World War Z by Max Brooks (book)[views:18349][posts:58]____________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:06am - ouchdrummer ""] For anyone who isn't familiar with it, this book is about the zombie apocalypse. It's a collection of interviews with survivors of the great zombie war. The survivors range from soldier, to astronaut, to hacker, to actor, to historian, etc.. This book looks at the spread of the virus, and it's effects on culture, in ways that i'd never thought about before. I give this book a 9 out of 10. All around good book, i highly recommend reading it if you get a chance. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:09am - aril ""] For some reason I just heard that little readng rainbow 2 second jingle after I read that. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:11am - ouchdrummer ""] i don't know why, but after the deathfest.... whenever i think of Composted, i hear the reading rainbow theme. Just take a look, it's in a book, it's reading raiiinnnbooowwww. |
| ________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:48am - reimroc ""] You guys do know that max brooks is mel brooks's son right? oh and world war z was a great read imo |
| ____________________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:52am - MarkFuckingRichards ""] Composted is all about books. |
| ______________________________ [Oct 9,2009 9:02am - sever ""] Could have been written better, but it's worth reading once at least. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 9:50am - FuckIsMySignature ""] just finished it last month. excellent read. hopefully the movie doesnt ruin it. |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:09am - ouchdrummer ""] sever said:Could have been written better, but it's worth reading once at least. You really think so? I thought it was written wonderfully.... and I really only like reading books once anyways. FuckIsMySignature said:just finished it last month. excellent read. hopefully the movie doesnt ruin it. Is there gonna be a movie? Fucking awesome! |
| ___________________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:10am - FuckIsMySignature ""] ya its in pre-production. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/ |
| _______________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:10am - aril ""] this book is a conspiracy! |
| _______________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:12am - aril ""] aril said:this book is a conspiracy! don't make me log in again, nilla. |
| _______________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:12am - aril ""] you're the troll here, troll |
| _____________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 10:13am - ouchdrummer ""] FuckIsMySignature said:ya its in pre-production. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/ YEAH!!! I just looked it up too, i can't fucking wait. I've been saying to everyone how good a movie this would make. |
| ___________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 5:49pm - immortal13 ""] The movie Zombie Diaries was very much based on the zombies in Max Brook's literature. Good movie too, made like a documentary. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 6:10pm - BOBDEAD ""] apparently they are turning the book into a movie too. If you liked the World War Z book....definitely check out David Wellingtons "Monster Island"/ "Monster Nation"/ and "Monster Planet" trilogy...also Brian Keenes "The Rising". All killer takes on the zombie story. |
| __________________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 6:11pm - FuckIsMySignature ""] uh ya we established that |
| _________________________________ [Oct 9,2009 8:03pm - Dankill ""] Fantasic book. They'll def need to make any movies about World War Z a trilogy to do it any justice. |
| _________________________________ [Jul 23,2010 5:49pm - ScmFck ""] Saw this today. Pretty pumped on it. http://www.cinematical.com/2010/07/22/brad...-to-star-in-world-war-z-adaptation/ |
| ________________________________ [Jul 23,2010 5:53pm - Kevord ""] The audio book is amazing. It's one of the rare cases were the audio book is better than the book. |
| ______________________________________________________ [Jul 23,2010 5:57pm - bradness so totally at work ""] i almost got this book last night. Instead, I got this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_the_Hippos_Were_Boiled_in_Their_Tanks And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is a novel by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. It was written in 1945, a full decade before the two authors became famous as leading figures of the Beat Generation, and remained unpublished for many years. Written in the form of a mystery novel, the book consists of alternating chapters by each author writing as a different character. Burroughs (as William Lee, the pseudonym he would later use for his first published book, Junkie) writes the character "Will Dennison" while Kerouac (as "John Kerouac"), takes on the character of "Mike Ryko".[1][2] According to the book The Beat Generation in New York by Bill Morgan, the novel was based upon the killing of David Kammerer who was obsessed with Lucien Carr. Carr stabbed Kammerer to death in a drunken fight, in self defense by some accounts, then dumped Kammerer's body into the Hudson River. Carr later confessed the crime, first to Burroughs, then to Kerouac, neither of whom reported it to the police. When Carr eventually turned himself in, Burroughs and Kerouac were arrested as accessories after the fact. Kerouac served some jail time because his father refused to bail him out but Burroughs was bailed out by his family. (Kerouac married Edie Parker while in jail, and she then paid his bail.)[3] As a consequence of his experiences related to the Kammerer/Carr case, Burroughs became addicted to morphine. |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 23,2010 6:35pm - aaron_michael ""] FuckIsMySignature said:just finished it last month. excellent read. hopefully the movie doesnt ruin it. MOVIE?! [img] |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 23,2010 7:28pm - SkinSandwich ""] Brad Pitt? Talk about ruining a whole sub-genre in one swoop. |
| ______________________________________ [May 28,2013 9:19am - the_reverend ""] I listened to this on audio book on the way to MDF. it was awesome listening to the battle of yokers while driving by yokers. |
| ______________________________________________ [May 28,2013 2:00pm - Ancient Master nli ""] Do you mean Yonkers? Also, zombies? Thats some get outta town shit right there. Lol at people who believe that malarky...get real |
| ______________________________________ [May 29,2013 10:31am - ouchdrummer ""] the_reverend said:I listened to this on audio book on the way to MDF. it was awesome listening to the battle of yokers while driving by yokers. right on |
| _______________________________________ [May 29,2013 10:44am - the_reverend ""] yes, Yonkers. |
