Any good Zombie books out there?

[Mrgauth]

Originally Posted by ZombieEatsYou

Just finished the audiobook version of "The Undead Situation." Why can't the guys write characters as good as Cyrus V. (the V stands for Vainglorious) Sinclair (though DiLouie is pretty good).

Fav character in any book! Thumbs up!

[ZombieEatsYou]

Holy bodies-lying-in-a-spreading-of-pool-of-blood but Jonathan Maberry's been busy. Just got Dust and Decay, the sequel to Rot and Ruin and Amazon has a load of pre-orders up as well: Dead of Night: A zombie novel due Oct 25; Assassin's Code: A Joe Ledger Novel due April 2012.

[ZombieEatsYou]

This just in: "His Joe Ledger series has been optioned for TV by Sony Pictures."
Hmm...Hugh Jackman or Eric Bana as Joe Ledger, Christopher Walken as Mr. Church, Keira Knightley as Grace.

[VestaVayne]

Well, I went through a number of pages, though not all, so I'm not sure if either of these were mentioned.

I just started "Handling the Undead" by Jogn Lindqvist. I enjoyed "Let the Right One In" so I'm hoping this is just as good.

I read the first book in the Hollowland series a couple weeks ago. A little too teen-angsty and young for me, but I thought Hockings' zombie descriptions were pretty good. Totally different caliber than Lindqvist, obviously, but a fun and quick read.

PS - I just found this forum, and it makes me happy to see so many zombie lovers!

[ZombieEatsYou]

Geez. Almost two months without an update? Time to re-infect this thread!

Just pre-ordered Jonathan Maberry's "Dead of Night" "A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang…but a bite. "

Also downloaded LZR-1143: Infection by Bryan James. "Mike McKnight was an action movie star, condemned to a lifetime of incarceration in a psychiatric prison for the murder of someone he loves.

At least until the zombies showed up.

From his cell in the asylum, he is suddenly thrust into a nightmare of unbelievable proportions when the dead rise, and rapidly become a horrific plague on the world of the living. In a landscape littered with post-apocalyptic terrors, Mike and a handful of survivors battle humans and zombies alike, fleeing headlong through danger and despair.
From Long Island to the suburbs to the mountainous countryside, Mike fights to stay alive, recover his memories, and retrieve a cure to the most threatening plague the world has ever known.

And Reign of the Dead. Reign of the Dead- Revised Updated and Reloaded Book 1 A strange virus causes the recently dead to rise with an insatiable desire to eat the living. The epidemic is worldwide and quickly rises to catastrophic proportions as civilization collapses under the burden of a horror unmatched in human history. The survivors at a rescue center must work together to find a way to make it through the waking nightmare, but time is running out and there's more to worry about than the reanimated corpses filling the streets and parking lots of our cities.. Reign of the Dead is an apocalyptic tale survival and heroics in the face of mankind's greatest challenge. I could feel the passion in Len Barnhart's Reign of the Dead. I encourage everyone to go find it." -Max Brooks, World War Z "Reign of the Dead is not just another mindless gore-fest. Barnhart does deliver plenty of graphic and gruesome violence, but these choice scenes are well-placed throughout and are tinged with an underlying thread of conspiracy and madness. The tightly woven storyline pits the survivors in a desperate struggle against an infestation of undead adversaries, as well as their fellow man." - Dark Realms Magazine. "A solid character driven story with gut wrenching, 3-D zombies. A quick read that will have readers salivating for more...a true page turner." -Leonard Lies aka Machete Zombie, Dawn of the Dead.

[xg4bx]

Into the Badlands by Brian J. Jarrett-its a cross between The Road and 28 Days Later. its much more emotionally charged than most survival horror novels (ie more depressing) but theres some good stuff that you dont see touched on very often in zombie literature and theres a scene thats probably one of the most pitiful and saddest things i've ever read.


i gave kudos to the author in my review for including child characters that aren't useless, weeping baggage, something you dont see very often in horror novels.

[RainingLemur]

Originally Posted by ZombieEatsYou

And Reign of the Dead.

