Night of the Living Dead [Paperback]

Christopher Andrews (Author), John Russo (Author), George Romero (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2009

In celebration of the classic motion picture that defined a genre of horror, award-winning author Christopher Andrews brings his unique talents to this blood-chilling novelization.

Join Barbra, Ben, Tom and Judy, and the Coopers as they struggle to survive through the night surrounded by legions of the living dead.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Novelizations are tricky business ... Andrews [does it correctly] ... added depth and dimension ... [makes] the story fresh ... [recommended for] horror fans ... ..." --Erik Smith, MonsterLibrarian.com, 2010

"... inspired author ... engaging prose ... incredible and jolting ... fast-paced ... skillful ... difficult to put [down] ... knows what his readers want and [delivers]." --Sicko-Psychotic, February 6, 2011

About the Author

Christopher Andrews lives in California with his wife, Yvonne Isaak-Andrews, their beautiful daughter, Arianna, and their Pug, PJ.  He is working on his next novels, and continues to work as an actor and screenwriter.

Excerpts from all of Christopher's novels can be found at ChristopherAndrews.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Rising Star Visionary Press (October 31, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982488211
• ISBN-13: 978-0982488218
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Christopher Andrews lives in California with his wife, Yvonne Isaak-Andrews, their beautiful daughter, Arianna, and their Pug, PJ. He is working on his next novels, and continues to work as an actor and screenwriter.

Excerpts from all of Christopher's novels can be found at www.ChristopherAndrews.com.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best terror reads in a long time, August 17, 2010

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K.T. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Night of the Living Dead (Paperback)

This is one of the best scary stories I have read in a long time. I am a long standing fan of the zombie genre, with such hits as "The Zombie Survival Guide" adorning my shelves. I'm in college now and it is always hard to find a good quick read that can keep you picking it up even when you've looked at text on a page for way to long; this is one of those books. I think I finished it in a week, and a test heavy week at that. This book though was so scary and engrossed me so much. One night, I was reading it in our Chemistry library at our university and had not moved for so long that the motion sensing lights turned off, and I probably jumped a foot out of my seat. I'm a big horror fan and I haven't had a scare like that in ages. Anyone who is a fan of the zombie genre, and likes a book that takes you by the neck and runs with it should read this book. I still have it in my library and recommend it to all my friends who borrow my survival guide.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Faithful and Well Done Adaption..., August 15, 2010

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Michael A Wilkinson - See all my reviews

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If you are looking for a beautifully done adaption to N.O.T.L.D. then you MUST read this novelization. Since "Night" falls in the public domain and anyone can do anything they like to it I really had no idea what to expect. What I got was a very well written and extremely faithful book that makes it very easy to picture the characters in the film being dragged through their night of hell. Some authors would have taken it too far. Mr.Andrews does it perfectly -- in fact, the best praise I can give him is that the only stuff he added only paints a better picture of each characters psyche. He adds explanation of how each character got to the little farm house in the middle of nowhere and does so in a way that answers a lot of questions that die hard fans have had for years. One of my favorite things the author does is find intelligent ways to explain things that have been thought of as "film flubs" in the movie for years by only adding a voice to what's going on inside the characters head (my favorite is he manages an intelligent explanation as to why the "live" broadcast they are watching of the posse in the middle of the night seem to be standing in a field in the middle of the day). If you want to find out what makes Mr.Cooper such a jerk -- Why does his wife even bother putting up with him? -- How did little Karen get bit -- How did Tom and Judy end up in the basement even listening to this blow hard? Read this book and you shall see. Even the characters that you are unsympathetic to are written so well you understand at least why they are the way they are (You still want to shake the unholy hell out of 'em...but now you understand them). The only negative thing I can say about this book is that Christopher Andrews hasn't yet followed it up with his novelizations of Mr.Romero's other works -- I do hope he plans on fixing these blaring errors soon!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Night Of Staying Awake To Read This Book!, January 20, 2011

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N. Green "CJ-JT!" (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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I'm always iffy on a book-movie tie-in and there was no exception with this one but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. Being a George Romero zombie fan, it has to live up to some pretty high standards and this did! I loved it...I could not put it down even though I knew the movie like the back of my hand. It lead into it with some description, then took over with the movie and just took a life of it's own from there. Job well done Christopher Andrews...what's one lost night of sleep but it wasn't all your fault cuz as soon as I finished the book, I had to rewatch the movie again ;)