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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead (Paperback)

by Max Brooks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd; First UK Edition edition (27 Aug 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 071563318X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0715633182
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 515 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"'So meticulous and well researched that it's more scary than funny. This book lays out everything you need to know to protect yourself from flesh-eating monsters' - Esquire 'A bloody-minded, straight laced manual for evading the grasp of the undead' - Time Out 'A tome you start reading for fun and then at page 50 you go out and buy a machete just to be on the safe side' - New York Post 'Ignorance is the undead's strongest ally, knowledge their deadliest enemy. Personal choice, the will to live, must be paramount when the dead begin to rise. The choice is up to you.' (from The Zombie Survival Guide)"

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Drawing from reams of historical data, laboratory experiments, field research, and eyewitness accounts, this comprehensive and illustrated guide is the only book you'll need to face the greatest challenge mankind has ever encountered. Granted, you probably already know that skills such as wilderness survival, leadership, and basic first aid are important when fighting off hordes of the undead. But The Zombie Survival Guide doesn't stop there, teaching you how to: Identify cases of infection by the zombie virus, Solanum, and recognize the hourly progression of symptoms: 'Hour 8: Numbing Of Extremities And Infected Area, Increased Fever [103-106 Degrees], Increased Dementia, Loss Of Muscular Coordination'; choose the right weapon: 'A Section Of Lead Pipe Will Work For A Single Encounter But Is Too Heavy For Those On The Move'; defend your home: 'A Ten-Foot Cinder-Block Wall, Reinforced Wih Steel Rods And Filled With Concrete, Is The Safest Barrier In Both Class 1 And Class 2 Outbreaks'; and much more. Filled with helpful illustrations and a sample 'Outbreak Journal' that should be kept on your person at all times, The Zombie Survival Guide is the only guide you will need to survive a most certain pandemic. 'Ignorance is the undead's strongest ally, knowledge their deadliest enemy,' Brooks writes. 'Personal choice, the will to live, must be paramount when the dead begin to rise. The choice is up to you.'

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars When there's no more room in hell..., 20 April 2007
By Icy (London, UK) - See all my reviews
Beautifully blurring the line between fiction and non-fiction, this book is an absolute must. I say this because I could barely bring myself to put it down for the entire time I was reading it.

Reinventing the zombie origins, Brooks ascribes the cause of the 'undead plague' to a virulent virus named Solanum, which attacks the brain and allows it to keep functioning even after the organs have shut down and the body begins to decompose. Feeling no pain, and having no awareness of the world around them except for the food on offer, Brooks' zombies are a modern evolution of the zombies on display in Romero's 1968 cult classic, Night of the Living Dead.

Brooks breaks down all the elements that you'll need to survive should a zombie outbreak occur near you. Covering how to stock your house in case of attack, defending it should it become your besieged fortress, going on the run if it all goes wrong, to going on the offensive to take out the undead, he's incredibly thorough about everything from weapons to transport, locations and worse-case scenarios. He even includes a section on how you can survive in the face of a full-scale Zombie Apocalypse. Ray Mears would be proud.

At the end of the book, Brooks points to apparent 'historical' occurrences of zombie outbreaks as a way of showing how the growing threat is being covered up or mishandled. It's testament to his skill as a writer that you can almost believe that they're completely true.

It's an unlikely premise but at least having read this book, you can feel confident that you'll know what to do if the dead ever begin to rise. After all, as the good books says - use your head, and cut off theirs.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars After a while, I swore the dead walked the planet., 25 Nov 2003
By K. Wnne "Jedd" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead (Paperback)
This is a book all of it's own. Nothing else comes close.
Why no one else before Max Brooks (son of Mel) thought of writing/compiling such a masterstroke book (including myself) is beyond my understanding given that this is such a well written and well defined set of 'do's & dont's'.

Suburbanised common sense juxtaposed with sheer and absolute abhorant terror.

The premise of the book suggests what would you do if the dead rose and proceeded to take over the world...starting with your town or city. What would you're first move be, would you stay in your house and hide in the bathroom?, what would you live on,- toothpaste?, how long would you expect to wait for help?, should you depend on yourself instead and take matters into your own hands?, what weapons to use?. Should you stay put or run to the hills?, and if so what transport is best, and so on, so forth.

Think you know... you would be surprised.

In the book Max covers every eventuality even going so far as to write the book as if the dead rising was a de-facto occurance. Max backs up this thrilling revelation by way of outlining numerous zombie risings throughout history right up the late 20th century - yikes!

Speaking as a long time zombie fan, this book rocks. It not only introduces a world overrun by the living dead but thrusts you into the middle of just such an infestation of horror and sheer unadulterated mayhem, albeit with the right clothing to wear & aware of the wrong places to be. This is a tour de force companion to every blood soaked zombie infested schlock movie you've ever been unfortunate enough to be attacked by on a dark winters night or when you least expected it on a warm summers afternoon.

Get this book. It might just save your poor pityful life!, and give you a tongue-n-cheek thrill while you're at it.

Brilliant!
Brilliant!
Brilliant!

Keth

(This is one of the few books I've ever awarded five stars. I gave it five stars not for it's command of English language or it's literary sweeping. Instead, it deserves every star for it's sheer A-z steadfastness. Like one of the living dead dragging it's self towards you, this book is solid, unremitting and unflinching.

....and totally dependible like a good machette.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good companion to World War Z, 26 Jun 2007
By KM (England) - See all my reviews
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I read this book prior to World War Z (after buying the two together) and found it gave me a good insight at what the characters in that book had been told to do prepare themselves for survival in the "Zombie War", as there are references to it throughout.

It seems that Brooks has put a lot of thought into this book, treating it as though he was really writing a manual for a zombie outbreak, as the tactics and survival tips are very descriptive and go into very deep detail and also include diagrams in most cases.

As a stand-alone book, 'The Zombie Survival Guide' is probably a bit of a waste of money, but if you treat it as an introduction to World War Z, it is a pretty decent (and novel) read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An essential part of anyones library!
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After reading this book I feel more prepared for the upcoming zombie apocalypse, don't be an easy meal!
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If you've ever discussed Zombie scenarios down the pub after watching any of the classic Zombie films available, you'll know that it soon escalates into a full blown fantasy... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as World War Z
Having enjoyed World War Z. I ordered The Zombie survival guide. Unfortunatley its not a patch on World War Z and the different sections become rather repetitive. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Try To Be A Hero ..........Or You'll End Up A Snack.
"The Zombie Survival Guide" is a funny but informative spoof defense guide to surviving an attack of the walking dead. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean...
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