George Romero Books

For those who do not believe that horror icon Romero is an artist passionate about his work I submit this book as a testament that he in fact is. Although hopelessly out of date by now (it ends with a mention of Monkeyshines being his next movie) it still remains a vibrant look at the independant spirit that brings all of Romero's work life. Required reading for Romero fans (both fair weather and die hard). Highly recommended.

Paul R. Gagne's book on George A. Romero, charts his career from it's beginnings as a kid with a camera, to being an ad man to doing his debut "Night of the Living Dead" and through the subsequent highs (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow and Martin)and lows (There's Always Vanilla, Jack's Wife) and everything else in between (Day of the Dead, Knightriders, The Crazies, television series' et al.) up until about 1986 or so.

After a historical background, the book is divided up into a film by film basis and each chapter covers the origins of each project, the inspirations behind them, how they were done, anecdotes from various participants and then conclude with Romero's point-of-view on the particular venture. It's a nice comprehensive format and makes for good reading.

The book also contains a chapter at the end on Savini's work and how it was achieved, a comprehensive filmography, discography and possible future direction for Romero which at the time of purchase (1988) were probably a bit more accurate. Also of note are the large amounts of photos within the text (B&W), and the very nice colour spread in the centre. A very well written and well researched biog/filmography on one of films less understood and less represented auters.

This book is the definative story of the films of George A. Romero. In fact, it's the only book that's soley dedicated to his films. Gagne recounts Romero's humble beginings at Image Ten Inc. working with John Russo, Bill Hinzman, and Russ Streiner. He concludes with Romero's production and writing credits for 'Tales from the Darkside'(The book was published in 1987). The book is very well written, researched, and contains information not published elsewhere. Gagne's writing-style is straight-forward and insightful. Obviously, Gagne is a fan and writes with great care and affinity. This is a magnificent book and is a must for all George A. Romero fans.

This is the best special make up effects book on the market. It shows and teaches you the effects Tom Savini has done in movies, such as The Burning, The Prowler, Dawn of the Dead, Friday the 13th, Creepshow, and many more. It is a must for all who love make up effects, even if you dont like make up it is still a cool book for those who love horror movies. Being a make up artist myself, i dont know what i would do without this book.

For those who are interested in learning all the fundamentals of special makeup effects. Thourough detail that answers all questions you may have.

This book is a must have for anyone wanting more out of their lives, but is unsure how to get it. It's amazing how much insight these writers have, despite being confronted with how Shakyamuni's writings are presented. I understood the writer's words clearly, and I feel my life WILL change!

Part 2 of the NOLD series and a true classic at that too and one of my favs. I love seeing and playing this film every chance i get. If your a true fan of classic horror this will no doubt be on your shelf. Highly Recommended!!!

Wow, I enjoyed "Night of the Living Dead", but this has got to be the best zombie movie ever (unless you count "Planet Terror"...) and I have watched this movie over and over and over...The best thing: THIS VERSION COMES WITH THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE COMIC, 3 VERSIONS OF THE FILM, AND A WHOLE UNDEAD MORE!!! This is a must-see if you are a horror fan of any type.

The original Dawn of the Dead is scarier than the remake, this was the second or third cult film of the George Romero's Zombie movies (although the word "Zombie"" is never said in any of his movies). Good to see Tom Savini in both the original and the remake of "Dawn of the Dead". Another great horror film!

Even though George Romero is credited with the
birth of the modern-day zombie in 1968, it's real debut
can go all the way back to 1932 with White Zombie
featuring Bela Lugosi. But I think what Romero
introduced that got him the credit was the zombie's
cannibalistic need of living parts, be it flesh or brains
along with the disease factor of if you get bitten alive
you'll end up walking dead like them. It also didn't
hurt to be one of the first films to have a multi-racial
cast featuring an African-American as group leader
which of course in '68 was pretty rare indeed. Yeah,
Night Of The Living Dead deserves this honor even if
technically it isn't quite true.

