Judging by the reviews of World War Z, the epic zombie flick starring Brad Pitt (loosely based on the novel by Max Brooks), the next few months could very well be a glorious Summer of the Undead. And if you’re a zombie fiction aficionado like myself—or especially if you’re new to the genre—this could be […]
Back in the ‘80s and ’90s—during my time as a bookstore manager—zombies weren’t even on the radar when it came to genre fiction fodder. Sure, there were some well-written and innovative zombie-powered novels on the shelves (like Lansdale’s Dead in the West and Lumley’s Ship of Dreams, to name just a few) but, for the […]
If the last decade has proven anything, it’s that people love a good zombie apocalypse. Something about the mindlessness of a shambling horde of undead just feels right to us right now—almost as if we know, somehow, the end of the world is nigh, and it isn’t going to be pretty. Humanity literally wandering around […]