Book Discussion: World War Z *Spoiler Free*
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1clamairy
Just started reading it this morning. So far so good. I'm suitably creeped-out. :oD I won't be in the Spoiler Thread for a few days at least.
2maggie1944
I am going to try to get the audio version this afternoon. Hold your thumbs.
3clamairy
Best of luck, maggie. I'm about 35 pages in and enjoying it. Just wish I had more time to read!
4GeorgiaDawn
I am waiting on the book to come in at the library. I listened to it last year and loved it. It will be interesting to see the differences in the two versions.
5kirbyowns
I'm also waiting on the book to arrive. I listened to an excerpt of the first chapter and it sounds great.
7MrsLee
I found it at our library, and started it yesterday, but then got called to work 12 hour shifts for two days. No reading. Eating, sleeping, working and that's about it. I have to get to bed now, but I did really enjoy the bit I started, I'm looking forward to getting back to it!
9Choreocrat
4 - I've read and listened to it. The audio book leaves out some stories. Some were ok to leave out, others disappointed me in their absence. I was really looking forward to hearing them.
A recommendations - don't have this as your bedtime book.
A recommendations - don't have this as your bedtime book.
10majkia
I've begun reading it and haven't (yet) found it very creepy. But then I'm not a zombie fan.
11GeorgiaDawn
#9 Will - My problem is that bedtime is about the only time I have to read. Opps! :)
12maggie1944
Is it OK to listen to it while driving or will I be tempted to run my car under a semi? Or off a cliff?
I found my audio version today and bought it. As soon as I finish The Secret Life of Bees I will start listening to the WWZ.
I found my audio version today and bought it. As soon as I finish The Secret Life of Bees I will start listening to the WWZ.
13Choreocrat
I wouldn't expect trouble driving with it. It's creepy, but not jumpy.
14GeorgiaDawn
Maggs - I agree with Will. I listened to it and it never bothered me; I was fascinated.
15maggie1944
cool. I am looking forward to it.
16stellarexplorer
I started listening in the car. Out of the rear view mirror, I could have sworn I saw a zombie bearing down on me!
17clamairy
I've been a little jumpy, I'll admit it. I was at a technology meeting at our town library. All the meeting rooms were full so we were sat out on the patio. A piece of heavy machinery in nearby municipal lot made a noise that sounded like gunfire, and I levitated out of my chair. Heh heh...
18majkia
Hmmmm. Wonder what is wrong with me? I don't find it eerie or whatever at all. It's far too close to what I experienced working at the Pentagon to think much about the whole zombie side of things.
20stellarexplorer
The Pentagon....weren't they infected back in the Johnson Administration?
21maggie1944
OK, I'm listening to it in the car, too.
You won't believe this. I dropped my portable CD player today and broke the last CD for The Secret Life of Bees. I had to go buy the dead tree book to read the last few pages. So, I started listening to Z in the car. Not yet made jumpy, tho.
edit to add "maybe the zombies broke my CD????"
You won't believe this. I dropped my portable CD player today and broke the last CD for The Secret Life of Bees. I had to go buy the dead tree book to read the last few pages. So, I started listening to Z in the car. Not yet made jumpy, tho.
edit to add "maybe the zombies broke my CD????"
22stellarexplorer
"maybe" : HA!
23klarusu
I just started it last night - looks like a quick, entertaining read. I don't get spooked by things (well, except for the creaky door and the reflection in the mirror that wasn't the narrator's in a Murakami story ... but that's another issue) but I did end up dreaming about hiding out in a bookstore from zombies that came out at night - apparently I was going to be safe as long as I could climb to the top shelf ... so, it's insinuated its way into my subconscious. I'd rather be reading it than working at the moment so that's a good sign.
24MrsLee
Yep, my dreams aren't scary yet, but things are becoming animated in them which shouldn't be, like my small leprechaun collection. They were hilarious though, telling jokes and cracking wise. :)
25maggie1944
well....I've listened to the first CD + a bit of the second...and I am feeling underwhelmed. Is that what "meh" means?
26Choreocrat
That is what 'meh' means. Despite my overenthusiasm for the book, I'm not offended by criticism of it.
27clamairy
I'm enjoying it. It reminds me a bit of The Stand without all the voodoo*.
*Yes, I know there's no actual voodoo in The Stand. I was using that term to refer to the supernatural element.
*Yes, I know there's no actual voodoo in The Stand. I was using that term to refer to the supernatural element.
28klarusu
It is a bit like The Stand, just without Stephen King ... which, believe me, is a great, great bonus *shuffles off muttering about Stephen Bloody King*
29stellarexplorer
I'm enjoying it. I just love a good apocalypse.
30sandragon
I enjoyed The Stand. WWZ seems more promising all of a sudden. But I'd always thought voodoo was involved with zombies as well.
31clamairy
#30 - It is indeed. Not these zombies, however.
#29 - Me, too. This one isn't bothering me the way The Road did, though it has many of the same elements.
(Edited so touchstone points to correct work. )
#29 - Me, too. This one isn't bothering me the way The Road did, though it has many of the same elements.
(Edited so touchstone points to correct work. )
33clamairy
#32 - Yep. Although I have a few bones to pick with some of the details. I'll be saving them for the SPOILER thread.
34cmbohn
AAAAAAAAAhhhh! I want to read this book! I hate waiting!
I can still post on the threads when I *do* finally get the book, right?
