Cpt Kirks 2pay wrote: But so far, from all this hyper talk about the awesomeness of this book in this thread, can someone actually answer me the most important question here - 'IS THIS BOOK SCAAARRYYYY?!?!?!?'
Fievel wrote:
The audiobook, as mentioned several times in this thread, is an extraordinary audiobook because of the people reading it. Included are: John Turturro, Jurgen Prochnow, Henry Rollins, Mark Hamill, Alan Alda and Carl and Rob Reiner. They all do a phenomenal job. I've listened to many, many audiobooks and this is the best cast I've ever heard.
Fievel wrote:Yeah, I listened to the audiobook almost a year ago.
I wouldn't say it's scary as in.. BOO!!
But it's more scary like Romero's films are scary in regards to how humans respond to such a horrible crisis. If I were to use a single word to describe the book, I wouldn't use "scary"....I'd use: cool-as-fuck. I hyphenated it so that it's one word. Parts of it are exactly what I'd want to see in a zombie movie (large-scale battles/heavily populated areas/etc.). Other parts are things that I would have never even thought possible in a zombie movie, and I was extremely entertained in reading (listening to) it.
The audiobook, as mentioned several times in this thread, is an extraordinary audiobook because of the people reading it. Included are: John Turturro, Jurgen Prochnow, Henry Rollins, Mark Hamill, Alan Alda and Carl and Rob Reiner. They all do a phenomenal job. I've listened to many, many audiobooks and this is the best cast I've ever heard.
tapehead wrote:This book club thread had some great discussion on it.
tapehead wrote:This book club thread had some great discussion on it.
tapehead wrote:I don't mind, that book club thread was a good one, and worth a read once you're done with Max Brooks' novel, TW - lots of spoilers though.
DennisMM wrote:It's amazing what one can get away with when using a concept that's in the public domain. I was reading Diamond's Previews, a catalog for items coming to your local comics shop, and I encountered this in the Books section:
Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection
(W) Don Roff, (A) Chris Lane
The year is 2011, and what starts as a pervasive and inexplicable illness ends up as a zombie infestation that devastates the world's population. Taking the form of a biologist's illustrated journal found in the aftermath of the attack, this pulse-pounding, suspenseful tale of a zombie apocalypse follows the narrator as he flees from city to countryside and heads north to Canada, where - he hopes - the undead will be slowed by the colder climate. Encountering scattered humans and scores of the infected along the way, he fills his notebook with graphic drawings of the zombies and careful observations of their behavior, along with terrifying tales of survival.
Having written World War Z and the earlier Zombie Survival Manual (which was illustrated), I'd think Max Brooks would stand a good chance against these guys, were he interested in a suit.
DennisMM wrote:That definitely was a strength for me, though many found it a weakness. There was good discussion of that aspect in the book of the month thread at the time, if you're interested in going back to check it out.
New narrators include Academy Award®-winning director, Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more! Max Brooks will be reprising his role as The Interviewer.
Featuring five more hours of previously unrecorded content, this full-cast recording is read by F. Murray Abraham, Alan Alda, René Auberjonois, Becky Ann Baker, Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Boxleitner, Max Brooks, Mel Brooks, Nicki Clyne, Common, Denise Crosby, Frank Darabont, Dean Edwards, Mark Hamill, Nathan Fillion, Maz Jobrani, Frank Kamai, Michelle Kholos, John McElroy, Ade M’Cormack, Alfred Molina, Parminder Nagra, Ajay Naidu, Masi Oka, Steve Park, Kal Penn, Simon Pegg, Jürgen Prochnow, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Henry Rollins, Jeri Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, Martin Scorsese, Paul Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Tee, John Turturro, Eamonn Walker, Ric Young, Waleed Zuaiter.
Fievel wrote:World War Z: The Complete Edition (Movie Tie-In Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War
I read that they were recording more voices for an Unabridged version of the audiobook..... yet this is still listed as Abridged..??? I'm guessing typo, since it says "The Complete Edition."
That price isn't bad, either.New narrators include Academy Award®-winning director, Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more! Max Brooks will be reprising his role as The Interviewer.
Featuring five more hours of previously unrecorded content, this full-cast recording is read by F. Murray Abraham, Alan Alda, René Auberjonois, Becky Ann Baker, Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Boxleitner, Max Brooks, Mel Brooks, Nicki Clyne, Common, Denise Crosby, Frank Darabont, Dean Edwards, Mark Hamill, Nathan Fillion, Maz Jobrani, Frank Kamai, Michelle Kholos, John McElroy, Ade M’Cormack, Alfred Molina, Parminder Nagra, Ajay Naidu, Masi Oka, Steve Park, Kal Penn, Simon Pegg, Jürgen Prochnow, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Henry Rollins, Jeri Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, Martin Scorsese, Paul Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Tee, John Turturro, Eamonn Walker, Ric Young, Waleed Zuaiter.
so sorry wrote:Fievel wrote:World War Z: The Complete Edition (Movie Tie-In Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War
I read that they were recording more voices for an Unabridged version of the audiobook..... yet this is still listed as Abridged..??? I'm guessing typo, since it says "The Complete Edition."
That price isn't bad, either.New narrators include Academy Award®-winning director, Martin Scorsese, Spiderman star Alfred Molina, The Walking Dead creator Frank Darabont, rapper Common, Firefly star Nathan Fillion, Shaun of the Dead’s Simon Pegg, and members of the casts of Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes and more! Max Brooks will be reprising his role as The Interviewer.
Featuring five more hours of previously unrecorded content, this full-cast recording is read by F. Murray Abraham, Alan Alda, René Auberjonois, Becky Ann Baker, Dennis Boutsikaris, Bruce Boxleitner, Max Brooks, Mel Brooks, Nicki Clyne, Common, Denise Crosby, Frank Darabont, Dean Edwards, Mark Hamill, Nathan Fillion, Maz Jobrani, Frank Kamai, Michelle Kholos, John McElroy, Ade M’Cormack, Alfred Molina, Parminder Nagra, Ajay Naidu, Masi Oka, Steve Park, Kal Penn, Simon Pegg, Jürgen Prochnow, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Henry Rollins, Jeri Ryan, Jay O. Sanders, Martin Scorsese, Paul Sorvino, David Ogden Stiers, Brian Tee, John Turturro, Eamonn Walker, Ric Young, Waleed Zuaiter.
Somewhere in LA, James Earl Jones is kicking his agent's ass for not getting him involved in this gang-bang.
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