But it wasn't until almost ten years later Romero
really put the zombie in pop-culture with the much
heralded Dawn Of The Dead in 1978. This film took
the trapped survivor scenerio of NOTLD up a notch by
putting in the more modern day setting of a typical
American pleasure, the indoor shopping mall. DOTD,
while offering pretty much the same living character
design, this time made the zombies more in number,
appearance, and graphic actions. It was this film with
instead of it's shades of gray now bursting in bloody
color that put the Zombies on the map permanently.
It's a great film that not only fleshes out the characters
at a good pace (though at times it does seem a little
too detailed in that department), but truly shown that
zombism has no cultural bounds. Not only did the Americans
just eat up this new genre, but on the opposite side of the world, Europeans did so even more, especially the film-making members of Italy.

When Romero wanted his film to be presented over there,
he enlisted the help of Italian filmaker Dario Argento to
re-edit it for Italian audiences. Argento slimed down bits
of comedy & slower dialouge, gave it a faster soundtrack, and
changed it's name to Zombi. This may have been one of the
most important effects this film ever could of have. Not only was the film an even bigger success overseas, but it inspired many
Italian filmmakers to continue what Romero started. Before
Romero even thought of his 1985 third installment Day Of The Dead, Italian director Lucio Fulci brought a year later his unofficial (yet honored by Romero himself) sequel called Zombi 2. This film showed what the worldwide Zombie outbreak was doing half a world away from that mall. But this time the zombies were far more graphic and the gore and pacing were turned up by leaps & bounds. It was this film along with Dawn that gaveway for the Italian Zombie craze of the 1980's. Like how the Italians created their own successful version of the classic American Western ten years earlier, they once again did it but with our Zombies. What followed was a barrage of great Zombie films that never seemed to be carbon copies of Romero's then two classics, but new ways of defining the genre. Unfortunately by '85 with Day Of The Dead, Romero seemed to be beaten at his own game by them with Day's lackluster audience response (though over time, it in itself has become the classic it deserves). But all of this couldn't of happened without Romero & his original update of Dawn Of The Dead. It was that film that launched a thousand ships filled with the living dead.

...And now a review of the 2004 DVD Ultimate Edition Anchor Bay release:

Without a doubt, this is one of the most exhaustive releases any one film has ever received, and it's completely deserved. The film that started the Zombie craze that still lives to this day, gets an amazing FOUR disc set that shows you every little piece of it's history and formations. With this set you get THREE different versions of the film: the US theatrical, the extended Directors Cut, and the rare Dario Argento European cut known as Zombi. Each version has it's own merit and differences that never, ever feels like release overkill. All has been fully remastered to the hilt, with different commentaries for each equally entertaining (though it would have been nice to have an Argento one for the European cut). No lack of movie presentation here, you get it all.

Extras? Wow, you got them! Documentaries, commercials, trailers, stills, photos, home movies, easter eggs, Jeez this thing is packed! In fact, I couldn't even think of what it's missing. All enclosed in a great box-set with wonderful artwork and an errie front cover to boot. C'mon, it even comes with a comic book, for cryin' out loud! Now I know Anchor Bay/Starz is known for double-dipping their audience, but it has never been as necessary as this one. If you own any of their previous releases, sell them and add it to the pot to get this. Something of this quality to me has only been seen for a franchise, not a single film release, so you can tell just how impressive this set is. So if you're a fan of any level to the original Dawn Of The Dead, or the genre of Zombies itself, your collection is NOT complete till you own this. I personally have never given a DVD release a full 10 before, and I feel once you get this you might do the same.

I haven't seen every single zombie flick in existence. But Dawn of the Dead is by far my favorite from what I've seen. I like almost everything about it. It seems so realistic if this was to happen. I would be just as stunned to see the dead coming back to feast on me.

The characters are very likable in the way that they are so down to earth. The writing was done very well and the acting is very solid. You have city folks trying not to lose their sanity in this war with the dead. While country hillbillies is havin' the time of they life using the zombies for target practice. And just when you think the zombies is the worst threat. The living proves to be just as dangerous or more.

