The epidemic of the living dead is stronger than ever in today's pop-culture, but history is rife with tales of the undead: the dark spells and incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians and the Babylonians, among many others. The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead The Walking Dead , and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Two
experts on the unexplained and paranormal team up to bring
you the definitive guide to zombies!
The
apocalypse of the rapacious, infectious living dead is more probable
than ever—at least, if movies, books, and television are to be
believed. But long before exotic viruses, biological warfare, and
sinister military experiments brought the dead back to life in our
cinemas and on our television screens, there were the dark spells and
incantations of the ancient Egyptians, the Sumerians, and the
Babylonians. Blending the historical with the modern, the
biographical with the literary, the plants and animals with bacteria
and viruses, the mythological with the horrifying true tales, The
Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead is a
comprehensive resource for understanding, combating, and avoiding all
things zombie.
More
than 250 entries cover everything about the ignominious role in
folklore and mythology to today's pop culture, including …
Blending historical review and a lot of
pop-culture fun with chilling tales of ravenous end-of-times
horrors, The Zombie Book is perfect for
browsing or for a thorough reading by fans of the macabre. An
extensive bibliography and index make this the perfect start to
anyone’s quest for preparing for a zombie cataclysm.
"...an amazing anthology that shows how zombie myths have grown throughout history and around the world. ... A fascinating, informative collection that anyone interested in the history of zombies will want to read. It’s funny, scary, and sometimes shocking." —Library Journal
"Even if you’re a zombie fanatic, I’ll wager you know only a fraction of zombie facts, lore, and legend. Well, now you can get completely up to speed with The Zombie Book: The Encyclopedia of the Living Dead. This book provides comprehensive information about every zombie movie and TV show ever made. The most interesting entries … are the ones about creatures, lore, or historical events with which I am not familiar." —About.com
"The Zombie Book is appropriately chock full of relative zombie items. It’s not just all films and/or legends but more an overview of items and subjects that fall under higher interest items in the zombie genre. This is a great zombie reference book presented by 2 amazing authors." —HorrorNews.net
"...an amusing and helpful encyclopedia to … aid in film studies as well as research into popular culture." —ARBA
"The Zombie Book is a pleasant read. Just as the subtitle indicates, it offers an encyclopedic look at all things zombie. ... there’s a lot here, perhaps too much: movies, books, folkore, ancient mythology, conspiracy theories, cryptozoology, Voodoo, Ufology." —PopMatters.com
