I read the whole book. One of the Best! Will be waiting for the Film release.
World War Z is a novel by Max Brooks which chronicles the fictional "World War Z" or "Zombie World War".
Brooks breaks down the zombie war into a series of distinct chronological periods according to the changing state of events and attitudes towards the situation. If you compare the Novel to most Zombie genre films, it's very detailed, very realistic and very political.
On June 21, 2013, a film adaptation starring Brad Pitt will be scheduled for release.
Here's an excerpt from the Novel:
The story begins in rural China where father and boy were fishing, in the river, something bites the boy, the infection and fever spreads all over his body, he was called patient zero.
"Patient Zero" behind the locked door of an abandoned house across town.
He was twelve years old. His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing
twine. Although he'd rubbed off the skin around his bonds, there was no blood.
There was also no blood on his other wounds, not on the gouges on his legs or
arms, or from the large dry gap where his right
big toe had been. He was writhing
like an animal; a gag muffled his growls.
At first the villagers tried to hold me back. They warned me not to touch
him, chat he was "cursed." I shrugged them off and reached for my mask and
gloves. The boy's skin was as cold and gray as the cement on which he lay. I could
find neither his heartbeat nor his pulse. His eyes were wild, wide and sunken back
in their sockets. They remained locked on me like a predatory beast. Throughout
the examination he was inexplicably hostile, reaching for me with his bound hands
and snapping at me through his gag.
His movements were so violent I had to call for two of the largest villagers to help
me hold him down. Initially they wouldn't budge, cowering in the doorway like
baby rabbits. I explained that there was no risk of infection if they used gloves and
masks. When they shook their heads, I made it an order, even though I had no
lawful authority to do so.
.......I instinctively retreated several paces myself. I am embarrassed to admit this; 1
have been a doctor for most of my adult life. I was trained and . . . you could even
say "raised" by the People's Liberation Army. I've treated more than my share of
combat injuries, faced my own death on more than
one occasion, and now I was scared, truly scared, of this frail child .
The boy began to twist in my direction, his arm ripped completely free. Flesh and
muscle tore from one another until there was nothing except the stump. His now
free right arm, still tied to the severed left hand, dragged his body across the floor.
I hurried outside, locking the door behind me. I tried to compose myself, control
my fear and shame. My voice still cracked as I asked the villagers how the boy had
been infected. No one answered. I began to hear banging on the door, the boy's fist
pounding weakly against the thin wood.
.... (to be continued. Please refer to link below)
*Chicago Reader ------- " Gripping"
*Entertainment Weekly ----- " an "A" rating, "an addictively readable oral history."
*Chicago Times ----" the tacit agreement between writer and reader that is essential to the success of stories about the end of the world ... agree to pretend that this is not fiction, that in fact the horrific tales of a war between humans and zombies are based in reality"."
*Four weeks at the New York times Best Seller list.
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World War Z ---- The Best Zombie Novel and Film Ever!
Originally Posted by romano2717
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