I love the gore in this flick too, even though the age shows. The zombies take some real good nibbles and are seen lunchin' on legs. You just can't beat that. The only flaw I can find in this movie is the make up for the zombies. They don't look too menacing in this one.

Romero's trilogy is by far my favorite of the zombie films I seen. I can watch them all day. Those who are interested in getting into zombie films really can't go wrong with these films.

Today's readers will think that this book is simply stating the obvious. That shows how much influence the book has had. Prior to the book's publication, most people felt that "getting things right" was more important than speed. This book points out that speed can actually be helpful in getting things right by encouraging you to improve your management processes so you do things right the first time.

Many companies have had trouble implementing this concept in the way it is articulated. They simplify their process, but may not improve it. This may mean that new products arrive in the market that are not really ready for the customers. That can be all right if you can quickly fine-tune the products in beta tests and the customers have that expectation because you are giving them so much benefit anyway. If you do this with me-too products that don't work, the results can be disastrous in terms of damage to your company's reputation and customer relationships.

The authors do not spend enough time on helping people understand how to improve their processes, and how to create more speed without killing stress on the people involved. For many companies, this book can be dangerous. I think this book could use a new edition that would address these two areas in more detail.

On the other hand, if you have any doubts about the potential benefits from speedier action, you should read this book. It will change your mind using excellent examples.

Have a speedy read!

Simply put, an oustanding book that has all the nuts and bolts needed to allow a company to transition to a time based focus from a cost based one. Easy to read, the logic is perfect. A must buy to have on your shelf (better yet ... on your desk). I read it first when I received my MBA ... read it again this last week .... and gave copies to top management I know around the country.

In 1990 this book was revolutionary. Today, it is mostly interesting as the first book on the subject. Nobody in todays (business) world can have missed out on the concept that time is (or can be) a competitive advantage.

If you have missed this basic fact, do read this book, it explains in rather boring terms why it is so.

Personally I think they put to much emphasis on time as a competitive advantage, and tend to disregard other factors, equally important. A more relevant reading would in my opinion be D'Aveni's Hypercompetition, that takes the concept to its logical conclusion, which Hoult and Stalk misses.

Unfortunately, neither of the authors are very entertaining writers, especially as this book is usually mandatory/recommended reading in most MBA classes on strategy.

In conclusion, good, once revolutionary, but today mostly over-rated.

I listened to this old audio book when I was traveling from NYC to LA. Excellent version of a great movie. Interesting to see how they changed it to make it fit within the time.

I recommend it for those who are true fans of the Night of the Living Dead movies.

As far as radio plays go, this is an above average adaptation of the movie. No doubt the original screenwriters doing the writing helped. Some of the voice actors lay it one a bit thick though. Nonetheless, fans will want this in their libraries.

this cassette is the next best thing to watching or reading any of romero's work. truly the best in the living dead trilogy

Twilight of the Dead takes five years after the initial outbreak of the zombie plague, and it is told through the view of a young woman named Courtney. Courtney is a sad person who is depressed at the loss of her father and the fact that her life has been ruined by the dead corpses that have now taken over the world, and this is what makes Courtney such an interesting character. Unlike the big, bad guy heros of the zombie genre, Courtney is the center point of Twilight of the Dead , and this helps make the novel different from any ordinary novel. The plot is interesting, the way he tells the story is unique, and the design of the book (which he did by himself!) is especially interesting and makes the interior of the book aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

The novel begins with Courtney reminiscing about her past life before the zombie plague, right after one of her fellow Black Berets, Leon, talks to her and says that she needs to come out of the shell that she is and be an actual missing. It then follows with a flashback of what happened with Courtney before and while the plague is happening, and how she is trained by a Black Beret operative to be what she truly is.

The novel gets even more interesting when a strange scientist called Dr. Dane appears at the fortress town of Eastpoint, where he claims that he has found a cure to the plague that has been threatening humanity for years. He tells Courtney and Eastpoint's council that he spent several years working for a cure, and now that he has one, he wants the Black Berets to go retrieve it.

