-i.e., a member of an
anti-zombie team must be sure to have with him at all times two
emergency flares, a signaling mirror, daily rations, a personal mess
kit and two pairs of socks. Comic, though unnecessarily exhaustive,
this is a good bet for Halloween gag gifts and fans of Bored of the
Rings-esque humor.
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