I loved that one. I picked it up a couple years ago and couldn't put it down.

[Traye]

I loved Patient Zero by Maberry and I have some others by him in my reading mountain.

I'm really interested in Into The Badlands too.

[BenG]

Zombies worth over $5 billion to economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45079546.../#.Tq6iubKwX7g

[seajewel]

I loved Cronin's The Passage. Yes, the creatures are definitely more like vampires than zombies, at least the Twelve.. but in general it is basically a zombie apocalypse book, and very gripping with good characters. I can't wait for the rest of the series to come out. definitely one of my favorite apocalyptic books, and I've read a ton in the past year or so.

[BenG]

Not a recommendation since I haven't read it, but I like the title.

Z=mc2: Time-Travelin' Zombies vs. the Garden State by Kelly Jameson
http://www.amazon.com/mc2-Time-Trave.../dp/B005HAS38Y

[mcrow24]

Originally Posted by ZombieEatsYou

Geez. Almost two months without an update? Time to re-infect this thread!

Just pre-ordered Jonathan Maberry's "Dead of Night" "A prison doctor injects a condemned serial killer with a formula designed to keep his consciousness awake while his body rots in the grave. But all drugs have unforeseen side-effects. Before he could be buried, the killer wakes up. Hungry. Infected. Contagious. This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang…but a bite. "

Also downloaded LZR-1143: Infection by Bryan James. "Mike McKnight was an action movie star, condemned to a lifetime of incarceration in a psychiatric prison for the murder of someone he loves.

At least until the zombies showed up.

From his cell in the asylum, he is suddenly thrust into a nightmare of unbelievable proportions when the dead rise, and rapidly become a horrific plague on the world of the living. In a landscape littered with post-apocalyptic terrors, Mike and a handful of survivors battle humans and zombies alike, fleeing headlong through danger and despair.
From Long Island to the suburbs to the mountainous countryside, Mike fights to stay alive, recover his memories, and retrieve a cure to the most threatening plague the world has ever known.

And Reign of the Dead. Reign of the Dead- Revised Updated and Reloaded Book 1 A strange virus causes the recently dead to rise with an insatiable desire to eat the living. The epidemic is worldwide and quickly rises to catastrophic proportions as civilization collapses under the burden of a horror unmatched in human history. The survivors at a rescue center must work together to find a way to make it through the waking nightmare, but time is running out and there's more to worry about than the reanimated corpses filling the streets and parking lots of our cities.. Reign of the Dead is an apocalyptic tale survival and heroics in the face of mankind's greatest challenge. I could feel the passion in Len Barnhart's Reign of the Dead. I encourage everyone to go find it." -Max Brooks, World War Z "Reign of the Dead is not just another mindless gore-fest. Barnhart does deliver plenty of graphic and gruesome violence, but these choice scenes are well-placed throughout and are tinged with an underlying thread of conspiracy and madness. The tightly woven storyline pits the survivors in a desperate struggle against an infestation of undead adversaries, as well as their fellow man." - Dark Realms Magazine. "A solid character driven story with gut wrenching, 3-D zombies. A quick read that will have readers salivating for more...a true page turner." -Leonard Lies aka Machete Zombie, Dawn of the Dead.

I'm currently reading LZR-1143, and it's very good so far.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by BenG

Not a recommendation since I haven't read it, but I like the title.

Z=mc2: Time-Travelin' Zombies vs. the Garden State by Kelly Jameson
http://www.amazon.com/mc2-Time-Trave.../dp/B005HAS38Y

I'm thinking of buying this. Has anyone read it?



Don

[Traye]

I downloaded Into the Badlands and can't wait to read it.

I love zombies!

[xg4bx]

Dead Again by George Magnum. its 99 cents on amazon. its a special forces vs zombies story but very "video gamey" and cornball to the point of near-satire. (the muslim team member lays out his prayer rug and looks to mecca....in a speeding blackhawk helicopter. i bleep thou not). if you want something "so bad its good" check it out.