John Sears | February 9, 2011
Relatively recently (ok, it’s been up in my tabs for a while), Fangoria looked at a few of the upcoming wave of Anti-Zombie books coming out: As they continue to shamble (or run) off the presses, it’s clear that zombie books still…won’t…die. Since our roundup of the subgenre’s last ration of offerings (see here), upcoming [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
BuyZombie, one of the ZRC’s most reliable news sources (though we disagree on many topics about Zombies themselves), is hosting a contest where you can win a signed copy of a new Zombie book by Chicago author Scott Kenemore: The always wonderful fellow Chicago based author Scott Kenemore has taken a break from his busy [...]
John Sears | February 8, 2011
In the process of writing the belated birthday greeting the ZRC gave Creepshow maestro and, err, Father of the Modern Anti-Zombie Film George Romero, google yielded an interview from last year with Vanity Fair that I missed, and there’s some fascinating, and disturbing, stuff in there: Eric Spitznagel: To paraphrase Freud, sometimes things have symbolism [...]
John Sears | February 6, 2011
When you were a kid, if you were like me, you read some Choose Your Own Adventure Books. Well, the Zombie Apocalypse meme has finally branched out to corrupt even this longstanding childhood tradition, putting out yet more fiction that seeks to exclude Zombies from the conversation/audience: This thrilling, fast-paced adventure pits you, the reader, [...]
John Sears | February 5, 2011
Max Brooks, infamous author of ‘The Zombie Survival Guide’ and ‘World War Z’, recently gave a talk at a writer’s workshop in Asheville, North Carolina, where he instructed students on how he crafts best-selling Anti-Zombie books: ASHEVILLE — When the zombies attack, will you be ready? Max Brooks, author of undead-themed literature like “The Zombie [...]
John Sears | February 1, 2011
Keep in mind at the outset that everything in this review stems from a perusal of the sample material from ‘Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime’ available here; I have not, nor will I ever, read the full book, unless I am somehow abducted and forced into an Orwellian nightmare of interrogation, at which point, this [...]
John Sears | January 30, 2011
After our recent review of ‘Zombie Haiku’, the ZRC was pleasantly surprised to learn that there seems to be a much more Zombie Friendly haiku collection out there, called ‘Brains for Lunch: A Zombie Novel in Haiku?!’ – and it’s even aimed at the next generation, who need positive Zombie stories most of all: From [...]
John Sears | January 30, 2011
We previously dealt with the work of one Daniel Drezner, a foreign policy analyst, professor of international politics at Tufts University’s Fletcher School and hater of Zombies, here on the ZRC blog when he penned a piece on Zombies and international relations for Foreign Policy magazine: A singular lack of empathy and research into the [...]
John Sears | January 29, 2011
Book about ‘Zombies’ Written in Haiku format Very bigoted. First, End of the World; The Narrator is bitten He becomes Undead. Gets very hungry, Acts out worst stereotypes Eats his own mother. Wanders the country To find people to devour Can’t just eat tofu? Gripping storyline, Reading may give you nightmares, Inspire hatred. ZRC condemns [...]
John Sears | January 21, 2011
Seriously, people. Enough. I get it, I really do. You watch TV, go to the movies, browse Barnes and Noble and you think, ‘Zombies are EVERYWHERE these days! I should cash in!” Please don’t. Don’t just toss Zombies, particularly Zombie stereotypes, into your work, thinking that you can cover intellectual and creative bankruptcy with a [...]