Max Brooks - The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead Books

Pros: Lots of detail
Cons: It shouldn't really be classified as humor

The Zombie Survival Guide is as original as it is difficult to classify. It was written by Max Brooks, the son of actor/writer/director Mel Brooks, and takes on the form of an old military field handbook. This book supposedly tells you everything ...

Pros: Well-written, comprehensive, and small enough to pack if escaping a zombie horde.
Cons: Cannot be complete--historically zombie outbreaks have led to widespread coverups and death.

I can’t be in the minority.* I’ve seen zombies first hand walking the streets of my village. Had I read The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead prior to witnessing the undead attack my neighbors I could have done ...

Pros: Surprisingly logical and well-thought out, not to mention funny.
Cons: "Recorded Attacks" section should be twice as long.

You're in your house watching television. It's dusk, and the news is talking about riots in a nearby city. For some reason, many of the rioters have been taken to the hospital with bite wounds. Is this a red flag for you, or will you ignore the story ...

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If you encountered a zombie or even a horde of zombies, would you know what to do? In the proud tradition of how-to and survival manuals, Max Brooks brings us “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From the Living Dead”. According to the book, ...

Pros: the factual tone of the entire book
Cons: "Surviving in an Undead World" section drags

I'm sure that you and your friends often pause from your normal, everyday conversation in order to discuss a more serious matter: zombies. What would you do in the event of a zombie apocalypse? Where would you go? What weapon would you use? How would you ...

Pros: Excellent, well thought out guide
Cons: wish that it had color pictures.

If nothing else, I am truly know for the unique, random junk that I find both on the internet and in my wanderings in life. I am always looking for products that are quite a bit different than the norm and those are what I typically select as gifts for ...

Pros: subject matter, style of writing, general amusement
Cons: some lulling points, could have been better developed in some areas

I received Max Brooks' "The Zombie Survival Guide" as a Christmas present. I had heard nothing about the author, and my own experience with zombies in fictional media is quite sparse. I know the whole Evil Dead franchise. Other than that, I got ...

Pros: the fact that the author doesn't let on that it is a joke
Cons: the writing can be dry, reads like any other manual

In the vein of a traditional, realistic survival guide or the U.S. Army handbook comes Max Brooks’ “Zombie Survival Guide”. Max Brooks gives exhaustive detail on what exactly a zombie is, what weapons to use, and in general just how to survive a zombie ...

Pros: In-depth, entertaining, humorous
Cons: Some humor is buried to deep for readers to catch the first time around

Don't be fooled: Just because Halloween is over doesn't mean we're safe from the undead. And when the undead finally do rise in a swarm of rotted meat with flesh-hungry incisors, what will you do? Will you take your handmade weapons and run to the base ...

Pros: Information on how to survive the ghoul hordes. Both entertaining and thought provoking
Cons: a bit short.

This book is both amusing as well as thought provoking. It does talk about various ficticious zombie outbreaks. It talks about them in a rather logical way though. It lays everything out like an old army or cold war manual. Though there are some ...

Pros: The zombie outbreak scenarios are extremely well thought out and interesting.
Cons: The survival methods and different outbreak scenarios were separated.

The Zombie Survival Guide is a must have survival manual for anyone that is remotely concerned about zombies overrunning the world. It is also a fantastic read for anyone that enjoys horror literature and zombie fiction. I purchased the Zombie Survival ...

Pros: Informative, factual, and very very useful.
Cons: None. Perfect

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks is the authoritive source on zombies and zombie survival tactics. I learned many thing from this book, including the cause of zombification, the differences between voodoo zombies and zombies created by Zombie Powder, and survival techniques in any and all situations. This book is the only resource you will ever need to survive a zombie invasion.

Pros: SUPER READING MUST BUY
Cons: DRAGGED just to slow in some areas

A freind of mine had this book at school and it's freakin' awsome. It was so serious I actually believed it for a few days. Great reading. I just bought my own copy

Content (reads like a survival handbook)

I never knew zombies were so stupid. Their mental capacity is that of an insect. Pretty good. Some parts dragged but it was worth it. Super funny in some areas!