This is where the story kicks into high action, with zombies, great plot twists, and new things that have been cleverly introduced to the genre.

This second edition of Twilight of the Dead offers a bonus of three short stories targeting specific characters that help to build on to the world about what happened before the original storyline, and it is a great boost to the novel.

Twilight of the Dead is a novel that any zombie fan should pick up. Never again will you think of a zombie novel as, Over the river and through the woods. Adkins offers too much to the genre to make it seem like an ordinary zombie novel.

Twilight of the Dead by Travis Adkins is a different and exciting take on the zombie genre. The story revolves around Courtney Colvin, a sassy young woman and a lethal "Black Beret": a zombie killer. She is one part Tomb Raider, one part Gretel and one part everyday girl. Twilight of the Dead takes the old Romero style zombie story and adds some modern twists. How would a community live on years after the apocalypse? What would every day and not so everyday life be like? Adkins explores the long term life style of people in such a setting. This is all done within a well written and paced story that reels you in and doesn't let go.

The bulk of the story takes place in and around the walled in community of Eastpointe that had been able to survive the outbreak. It also ended up being the home for the last of the Black Berets. Courtney is a "Black Beret", trained in the art of zombie killing. Black Berets are armed with a rifle, pistol, and a wakizashi and trained in a modified form of hand-to-hand combat created specifically to fight zombies. Among the other Black Berets is Leon, a young good looking guy around Courtney's age. Leo and Courtney have a more or less love to hate relationship going.

The book overall has a really addicting element about it, I read the first 140 pages in one sitting without realizing how long I had been sitting there. I was fully engrossed in the story and in the characters. I think the part that keeps you reading is that besides having a great plot; it also has several intriguing subplots. Relationships, situations, and the setting provide plenty of interesting tidbits to think about beyond the main plot. Because of this there is always something happening to keep your interest.

Hardcore zombie fans should be pleased with the action and the way Adkins writes his combat scenes and the Black Berets really kick rear. What could be cooler than a people taking a wakizashi to zombies? The zombies are truly terrifying and the twist near the end will leave you saying "that's just wrong!"

In the end Twilight of the Dead was a complete surprise to me and in now among my favorites. It has few flaws, such as medical explanations that stretched my suspension of disbelief. However, I have a medical background and I think most people may not know the difference. This is definitely a book that belongs on every zombie fan's shelf.

It is a perfect book for newbies to Zombie genre and great read for adolescents. I enjoyed the book and wished it was a tad bit longer or had a more definite ending.

"Twilight of the Dead" is Travis Adkins first journey into the zombie genre and he scores a knockout punch with this excellent novel.

Taking the zombie tradition set down by Romero, Adkins takes the reader several years into the future, after the plague has had a chance to overtake the world (as far as we know). Survivors hold their own in a fortified township in the eastern U.S. A mysterious scientist arrives in town, and the citizens, including an elite squad of zombie eliminators called the "Black Berets", are suprised at the revelation the scientist reveals to them.

The book starts off fast and has a very deliberate pace, driving the reader to the climax. I found the ending to be outstanding and moving, reminding me of the ending of the original "Dawn...".

An additional treat of the special edition is the mini-stories after the ending. All of them are fantastic stand-alone stories that color the characters mentioned in the main story, describing how they ended up at Eastpointe. I was very pleased with the shorts.

"Twilight of the Dead" is a standard for all fans of zombie literature.

This book was brought to my attention on a website that I help manage and being a huge zombie fan I decided to check it out. Man was I disappointed. I was hoping for some action right off the bat but instead I felt like I was reading a crappy teen magazine. I read the first few chapters and decided to put the book down and go read I Am Legend again. Some people told me that it will get better but I have yet to see where it gets better. I love it when an author gets into a character development but sometimes they can go overboard with it. I can care less about her sexual issues and teen angst. I want battles between hordes of flesh eating ghouls and close battles, NOT "Oh I screwed you once and blah blah blah." Needless to say, if you into the zombie genre then read Down the Road or Day by Day. Those are classics in the making.

