Eroak

Are you ready for Left for Dead 2? I'm not talking about pre-orders and pre-loaded games. I'm talking about zombies. Are you ready for ZOMBIES? Do you know how to effectively incapacitate a zombie? Do you know what you should bring with you? Do you know how to...survive? I'm bringing a simple book review recommend by the Philadelphia zombie underground, best known for the Philadelphia zombie crawl events and other high profile zombie events and parties. More at http://phillyzombiecrawl.com/ & http://grendelsden.net/. The book 'The Zombie Survival Guide' is the book in review today. This book was released in Sept 2003 and is held in most notable book stores and on-line websites for $13.95 USD. The book is fictional and falls under the genre of humor. As you see, the zombie genius is Max Brooks, a professional zombie survivalist.

The reason I bring this book to TG is one simple fact, realism. How are zombies real? Its not the zombies but the tactics set forth in the book that you would use to survive, defend yourself, use transportation, and other areas that you'll need to know. Max brings to light the real concerns you'd face if you were put into the middle of a epidemic of infected zombies. What tools do you use? What weapons are practical? What buildings make good bunkers? What makes a zombie tick? blowguns to mini guns, gas to c4, and even Katanas. All weapon choices are explored. A simple house and how to defend it to a fully reinforced concrete fallout bunker and its weaknesses are brought to view. Did you know a simple bicycle might be a better choice than a military hummer? Why would a M-1 Carbine be better than a M-16 for zombie removal? All of these questions can be answered with this book.

I'm the last person to pick up any book, I suffer bad dyslexia and getting into books are hard for myself. This book is so well thought out it was worth dealing with the issues. There are tactics inside that can be applied to many life & death cases. I gets your gears thinking, 'Why didn't I think of that?' and 'That makes complete sense'. If you enjoyed Left 4 Dead, any zombie movie, and any fictional books for that matter. I highly recommend 'The Zombie Survival Guide' to all my TG members. BE PREPARED - for Nov 17th! The next zombie apocalypse is almost here! (Left 4 Dead 2 Release date, Pre-orders are open now)

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Jetheren

I've always wanted to read this book. So much useful information for the zombie apocalypse, such as graveyards not being very bad locations to barricade in. I can't wait for L4D 2. Hopefully I'll be able to play it with other TG members this time around. I guess I missed the train for the original L4D.

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I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference." Excerpt from The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

DrBeat

I always keep the book in my desk drawer. In fact, I just pulled it out.

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16Note

Always kept right around my bed.

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Benjamin385

I read this book so much it fell apart...

Wish i still had it even though it would be in pieces.

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And when he get to heaven,
To Saint Peter he will tell;
One more soldier reporting sir
I've serve my time in hell

mat552

Aside from a few technical issues (How do zombies move without ATP for example), this book and its companions (World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks) are still very, verrry good reads. I always keep a copy of them with me!

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Scattershot

I haven't read the zombie survival guide but I did listen to World War Z. World war z is a great audio book. It really fits audio since it's made up of a number of survivor interviews.

Did you know Max Brooks is Mel Brooks son? He actually tours colleges and reviews info from the survival guide with props included.

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