World War Z: The Complete Edition: An Oral History of the Zombie War (Abridged)
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Publisher Description
World War Z: The Complete Edition (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War is a new version of Max Brooks' episodic zombie novel. The abridged versions of the original stories are now joined with new, unabridged recordings of the episodes that were not included in the original (abridged) version of the audiobook. These additional episodes feature a star-studded cast of narrators to coincide with the upcoming release of the film.
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.
The original abridged edition, released in 2006, won an Audie Award for Best Multi-Voiced Performance. Original cast members include Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, Carl & Rob Reiner, and John Turturro.
In this new classic of apocalyptic fiction that feels all too real, the Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. The documentary-style oral history records the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time.
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, 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, and Waleed Zuaiter.
©2006 Max Brooks (P)2012 Random House
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What would the world feel like 20 years into a zombie apocalypse? World War Z is narrated by Max Brooks, an investigator for the United Nations Postwar Commission traveling the world to interview survivors of the global plague that wiped out huge swaths of humanity starting two decades earlier. The inventive structure places the survivors’ intensely personal stories alongside a matter-of-fact timeline of the apocalypse and the response—or lack thereof—from various nations. (In case you’re wondering: The book is way different from the Brad Pitt action film adapted from it.) Brooks’ keen observations about human nature chilled us to the bone. The audiobook is narrated by a full cast including Alan Alda, John Turturro, Common, Parminder Nagra, and Kal Penn, and each voice brings new immediacy to the global catastrophe. Brooks’ driving prose propels his stoic narrator through a terrifyingly plausible timeline, but his curiosity and humanity give World War Z a heartfelt empathy that makes it more than just another zombie story.
Customer Reviews
Must hear
Best full cast I’ve ever heard. Mark Hamill at his best. A completely different and superior experience than the movie. This version doesn’t leave anything out. You’ll want to hear it many times. Thank me later.
The book S2
Unbelievable and incredible!!!!