I can still post on the threads when I *do* finally get the book, right?
36maggie1944
Some of us will read these threads for many many days to come.....we hope.
39clamairy
#38 - :oD
We might have to follow this up with The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. Apparently my daughter has it, too.
We might have to follow this up with The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead. Apparently my daughter has it, too.
40BOSK
my copy came in the mail today and I am about 50 pages in. It is reading pretty good so far. I am not finding it scary so far but I havn't gone to sleep yet. I can always hope for a good nightmare.
41Citizenjoyce
Not a big run at my library for the book so I got a hard copy for me and the audio book for my daughter. I'm amazed I like it so much. Everything seems so plausible, except the word "reanimate" always brings me up a little short. The concept of zombies just doesn't grab me, but the rest of the book does. Nothing creeps me out yet.
42maggie1944
OK, the "meh" has gone away. I'm about in the middle of the book (listening, hard to tell where in the book I am) and am beginning to actually enjoy it. I am now sorry that I picked the audio version as I know it is abridged and I'll be curious. I will be looking for extra stuff in the spoilerless thread after I finish. I expect good posts, peepes!
43Citizenjoyce
Well, I just got into the "meh". Two things I'm not interested in reading about: zombies and battles. Oh dear. Maybe I can push through tomorrow.
44clamairy
I read a lot of non-fic and that may be why I am enjoying this so much. It seems very realistic to me. It's all substance, and no 'glowy magic!' (To use Tim Spalding's expression.)
45DaynaRT
>44 clamairy:
I adore fictional nonfiction. I read roleplaying game sourcebooks like they're novels which must have something to do with why I like Max Brooks' writing. If you haven't already give his The Zombie Survival Guide a try. There's also a graphic novel (which I have not read yet): The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
>43 Citizenjoyce: Two things I'm not interested in reading about: zombies and battles.
I think the title is a big clue as to what the books is all about.
I adore fictional nonfiction. I read roleplaying game sourcebooks like they're novels which must have something to do with why I like Max Brooks' writing. If you haven't already give his The Zombie Survival Guide a try. There's also a graphic novel (which I have not read yet): The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
>43 Citizenjoyce: Two things I'm not interested in reading about: zombies and battles.
I think the title is a big clue as to what the books is all about.
46clamairy
#45 - Yeah, noticed my daughter owns that first one, (See post #39.) but she said it's very dry.
#43 - Ditto what fleela said. Give yourself points for trying something you were pretty sure wasn't your cup of tea. I bail out on a lot of things, especially the books the members of my ladies book club choose.
#43 - Ditto what fleela said. Give yourself points for trying something you were pretty sure wasn't your cup of tea. I bail out on a lot of things, especially the books the members of my ladies book club choose.
47maggie1944
graphic zombies??? hmmm, I think that is probably not my cup of tea. I'll listen to this one...and maybe that will be it. I am always glad to try something I am not sure about as sometimes I do discover things I really enjoy. You just can't win them all, so it is said.
48DaynaRT
>47 maggie1944:
Graphic novel as in a long comic book, but yeah it's graphic in the other sense too. You can look at a preview on Amazon.
Graphic novel as in a long comic book, but yeah it's graphic in the other sense too. You can look at a preview on Amazon.
49MrsLee
I really enjoyed it, and now my three kids might read it too! My older son has already read Zombie Survival Guide and enjoyed that. He is not much into reading.
Ha! I did not know until just now when I looked up Max Brooks on Wiki, that he is the son of Mel Brooks. :)
Ha! I did not know until just now when I looked up Max Brooks on Wiki, that he is the son of Mel Brooks. :)
50clamairy
#49 - NO! That's awesome! Wow... that would mean his mom was the lovely and talented Anne Bancroft. One of my favorite actresses. Did anyone reading the trade paperback see what it says just inside the back cover? Now I understand...
52stellarexplorer
Today on my way to work, I happened to be driving through Yonkers just as the events there were being described. I could see the hills just to the east of the Hudson River, and I turned onto the Saw Mill River Parkway just as the geography was being described in the audio book. It lent a scenic authenticity to the story!
53Choreocrat
52 - Eerie!
54stellarexplorer
Yeah, it was, a bit. If one is so inclined. I tried to embellish the feeling :)
55maggie1944
Another word from the outlier: still listening in the car but am finding that my mind wanders to reality. "What shall I have for dinner? When am I going to find time to exercise? Oh, I need to go get some gas!" And, then, I realize I've lost track of what the CD is saying and I have to back track only to lose track again.
I am going to try to only use if for longer drives, i.e. 30 minutes plus or minus. But I do think this is an artifact of its just not my cup of tea. Interesting stuff about his parents.
I am going to try to only use if for longer drives, i.e. 30 minutes plus or minus. But I do think this is an artifact of its just not my cup of tea. Interesting stuff about his parents.
58sandragon
This finally came in from the library but I couldn't resist starting Under Heaven for my next read. I'll read WWZ next. I didn't think I'd want to read a zombie book, but you guys do have me interested.
59maggie1944
I am finished listening to World War Z and will move over to the Spoiler thread.
60Barry
Joining a bit late but the silver lining of the volcanic ash cloud was that I go to spend about 10 minutes in a bookshop in Folkestone at the weekend and bought WWZ and another Discworld.
62cmbohn
Mine is here too! I just barely started and my first reaction - this is so cool! Second reaction - not one to read while eating.