Max Brooks is an author, public speaker, and nonresident fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point. His bestselling books include Minecraft: The Island, The Zombie Survival Guide. and World War Z, which was adapted into a 2013 movie starring Brad Pitt. His graphic novels include The Extinction Parade, G.I. Joe: Hearts & Minds, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Harlem Hellfighters.
“An ‘oral history’ of the global war the evil brain-chewers came
within a hair of winning. Zombies are among us—turn on your
television if you don’t believe it. But, Brooks reassures us, even
today, human fighters are hunting down the leftovers, and we’re
winning. [His] iron-jaw narrative is studded with practical advice
on what to do when the zombies come, as they surely will. A
literate, ironic, strangely tasty treat.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
“Max Brooks has charted the folly of a disaster response based
solely on advanced technologies and brute force in this
step-by-step guide to what happened in the Zombie War. He details
with extraordinary insight how in the face of institutional
missteps and greed, people in unexpected ways achieve unique,
creative, and effective strategies to survive and fight back.
Brooks’s account of the path to recovery and reconstruction after
the war is fascinating, too. World War Z provides us with a
starting point, at least, a basic blueprint from which to build a
popular understanding of how, when, and why such a disaster came to
be, and how small groups and individuals survived.” —Jeb Weisman,
Ph.D.,Director of Strategic Technologies, National Center for
Disaster Preparedness
“Possesses more creativity and zip than entire crates of other new
fiction titles. Think Mad Max meets The Hot Zone . . . It’s
Apocalypse Now, pandemic-style. Creepy but fascinating.”
- USA TODAY
“Prepare to be entranced by this addictively readable oral history
of the great war between humans and zombies. . . . Will grab you as
tightly as a dead man’s fist. A.”
- Entertainment Weekly, EW Pick
“Probably the most topical and literate scare since Orson Welles'
War of the Worlds radio broadcast. . . . This is action-packed
social-political satire with a global view.”
- Dallas Morning News
“Brooks [is] America’s most prominent maven on the living dead. . .
. Chilling. . . . It is gripping reading and a scathing indictment
of weak responses to crises real and over-hyped.”
- Hartford Courant
“A sober, frequently horrifying and even moving account. . . .
Brooks has delivered a full-blown horror novel, laced with sharp
social and political observations and loads of macabre, gruesome
imagery. . . . The real horror of World War Z comes from the
all-too-plausible responses of human beings and governments to the
menace.”
- Fangoria
“A horror fan’s version of Studs Terkel’s The Good War. . . . Like
George Romero’s Dead trilogy, World War Z is another milestone in
the zombie mythology.”
- Booklist
“Brooks commits to detail in a way that makes his nightmare world
creepily plausible. . . . Far more affecting than anything
involving zombies really has any right to be. . . . The book . . .
opens in blood and guts, turns the world into an oversized version
of hell, then ends with and affirmation of humanity’s ability to
survive the worst the world has to offer. It feels like the right
book for the right times, and that’s the eeriest detail of
all.”
- A.V. Club, The Onion
“The best science fiction has traditionally been steeped in social
commentary. World War Z continues that legacy. . . . We haven’t
been this excited about a book without pictures since–well, since
ever.”
- Metro
“Each story locks together perfectly to create a wonderful, giddy
suspense. Brooks also has the political savvy to take advantage of
any paranoia a modern reader might feel. . . . The perfect book for
all us zombie junkies.”
- Paste
“This infectious and compelling book will have nervous readers
watching the streets for zombies. Recommended.”
- Library Journal
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