| ________________________________ [May 30,2013 4:00am - Spence ""] Saw an add for the movie, comes out this month I think. Luckily, there seems to be a huge flow of apocalyptic adrenaline-filled fest movies this May-July, so hopefully everyone will see the other ones and World War Z will slip under the radar, and not become the new big thing for every single person in the world to read. Great book though. |
| ____________________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 12:52pm - ArrowHead NLI and is NOT OLD DAD ""] Spence said:hopefully everyone will see the other ones and World War Z will slip under the radar, and not become the new big thing for every single person in the world to read. Being popular, or having a shitty big budget movie adaptation, doesn't make a good book any less good. See: Douglas Adams. |
| ______________________________ [May 30,2013 1:44pm - ark ""] See: Jurassic Park. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. |
| ____________________________________ [May 30,2013 1:55pm - arilliusbm ""] See: Sphere. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. |
| ______________________________ [May 30,2013 2:01pm - Yeti ""] See: It. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. |
| ________________________________ [May 30,2013 6:40pm - Spence ""] See: Mystic River. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. But yeah, I wasn't talking about a movie declining the quality of WWZ, just that I don't want to see every douchebag who watches the Resident Evil movies to be carrying around a copy of it. They don't deserve quality literature. |
| ___________________________________ [May 30,2013 9:57pm - narkybark ""] See: The Hobbit. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. |
| ________________________________________________________ [May 30,2013 10:43pm - ArrowHead NLI and Never Will ""] See: Hustler, FUCKING LOVE THAT ... oh wait, in that case the movie was better. |
| ______________________________ [May 31,2013 6:49am - ark ""] Spence said:See: Mystic River. FUCKING LOVE THAT BOOK. But yeah, I wasn't talking about a movie declining the quality of WWZ, just that I don't want to see every douchebag who watches the Resident Evil movies to be carrying around a copy of it. They don't deserve quality literature. my god Spence SHUT IT UP |
| _______________________________ [May 31,2013 10:00am - Yeti ""] I am formally withdrawing my previous support of Spence. the rampant douchery of late has negated any sympathy I might have held. |
| _______________________________ [May 31,2013 10:03am - Yeti ""] [img] |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 10:42am - arilliusbm ""] Why does everyone hate on Spence? Kid speaks freely. |
| _________________________________________ [May 31,2013 10:50am - disinfo agent ""] arilliusbm said:Why does everyone hate on Spence? Kid speaks freely. 1. Why do you hate on Alex? 2. You hate kids that get on your nerves, you have posted numerous times about it, your question is invalid. |
| _______________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:10am - alcks cskot ""] Dnot buthr, dsnifo aegnt, Arl isbad preoson, prart of 1996 hazben past u adn I aer futor, we bended spon in Martix Meak Tornity al wett |
| _______________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:12am - alcks cskot ""] Allso I aem nto dsnifo aegnt, tath is jusd vcious romur Flas falg opration by Arl adn stopd dumdUm elistest ashols |
| _________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:18am - disinfo agent ""] alcks%20cskot said:Dnot buthr, dsnifo aegnt, Arl isbad preoson, prart of 1996 hazben past u adn I aer futor, we bended spon in Martix Meak Tornity al wett Hi Aril, the way you troll this person is so horribly obvious. Why dont you answer the question I asked rather than go into troll mode. Next I expect you to log in and make an expected response. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:21am - arilliusbm ""] You obviously don't know me like you claim you do; I don't find Dolan humor funny. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:31am - Barren_Oak ""] So immature Aril. Why can't you ever act like a real person? |
| ______________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:34am - Alx_Casket_OFFICIAL ""] Every troll in this thread is Aril. Too ashamed to log in and post his childish opinions. What a coward. |
| ______________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:35am - Alx_Casket_OFFICIAL ""] The logged in posters are also Aril operating through his many minions. Such a waste of potential. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:38am - Barren_Oak ""] You can make all of the accounts you want. It just shows who's the adult in this situation. |
| ______________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:40am - Alx_Casket_OFFICIAL ""] Whatever, Aril. You're not fooling anyone. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:43am - arilliusbm ""] Nice try, Aril. |
| _________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:44am - disinfo agent ""] arilliusbm said:You obviously don't know me like you claim you do; I don't find Dolan humor funny. Expected reply is expected. As well as your troll posts since my last reply. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:46am - Barren_Oak ""] This is the only official Barren Oak account. Aril seems to think its funny to imitate hard working bands. Childish. |
| _________________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:48am - disinfo agent ""] arilliusbm said:Nice try, Aril. textbook, supposed to make you lol, deflect, but still fails. |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 11:48am - Alx_Casket ""] Worship my internet ego, bitches. |
| _______________________________ [May 31,2013 12:17pm - Yeti ""] arilliusbm said:Why does everyone hate on Spence? Kid speaks freely. HATE ON SPENCE OR SPENCE |
| ______________________________ [May 31,2013 1:08pm - ark ""] arilliusbm said:Why does everyone hate on Spence? Kid speaks freely. imagine if he said "they don't deserve quality literature" in real life. that's a real eye roller to me. i don't hate the kid at all, just hatin' on hatin' comments. |
| _____________________________________________ [May 31,2013 1:27pm - Ancient Master nli ""] Even to classify this as "literature" is a bit of a stretch in my opinion |
| _______________________________________________________ [May 31,2013 1:34pm - ArrowHead NLI and Never Will ""] Ancient%20Master%20nli said:Even to classify this as "literature" is a bit of a stretch in my opinion Hard to infer someone is being pretentious when simultaneously using your own personal definition of words like "literature". For the rest of us, even the Sunday paper is "literature". Personally, I find Spence's normal elitism refreshing after witnessing the other trolling in this thread. Someone or someones on this forum is quite possibly out of their mind. In the bad, not funny way. |
| __________________________________________ [May 31,2013 2:07pm - brool story co. ""] [img][img] |
| _____________________________________ [May 31,2013 2:34pm - ouchdrummer ""] I'm actually Aril. |