I'm a longtime fan of Romero's work, so a philosophical look at the living dead and what they have represented over time seemed a welcome treat, and for the most part, it was.
Most of the comparisons I'd overheard over the years were mentioned within this work, and made me quite happy. I won't mention them specifically here as to do so would be a Spoiler.
The book is good...but in my opinion, a whole movie, AND it's philosophical value, go completely missing.
The Remake for Dawn of the Dead got it's own chapter, just like the original.
But.
The Night of the Living Dead remake (1990) that Romero had Tom Savini direct, was not given equal treatment.
If the 'Night' remake were no different from the original, I would certainly understand it's absence in this book, but because there were some VERY specific differences...differences equally representative of the changing cultural times, and most certainly deserving of analysis...I cannot say I'm pleased about the absence.

If you enjoy zombie movies, especially the work of George Romero, I recommend that you read this book. It's a pretty quick and easy read and holds some interesting insight -- sociological, economical, philosophical, religious, and otherwise. However, it wasn't exactly what I expected going into it, and while I made some pleasant discoveries while I read, I also met with a bit of disappointment.

Based on the title and the description in the book jacket, I was expecting more talk relating these films to Dante's "Inferno", which the author mostly mentions in passing. I think "Inferno" is one of the most interesting and unique pieces of literature around, and I would have liked for him to focus a bit more on the similarities between it and the zombie movies. If someone were reading this book who had little or no knowledge of Dante's "Inferno", I'm sure the parts where he mentions it could be pretty confusing. He doesn't elaborate on it enough for those who like "Inferno", but he doesn't ignore it enough for those who don't know much about it either.

One reviewer wrote, "At times, I felt this book was overreaching a bit in its textual analysis, which irks me." I agree. While George Romero's movies certainly have plenty of Christian undertones, I feel that Paffenroth overthought and over-analyzed a couple of his interpretations. For example, he interprets Big Daddy and the other zombies in "Land of the Dead" crossing the river to Fiddler's Green as analogous to the Israelites crossing the Red Sea with the help of Moses in the Old Testament. I can certainly see why one would make this analogy, but the zombies crossing the river could be more easily and simply interpreted as a purification process, such as a baptismal ritual. Earlier in the book, he interprets the human desire to bury the dead, zombie or not, as a human desire to have a personal relationship with God. This is also a fair interpretation (merely one sub-par out of many great ones), but I just feel like Paffenroth grasps at straws sometimes in this book. Most every culture has some sort of burial ritual, and they do not necessarily seek a close relationship to the Christian God.

These are really my only complaints about this book, but I feel they are significant ones. If I could give this title 3.5/5 stars, I would. If you love zombie movies and seek deep, philosophical and/or religious insight into the world of zombie movies, it is definitely worth your time. But just check it out at the library and give it a quick read, rather than buy a copy to keep on your bookshelf.

At times, I felt this book was overreaching a bit in its textual analysis, which irks me. Still, I really liked it. The idea is great, and the movie summaries are worth the price alone. I think some Christians might be upset by Paffenroth's compassionate, anti-Fundamentalist Christian beliefs, but I guess if you're buying this book that probably won't be an issue. (It actually really pleased me to find that that was the case.)

Paffenroth's treatment of Romero's films offers much by way of theology, something that [....] before in this great of detail. Anyone who has studied/read about Romero will naturally have heard some points made here, but the insights and comparisons to Dante's INFERNO are quite interesting. This one gave me a new interest in the DAWN remake (04), and a new respect for LAND OF THE DEAD (05), despite it being the weakest of the series.

Some people have complained about all the footnotes presented here (there's about 50 pages worth), but I believe it strongly enhances the book, and serves as a fine bibliography (although there's one included, too) for those seeking more material on Romero.

Reading this book gave me a good perspective on one man's views of the works of George A. Romero and the zombie movie genre as a whole. Dr. Paffenroth presents a well researched analysis of these stories as they relate to faith and religion in our society of today.

