Read the book a few months ago as I love the zombie and apocalypse genre, anyone have any other recommendations?

My favorite part was the down pilot and how she goes about getting rescued. Also, hated that they never said what happened to the North Koreans, was expecting a mass suicide or something of the sort.

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The Paris section was freaky but I also found it kind of funny. They decide to eradicate the catacombs and tunnels of zombies instead of simply blocking them in and brag about how bad ass and brave the French were.

They say they did so to regain confidence in France's collective psyche since they had been embarassed so many times in warfare over the years. So their solution is to send men and women without proper equipment and weapons and face enormous casualties in an already depleted country simply to prove a point?

Viva la France haha

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Just finished the two japanese stories. WOW.

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Almost finished the audiobook version on youtube. For nearly 7 bucks I'm definitely buying the book.

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i thought the story of the woman who had the mind of a 4 year old was pretty haunting

how all the moms and their children were locked in the church trying to escape the zombies

the part that really got me to think how I would handle the situation was when the mom's started to kill their children when the zombies were breaking in, and even the girl's own mother starting choking her


how would yall handle that situation? would you take the lives of your own children yourself so that they won't be alive when the zombies try to tear them apart?

Absolutely. Not only are you sparing them you're preventing the enemy from increasing their numbers.

I'm finally done and I have to stand by japan as my favorite section. The old man reclaiming the samurai heritage was just awesome.

I think it fizzles a bit towards the end but I'm not sure how you COULD end it since its not really a narrative.

My children wouldnt b e in that situation. I would hope that I would take care of them better than that.

However, if it was something I couldn't control, then..... I really can't say.

since this is an entirely fictional universe we are talking about, if I was in that same situation as those parents, I would ultimately do the same thing

I could see myself shooting my kids to prevent them from being mauled; I honestly don't know if I could bring myself to actually choke them.

oh I would undoubtedly make it quick and painless if presented with that horrible situation for sure

liked-the sections about training the dogs, the submarine/underwater divers, the french catacombs, battle of yonkers, story of Hope and how they changed tactics, and pretty much a lot of the other stuff. overall it was a pretty damn good book

wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of those lobos

I haven't finished yet, but I got it on Friday and only have about 40 or so pages left. So far it has been awesome. The bit about the priest death squads had me a bit wigged too. I didn't see that coming.

I too would like a lobo.

I guess I need to read this one again because I don't remember half the stuff you guys are talking about.

I have a .pdf book called "Lights Out" that is a very good read if you enjoyed WWZ. It is based in Texas, and follows what happens after an EMP strike by a terrorist organization that knocks out all the power in the US. It is also somewhat of a social commentary and looks at how society devolves so quickly following this disaster. If you are interested, email me and I can send the pdf. mneisch at tamu.edu is the address

yea Lights Out is some good SHTF fiction. theyre making it into a movie right now

Is Lights Out not a real book, its only in pdf form?

correct

I just listened to the "award winning" audiobook but they really didnt go into the details about the waters (submarines/divers/whales) nor the use of dogs.

Someone mind filling me in? (twss)

I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Definitely worth the $.

i'll 2nd the Lights Out recommendation. it's a really quick read and a pretty good story

In my mind, the worst part was hearing about the people fleeing to Canada completely unprepared for what they would find, and how even though they don't say all of the details, so many horrible things are implied, it would seem as though it would be impossible to keep your humanity in that situation.

DDP!

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agree about the people heading up to Canada, interesting how it went from communal camping to savagery as the resources were reduced...

So is skywatcher Mets real or a figment of the imagination?


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Imaginary

ya i figured she was a figment of her imagination

Finished it up last night. Really enjoyable book.

I think Brooks' decision to make this a collection of anecdotes really served the subject matter well. By breaking it up, he was able to keep the individual "anecdotes" really vibrant without forcing them to go on too long. Examples of this would the "chapters" on the guy who invented the Phalanx and the hard shell exo suit guy. Either one of those chapters could have drug had they not been so short.

One thing that I didn't like about his writing style was the self-serving Q&As he worked in; they made the books seem hokey at parts. I ask people questions for a living, and they never give you perfect quotes in response to short, insufficient questions. If you have ever watched the final season of the Wire, then you know what I am talking about when I say that the perfect quote in response to a question impairs the believability and credibility of a source. This is --admittedly-- a very small complaint. It did not significantly impair my ability to enjoy the book.

Personally, my favorite portion had to do with the reclamation effort. Specifically, the section on the Battle for Hope and the March to New York. I thought both were really well written. I also "devoured" the section about the otaku escaping his high rise in Japan, as well as the story of the downed pilot. I also really liked the portion about the dogs, but that's probably because I am a big softy for dogs.

I guess you could say that I really liked the entire book. I don't think there was a section that I didn't like.

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Other people I identified from the book...

I think it is pretty clear that the President was Colin Powell and the VP was Howard Dean.

Read this book as well. The part about Z's swarming submarines gave me the heebie jeebies. Excellent book.

Who is the author of lights out, having problems finding it.

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DAM-it's not a real book, it's an online pdf file. Check the outdoors board, I know one of those guys has it saved and can email it to you

There is an actual novel about an orchestrated EMP attack called One Second After. It is written by Forstchen with a foreward by Newt Gingrinch. It is a little heavy on flagwaving and sentimentality but overall is a good read.