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The Zombie Survival Guide

by Max Brooks

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ISBN13: 9781400049622
ISBN10: 1400049628
Condition: Standard
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The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.

In the tradition of Bored of the Rings, O.J.'s Legal Pad, and The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook, this book is a dead-on parody of wilderness and survival manuals like the SAS guides that sell millions of copies, and it will appeal as much to readers of The Onion as it will to fans of science fiction novels and horror films. Max Brooks captures the tone of these publications with perfect pitch, lacing his life-or-death advice with sarcastic, ironic, and very funny comments about the relentless power and persistence of zombies and the vulnerability of ordinary humans.

Review:

"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." Publishers Weekly

Synopsis:

Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, "The Zombie Survival Guide"is one's key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking thestreets right now.

Synopsis:

The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.

Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack

1. Organize before they rise!

2. They feel no fear, why should you?

3. Use your head: cut off theirs.

4. Blades don’t need reloading.

5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.

6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.

7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.

8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!

9. No place is safe, only safer.

10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

About the Author

Max Brooks lives in New York City but is ready to move to a more remote and defensible location at a moment’s notice.

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Carol Klavon, August 17, 2008 (view all comments by Carol Klavon)
Max Brooks is a brilliantly funny writer, and this book proves just that. Laid out in an almost matter-of-fact, investigative reporting fashion, the book clearly shows that the author knows far more about zombies (and how to fight against them) than any one person has the right to know. The simple, step-by-step instructions, including the "example" journal entry at the end makes it utterly believable--which is where the true humor of this off-beat piece lies. Now if you don't mind, I gotta go oil my boom stick...
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relda666, August 11, 2008 (view all comments by relda666)
Everyone should purchase this book, read it cover to cover, and memorize the more important parts. If you want to survive when the dead rise, this is the book for you!!!!
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Mr. NotSoBright, June 5, 2007 (view all comments by Mr. NotSoBright)
I don't know about you, but I would like to be every bit prepared when the dead rise. This book is the only thing that will tell you exactly how to do it, the right way! I own this book, have read it cover to cover, and I always have it in my suitcase when i go on a trip! This book is absolutely amazing! I would recomend it to anyone who is afraid of being eaten alive!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781400049622
Subtitle:
Complete Protection from the Living Dead
Author:
Brooks, Max
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Form - Parodies
Subject:
Zombies
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
107-292
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
8.35x5.54x.74 in. .72 lbs.

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