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5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for Any Zombiephile, October 23, 2009
This review is from: Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection (Paperback)
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This is another twist in the zombie genre. Unlike the survivor's journal Day by Day Armageddon, this is more like a research journal complete with statistical research, illustrations, and personal experiences. In this documentated book, the survival information is more sporadic than The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead.
People fell ill, died, and reanimated. No scientific explanation. In some cases, infection spread without bites or any other obvious contact. Mobility/strength depends on the original physical fitness of the person and bodily damage, but variables like rigor mortis are unknown. While some of the personal accounts may remind you of other zombie-apocalypse stories (ex: pharmecutical company may have had a hand in it), there are a few sick surprises that I haven't come across in my zombie obsession.
i totally loved that it takes place in the year 2012. I really felt like I was reading someone's notebook with drawings, rather than a graphic novel. There is no lack of gore, for those of you who prefer the gut-ripping undead. Even though the book is written from the doctor's point-of-view, the other characters were believable, as far as their decisions, reactions, and so forth.
If you truly believe yourself to be a zombie fanatic (or your friends tell you to "shut up about zombies, already"), you definitely need to add this to your collection.
Other unusual zombie-literature include Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your...Brains, Z.E.O.: How to Get A(Head) in Business, and Zombies for Zombies: Advice and Etiquette for the Living Dead.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beautifully illustrated, October 31, 2009
This review is from: Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection (Paperback)
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Don Roff and Chris Lane have given all us zombiephiles a beautifully illustrated and chilling account of the inevitable zombie apocalypse. Dr. Richard Twombly, a hematology-oncology specialist at a Seattle blood treatment facility, uses his birding journal to write down his daily observations of a mysterious virus that at first seems to only make people violently ill. When humans begin to viciously attack and eat each other, Dr. Twombly and the few other survivors try to barricade themselves from the attackers until Twombly finds himself alone and running out of food. Luckily for us, the good doc has his ink with him, and he's able to include detailed illustrations of the decay process, methods of killing the hungry undead, other survivors, etc. He also leaves little clues about what might have caused the virus (surprise, surprise...we do it to ourselves), as well as the frightening possibility of evolution of the undead.
Given the subject matter, it might sound odd to say this is a beautiful book, but it truly is. The illustrations are so detailed, and a lot of the pages look like pieces of art. I know some have complained that there is "nothing new" here, but there actually are some unique bits added to the zombie genre. This is a good, solid story with amazing illustrations, and it's a fun read to find out what happens to dear Dr. Twombly. My only complaint is that this is an oversized paperback. If this were hardcover, it would make the perfect gift/coffee table book for a diehard zombie fanatic. I'm glad I took a chance on this one, and if Roff and Lane want to continue the saga of this apocalypse, I'll gladly line up to read it!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Old story with a newish twist., October 28, 2009
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We seem to be obsessed with the undead these days. That being said, the same stories seem to be told over and over again. Watch ten Zombie movies and you'll be able to pick out similar themes and characters in all of them. Someone in the group of survivors under scrutiny is always hiding an infected bite. Characters are going to be killed just when you started to like them. Everything that can go wrong will go wrong. I could go on, but you get the point. ZOMBIES doesn't do a whole lot to deviate from the formula, but it excels at changing how the formula is presented.
ZOMBIES isn't your typical novel offering a narrative concerning a group of survivors and their misadventures after the Zombie apocalypse. ZOMBIES is presented as an illustrated journal (kept by a doctor) that was found in an abandoned cabin in Canada. It is not known what happened to the author and it is reproduced, unedited, just as it was found. Think of it as a relic from an alternate reality.
It is printed like handwriting complete with words scratched out. Most entries are accompanied by fantastic illustrations of things that the author has seen. The illustrations are very creepy, very well done and varied in style and color pallette. This book does an amazing job of drawing you in to every nail biting encounter and each glimmer of hope felt by the author. I honestly don't think I've been as engrossed in a Zombie book before. This book is brilliantly put together and wonderfully paced. If you're a fan of Zombies or just of the macabre in general, this is a MUST read.
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