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Originally Posted by Billjr13
Nathan Robert Brown just put out The Complete Idiots Guide to Zombies and it is not bad. He looks at the mythology and pop culture aspects of the genre. Looked at it in the store thought I might buy it from Sony's ebook store. Amazon and B&N have it too.
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another on the same vein is Kim Paffenroth's "Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth." "Kim Paffenroth explores how legendary filmmaker George A. Romero uses the living dead to criticize American society, covering topics from racism to materialism, from individualism to theology. Paffenroth describes and analyzes each movie in separate chapters, and makes comparisons to Dante's Inferno. But most disturbing, he indicates parallels between Romero zombies and humans; I've long known the sharp teeth that can undercut our hearts and consciences, but nothing has exposed our fangs quite like Paffenroth's deft scalpel of analysis. A must read for zombie fans and for those elitists who demean horror movies as thoughtless escapism--Paffenroth has taken a huge step in proving these critics wrong. --D.L. Snell, Editor/Contributor, The Undead: Skin & Bones"
Only available on Kindle I think; I have the hardback.