Product Description

"The end was near." -Voices from the Zombie War The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War. Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?"

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Product Details

Publisher	Three Rivers Press
ISBN	0307346617
Features	ISBN13: 9780307346612 Condition: New Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
Format	Paperback
Author	Max Brooks
EAN	9780307346612
Label	Three Rivers Press
Dewey Decimal Number	813.6
Studio	Three Rivers Press
Number Of Pages	352
Title	World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Release Date	2007-10-16
Publication Date	2007-10-16
Manufacturer	Three Rivers Press

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Customer Reviews

Not what I expected

Review by Frank Villasenor, 2010-09-01

I read this book due to a recommendation of a friend and the continued hype around the book. I must say, I was rather disappointed with the book. The books pacing is slow to me and kind of dragged out. I suppose that if you really, really like post-apocalyptic stories you might want to read this but if you like faster paced books you'll get board with it.

I also found that the style of the story writing negatively broke up the story which really interfered with the continuity.

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World War Z

Review by James L. Wagner, 2010-08-31

This was a very interesting book. Don't be fooled by the title. This book will make you think about what if something like this happened. I enjoyed this very much. Thanks Krista for having me read this.

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Perfect

Review by moose j, 2010-08-28

The book World War Z came in early and was in mint/new condition good job. highly recommend you folks!

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Awesome

Review by James Beickert, 2010-08-26

Great book, a lot of fun. It is in a new and interesting format that takes a couple of chapters to get used to, but by the end you just want more.

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Can't put it down!

Review by Arvin, 2010-08-25

Great book, great story, interesting format! Recommended to me, and I recommend it to you!

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