Books such as this and "The Philosophy of the Undead" are intriguing to me because they provide both insights and opinions that I can appreciate on the undead. I have my own views on the meanings behind it all, since I have read quite a few stories and seen many, if not all, of the movies out there related to zombies. I do not spend a great deal of time on message boards/chat rooms pouring over the minutia of these works though. I also do not have any personal friends or family members who have any interest at all in the genre. So grabbing a book like this and studying it adds shades of complexity to my own understanding of these dead things that have come back to life and how they impact our own society and world.

Does this mean I agree with everything Dr. Paffenroth states in this book? Definitely not, but gaining new insights means you come from a different place than the person who offers new information. Kim did a great deal of research and his proposals are well thought out on the religious and faith based ramifications of Romero's works. I am no academic and I am also a lapsed Catholic so to say I have a different perspective is probably an understatement. But that makes this book all the more interesting because of that.

Zombies are interesting protagonists. They hold up a gritty and cracked mirror, perhaps of a fun house variety, to us and we get a look at what we potentially could become, or maybe already are. The Romero movies all used a pretty harsh tone of criticism of western civilization and more specifically American culture. Our take on religion and faith are a part of that and this books taps into it.

I myself like a good debate. Not just arguing to prove someone else wrong, but being able to just present my own views and go back and forth with someone else. A book vs. face to face is not as satifying for debating various points of interest, but it still gives me something to gnaw on as far as the undertones of the zombie genre.

Now I'm a sucker for a zombie book and just like always i have yet to be disappointed. The story is based at a campground in the mountains. A group of students came across a meteor instead of letting the rock cool naturally, one genius student pours cold water on the rock causing it to crack, leaking a green mist that causes chemical burns, seizures and within minutes death. But the students will not stay dead..I shouldn't have to explain what happens next.
After all hell breaks lose and campers die and rise one by one, two young women that work at the camp ground and two young thrill seeking men join up to find the way up and out of the mountains and back to town. Not only do they have the zombies to fight off, they also have to protect themselves from human enemies as well. When and IF the group gets to town, they might not get what they were looking for.
This seems to be the first of 2 books, and I'm looking forward to reading more. On a shiver scale of 1- 10 i give Rise and Walk 7 sculls. Not bad.

Gregory Solis is a self published Author, which is a job in itself.
The book starts out as a group of young collage students and there professor
are studying rock formations. When a Meteorite lands near. Down the mountain there is also a paintball competition in progress. It does not take long for the terror to begin, as people start dying and coming back to life with a taste for live flesh. The story follows all these people along with the authorities, a park ranger who is sent to find the collage group who never returned and all the locals who live nearby. The story makes you want to read the book all at once. Top notch writing by Mr. Solis if you are into Zombie Novels do not miss out on this one and the story continues in a sequel Rise and Walk Pathogen.

Rise & Walk is the story of a group of young people who, during some of their free time paint-balling in the wild, come across an outburst of zombies.

Solis' book features a few new approaches on zombies: it is taking place in the countryside (for once, it is not the usual, kind of stereotypical, urban environment!!), it does feature neither cops nor soldiers, the main characters are not obviously gifted for survival, with the exception of their leader, Mason. The use of bikes to escape the hellish place is rarely used in zombies actions. Personally, I would be jumping on a bike, should I be dragged into such a situation. It's fast and agile, it can go off the tracks if needed. Good stuff for optimizing your chances of escaping the rotting threat... Beyond this, some of the scenes, although quite classical in their setting, are well rendered: think about the shack scene for one. The reader feels for the two girls!!

But unfortunately, although the narrative, as well as the author's writing style are pretty solid, the story is marred with aberations. To start with: the emergence of the epidemics is laughable. A meteor?? Come on: they stopped utilizing this kind of explanation is B-movies back in the 50's, because even then, it was difficult to sell to the audience... Next: what's the point of setting the action in the middle of a paint-ball game when all the paint-ball guns can do is barely scratch the living-deads? Next: Mason and the blond girl are described in too-stereotypical a fashion for my own taste. Mason is kind of made of steel: never flinches, never deviates, never doubts. The blond is brainless, childish, to the point of becoming non-credible as a character. I guess that this is probably the most annoying weakness of the book: I have not been able to get attached to any of the characters. They lack this kind of depth that would make them more human. And then, there is the deafening absence of any kind of social criticism that usually characterizes zombie works. This absence worked on me as a flesh-less bone: good to chew on, but with very little taste.

