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Zombie books
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* Yu Narukami	Oct 10 2012, 10:46 PM Post #1
Izanagi! Posts: 12,330 Group: Retired Staff Member #6,446 Joined: July 3, 2011 Gender Not Specified Country None	When one thinks of 'zombies', they often think of the mindless bloodshed and generally over-dramatic, impractical actions of the protagonists in the movies. However, when you really get down to it, they aren't about zombies at all. If you look at a well-written book that is part of this sub-genre of horror, you'll see that there's commonly a pretty deep subject that the entirety of the novel covers. For example, a few series, such as 'Autumn' by David Moody and 'The Walking Dead' by Robert Kirkman cover the issue of the breakdown of society; they observe the reactions of fictional characters in a post-apocalyptic situation and draw readers in emotionally. Most of these books are a 'Psychological thesis' rather than a moral one. They cover how human beings would act in certain situations such as that rather than how they should. If we're to follow the logic that these novels have presented (which is very believable and understandable), we would initially attempt to group together in an attempt to survive, supporting the view of 'higher quantity = higher level of safety'. However, as time moved on, we would begin to grow agitated, the loose bonds that we had formed with people who might've previously been strangers would break; conflict would arise. The breakdown of society on a smaller stage would occur. There would be chaos in some groups whilst dictators ruled over others. This is, of course, assuming that enough people survived to form different groups. As you can see in this hypothetical situation, zombies are not the biggest aspect of a zombie novel. They are the initial catalyst and, yes, they do drive the plot and introduce interesting elements to the story but, ultimately, it is a commentary on the survival and development of society and human beings rather than the undead. So, my aims for this topic consist of two things. 1) If you are a fan of zombie fiction, which do you like more? A developed story or one which sacrifices some of the story for gore and such 2) What is your favourite book / series in this sub-genre?



* -Zero-	Oct 11 2012, 05:41 AM Post #2
Black Knight Posts: 8,697 Group: Retired Staff Member #1,874 Joined: November 5, 2006 Favourite Anime Code Geass, Death Note, Dragonball/Z	I absolutely love zombie movies and television shows, with that said I haven't read any zombie books. However I think I can still answer a question, yes I would trade some gore away for a story involving human psychological behavior, just like the Walking Dead, it has it's fair share of zombies, fair share of gore but a lot of it has to do with the character behavior itself, it's what has made The Walking Dead so interesting and entertaining to watch. One thing I don't like I'd when they try to make the zombies look good, zombies can't look good, they are dead. When a person dies their skin turns to more of a gray color and starts decomposing, so no reason for zombies to look good what so ever.
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Auld-Dog	Nov 18 2012, 09:43 PM Post #3
Posts: 375 Group: Member Member #7,334 Joined: February 18, 2012	Im a big fan of zombies in any genre. And in most cases, it challenges social norms and extremes of the human race's nature. Surprised someone else has read the 'Autum' series. What annoys me about the series is the selling point, they make out to be this fast paced crazy-ass story, but when you read it, its the most slow and tedious thing ive ever come across. What i do like about it though is the idea of how people would probably realistically react if everyone round you died violently and you are the only one left. And the idea that the 'zoms' for this series are not your typical flesh-munchinh critters, and that over time, they degenerate, so realistically will expire after a period of a couple of months. This idea is really intrigueing. For me, it is defo the fall of society and the depths averave people will go to in order survive. No more restrictions or consequences of social law or morales, you only answer for yourself. Think about every dark thought you have had and only held back because you knew you'd come off worse for it... I like gory zombie action but i remember when i watched the second resident Evil movie, Apocaylpse and the scene where the woman is running up the stairs being pursued by a pack of Zommers. She almost doesnt get out of the door and she is swarmed and some of the Zom's take bites out of her. A scary notion clicked, if zombies actually did exist, and attacked people, it would be a very painful, terryifying way to die, as they arent going to just rip out your throat and give you a quick death. The likelyhood is you will die a slow, slow, lonely, horrific death. Thats assuming of course you are attacked by a pack of them, like 6+. One of them though, if we are talking about the slow zombies, would be horrible too, if say you are trapped in a flat. No matter what you do, punch, kick, throw, pin, hit it with a frying pan, stab it with a knife, its just going to keep coming at you. A relentless thing. Watch the film, the Horde, a french zombie movie and you will see what i mean. I mean who realistically has a gun in their house, and who's to say even if you did your going to have the bottle to use it?? In the novel World War Z, they come across situations where people try to fight off zombies (slow kind) and one person swings a gold club into its head, but it bends in the middle and it bites his throat. Made you realise how many things in your home could you realistically use to permanently put a zombie down? EDIT= lol, ok woops, this is a 'books' section and im talking about a host of movies too... Edited by Auld-Dog, Nov 18 2012, 10:02 PM.
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MsPrincessBulla	Jan 25 2013, 04:44 PM Post #4
Saiyan Princess Posts: 128 Group: Member Member #8,911 Joined: January 24, 2013 Favourite Anime Dragon Ball Z, Code Geass, Death Note, Inuyasha Favourite Manga Dragon Ball	Forest of Hands and Teeth Trilogy FTW ;D I devoured those books in a week. Before I read that I couldn't imagine ever getting into books with zombies. It was an amazing series. Definitely part of the top 3 book series I enjoyed reading.



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