Zombies

The Recent Dead

By: Neil Gaiman, Max Brooks, Brian Keene, Tobias S. Buckell, Kelly Link, Tim Lebbon, Kit Reed

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor

You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video-gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic.

Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for this infinite onslaught of the ever-hungry dead. Hoards of readers and listeners are now devouring zombie fiction faster than armies of the undead could chow down their brains. It's a sick job, but somebody had to do it: explore the innumerable necrotic nightmares of the latest, greatest, most fervent devotion in the history of humankind and ferret out the best of new millenial zombie stories: Zombies: The Recent Dead.

Full author list: Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, and Scott Edelman.

Full narrator list: Jonathan Davis, LJ Ganser, Victor Villar-Hauser, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Jeff Woodman, Elisabeth Rodgers, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Kevin Pariseau, Khristine Hvam, Josh Hurley, and Jeff Woodman.

©2010 Paula Guran (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Good collection of Zombie Stories

Overall I really enjoyed the collection of stories. I found myself stopping what I was doing and just listening to the story. Many of the stories were very well done and brought something a little different to the idea of zombies, I will admit that several I was disappointed with how the story did not seem as much to finish as just stop. They felt incomplete, like the author ran out of time or ideas to move the story along.

It was good, but could have been better

Is there anything you would change about this book?

I would have taken out some of the stories as to me they didn't seem to mesh well with the zombie setting. I would have added in some more gory stories. Some of the stories just weren't very "scary" or gut-wrenching enough to be called a "Zombie tale."

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have made sure my zombie anthology had the grittiest and darkest stories possible. More gore, more things that make sense in a zombie setting.

Any additional comments?

I liked it somewhat, but I felt bored during a few of them. Some of the stories had no real action and some were just bizarre. I think in a zombie anthology we should be sticking to what zombies are about: meat and brains. Yes that might seem cookie cutter, but you have to have the proper elements of that type of zombie fiction.

some good some not so goog

I would not spend the time again, bur was interesting. like title stayed, some good, some not so good. if you make it to the Midnight Market, skip that.

Not all zombies stories are fun to listen to.

Would you try another book from the authors and/or the narrators?

Since this book has several authors. I would look for addition books on the authors I liked and stay away from the one I did not liked.

What was most disappointing about the authors’s story?

Several stories were too silly and not interesting to listen to.

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

All narrators brought the books alive. Too bad half the stories suck!

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Zombies?

Not into supernatural were you need to go demonic to make your book beliveible.

Any additional comments?

I was suckered to buy this auible because it had Max Brooks name on it.

Not Happy

I don't like short stories. Short stories made to look like a novel. Someone different reading each story.

mixed bag

Some stories were good, some stories were really good, like the Western with Jebediah; but some stories were OK, and there were at least 2 stories I didn't even bother to finish. it's an OK listen

ummm

Some of these stories are good. Some are great. Some are like attending a script reading of Clerks while tripping on acid.

Not Realy Zombie storys

The storys were ok.... some of them... but some of them weren't realy Zombie storys they had very little to do with zombies my advice get world war Z with your credit it is much better

Not a fan.

there's a couple.of stories that are really really good. the rest of them did not really hold my interest.

If you don't like short stories, don't buy this on

Would you try another book from the authors and/or the narrators?

Some of the stories were good and from those I would try another book.

What could the authors have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Short stories are not really my "thing"

Which scene was your favorite?

No one scene

What character would you cut from Zombies?

N/A

Any additional comments?

nope