There's a lot of good here, and a lot of bad. There's a solid plot foundation and some excellent misdirection to keep you on your toes. However, it really needed to be edited better. There were several sections where I became more focused on wording mistakes than on the story. It's also roughly written in places. As a teacher, I wanted to grab a red pen and make corrections.

I thought this book was excellent. Not only was it about zombies, which are my all time favorite things..but it had the main characters playing in a paintball tournament (yay for paintball!!).

I also read through this book very fast. I thought the story line was good and it stayed interesting throughout the whole book, so I didn't want to stop reading, and i was never bored. The details of gore were disgusting, which makes it even more enjoyable. I enjoyed the descriptions of the characters, it made you want to either root for them, or wish they'd be eaten :)

The only bad thing about this book is that it ended and now I have to wait for the second one! 2 thumbs up!

This book was pretty fun to read if you could overlook the typographical errors and didn't read to much into the actual events such as people writing until the very last moment before they're eaten. Also, the book was a bit short and I would have preferred more stories from people although I did like how some of the stories tied into eachother. If your looking for a masterpiece in zombie short story anthology than I would recommend "World War Z" by Max Brooks otherwise this was just fine.

This is an alright zombie book, nothing ground breaking. My only complaint is that the novel extremely short you can finish it in a few hours tops. I will be checking the page count before I purchese another title in this series ( I am sure there will be more).

The dead walk diaries was a fun quick little read. I enjoyed the different perspectives in each chapter. I have read a number of books about the walking dead and this was a pretty good read.

I love the zombie genre, and every once and a while I'll search the independent books on the subject in the hopes of finding another gem like "Day by Day Armageddon." After running across this book, I thought I'd take a chance and read it. To my chagrin, the first chapter dashed my hopes.

Let's start with the basics. If there was an editor to this book, he or she should be barred from ever working in the industry again as there are copious amounts of typos and printing mistakes. For example, you'll see "All ways" instead of "Always" and "three every days" instead of "every three days." If these were the only examples then I could see past them. Yet these just begin to list the litany of errors. Then we come to the grammatical mistakes. Typically one will find an extreme overuse of commas in independently produced books. While this work avoids that extreme, it unfortunately swings to the other side. It's almost as if the author decided, "You know, I'll just skip demarcating clauses or complete sentences. Who needs that bother?"

The stories themselves are on the same level as the editorial process. Several stories are diary entries. Although a few of these try to explain how the person had the time to laboriously write down his or thoughts, others assume that the individual simply refused to put the pen down until the zombies chomped his or her fingers off. The reader just needs to finish the first story to find such a wondrous example. Then comes the zombies themselves. Most stories depict them as following Romero rules, but others describe their movement patterns as fast or hurried. Lastly, the stories themselves are highly unoriginal. I had to force myself to finish the book. The only motivation I had for doing so wasn't to see if it got any better but was rather to discover how much worse it could get.

All in all, if you have absolutely nothing better to do with your time than to read an atrocious book, then I highly recommend "The Dead Walk Diaries." The only positive the book possesses is that at least it's very short, so your pain won't continue on for too long.

Young's first book in a series, is a collection of diaries that depict the ravenous onslaught of a zombie outbreak on the first night. Each diary offers a unique perspective on various predicaments of the uprising. Even though each diary is from a different individual with a unique struggle for survival, such as a young girl, a National Guardsman, a magazine writer, a college professor, a newcaster, and others -The stories overlap and interconnect creating a cohesive narrative and a rich reading experience. It delivers plenty of fun, action, blood, and gore to satisfy all fans of the genre -and even create new ones.