Tom the Merciful Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I am absolutely enjoying this book and I cannot believe it is not hyped more.Thing is, the movie will be released in June and I am urging everybody to read it before the movie ruins the reading experience. Book is structured as a series of interviews with persons who survived that worldwide zombie apocalypse, whereas the movie will cover only one viewpoint (which I am not sure is in the book at all). Also, judging from the trailer, there are some very important conceptual changes regarding zombies which I cannot disclose without spoiling either book or movie.However, I am strongly recommending the book. It is far more than a straightforward zombie horror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 It's a great book. Once you're finished, you may want to check out this thread, which discussed it quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 We've had a couple of threads on it before. I agree that it's a fantastic read, and one of my SFF books.The movie . . . . I don't know. They only showed the CGI zombies in a handful of images in the trailer I saw, and they looked bad (the scene in the alleyway looked like they were flooding out of a video game spawn point). I'm hoping they've re-done some of the CGI since that trailer came out. I'll see it, but I'm not going to get my hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfTinyKittens Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 OP - You know that WWZ was published in 2006, right? So its hype has long long since come and gone. We've ha several threads on it here which I recommend you read - also several generalized zombie lit threads. The movie looks like a decent action/apocalypse flick but in no way resembles the book, at least based on the trailers I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom the Merciful Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Sorry for opening a new thread. Somehow I completely missed the discussion in the past.OP - You know that WWZ was published in 2006, right?Of course I know that. For that reason, social commentary and, especially, described pre-war economic issues are all the more fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svardineni Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 This book was so gripping. Reading the first hand accounts really made me feel like I was there. To be honest, this book spoiled zombies for me. Afterwards, I just couldn't get into the Walking Dead or any other zombie related movie/show/book/graphic novel for that matter. It's very similar to what reading ASOIAF did for me in the fantasy genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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