The Zombie Survival Guide
Complete Protection from the Living Dead
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Don't be reckless with your most precious asset - life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it.
It covers everything you need to know, from how to understand zombie behaviour to survival in any territory or terrain.
The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It might just save your life.
***PRAISE FOR THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE***
'A bloody-minded, strait-laced manual for evading the grasp of the undead.’ Time Out
‘So meticulous and well researched that it's more scary than funny.’ Esquire
‘A tome you start reading for fun and then at page 50 you go out and buy a machete just to be on the safe side.’ New York Post
‘I doubt that I’ll read a more disturbing book>… Brilliantly written, morbidly funny, completely convincing.' Vector
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this outrageous parody of a survival guide, Saturday Night Live staff writer Brooks prepares humanity for its eventual battle with zombies. One would expect the son of Mel Brooks to have a genetic predisposition to humor, and indeed, he does, and he exhibits it relentlessly here: he outlines virtually every possible zombie-human encounter, drafts detailed plans for defense and attack and outlines past recorded attacks dating from 60,000 B.C. to 2002. In planning for that catastrophic day when"the dead rise," Brooks urges readers to get to know themselves, their bodies, their weaponry, their surroundings and, just in case, their escape routes. Some of the book's more amusing aspects are the laughable analyses Brooks proposes on all aspects of zombiehood, and the specificity with which he enumerates the necessary actions for survival--i.e., a member of an anti-zombie team must be sure to have with him at all times two emergency flares, a signaling mirror, daily rations, a personal mess kit and two pairs of socks. Comic, though unnecessarily exhaustive, this is a good bet for Halloween gag gifts and fans of Bored of the Rings-esque humor. 100 line drawings.
