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Night of the Living Dead

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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.

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!

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 ;)

Taking a classic film that has slipped into the public domain and converting it to book form is not illegal. This book is an example of why it should be. If you are a fan of NotLD and seeking a print version of the story, I suggest seeking out the version the films' originator, John Russo, produced.

The writing is not exciting and even with the film almost committed to memory, the scenes do not come to life. This title smacked of an individual trying to make a buck off of something that is loved by millions. For anybody to take this film and convert it into book form seemed wrong on so many levels. For anybody to write the words "They're coming to get you, Barbra..." and include a copyright page in the front of their book just felt wrong.

I have no familiarity with Mr. Andrews' other works, but this so-called "Movie Tie-In" (as it is noted on the spine of the book) has soured me in what may be a permanent way.

Night of the Living dead is, without a doubt, one of the greatest horror films of the 20th century. It's brilliantly moody and terrifying. When I first saw it, around 1970 as part of the bottom of a 'Spook Show', it frightened me so badly (the only horror film ever to have this effect), that I didn't watch it again until I was 19.

This novelization is excellent. Rather than being a slavish retelling of the script, this, based on the script, fleshes out the story, giving each of the characters an excellent back story. The part about the Beekman Diner, hinted at in the movie, is re-told in excellent detail. Each of the major characters gets a fine telling of their backstory. There are even a few winks and easter eggs to other films in the series. the author did a great job and I recommend reading this! It's far superior to the previous adaptation by John Russo.

Even if you have read the original screen play adaption that came out 30 years ago, this is still a worthy addition.

The story is just as you remember it, but the background chapters of all the main characters add a much needed fleshing out of the nights events.

this book reeks of "AWESOMENESS!". I recommend this book to anyone who loved the movie. I just finished reading this amazing Zombie story(4/10/11,Sun.). The book is a carbon copy of the movie. But it explains the events which occurred before they all ended up in that old farm house. Which the movie did not show. I am sad that the book was too short. It is around 100 pages long. The ending was not a happy ending either. Although, that's how it should be in a Zombie horror story. This one is a classic! Never to be duplicated. Enjoy! ;) - BxNYCBonaoDR

NOTLD is a cult. If you like Zombie movies - and the Romero stuff in special - you will like this book. It is not surprisingly, but you get what you want and expect.

For me the 11.49SD had been a good investment, I liked the book, I got exactly what I had expected, and reading the story was - for me - a bit more exciting, than watching the movies.

This story stays very faithful to George A. Ramero's original black and white 'cult' classic. This story is very insightful due to Mr. Andrews explaining how each individual ended up all at the same house. Something that fans of the movie have always wondered about. Good read, worth buying.

Wanted to know what all the hoopla was about... still don't know. Shallow, predictable characters & plot. Plenty of gore. Little suspense. Waste of time.