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World War Z: The Lost Files: A Companion To The Abridged Edition (2013)

by Max Brooks(Favorite Author)

4.4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0804164096 (ISBN13: 9780804164092)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Random House Audio

review 1: Title of book, World war z Year published, 2006Author, Max brooksWho is the intended audience of the book, teens to young adults?Story summary: Through a series of oral interviews, describes the history of 'World War Z'. Although the origin of the zombie pandemic is unknown, the story begins in China after a zombie bites a young boy. The Chinese government attempts to contain the infection and concocts a crisis involving Taiwan to mask their activities. The infection is spread to other countries by the black market organ trade and by refugees; an outbreak in South Africa finally brings the plague to public attention. In South Africa, the government adopts a plan drafted by ex-apartheid government official Paul Redeker, which calls for the establishment of small "safe zones... more", areas surrounded by natural boundaries and cleared of zombies. Large groups of refugees are to be kept alive outside the safe zones to distract the hordes of undead, allowing those within the safe zones time to regroup. Various governments worldwide adopt their own versions of the "Redeker Plan" or evacuate to safer foreign territory. Since zombies are known to freeze solid in the cold, many civilians in North America flee to the wilds of northern Canada; approximately 11 million people die, many from starvation and exposure.During a conference near Honolulu aboard USS Saratoga, most of the world's leaders indicate they want to wait out the zombie plague, but the US President successfully argues that the only way to survive physically and psychologically is to go on the offensive. Determined to lead by example, the United States military reinvents itself to meet the specific challenges involved in fighting the living dead: automatic weapons and mobility are replaced by semi-automatic rifles and formation firing, troops are retrained to focus on head shots and slow, steady rates of fire, and a multipurpose hand tool, the Lobotomize or "Lobo", is designed to destroy zombie heads close up. In two north–south lines stretching across North America, the U.S. military leaves its safe zone west of the Rocky Mountains and crosses the continent, systematically destroying the zombies and reclaiming outposts of survivors (whether they want to be reclaimed or not).What I liked most about the book is, its realness and its break of funny parts in serious situations And I would recommend this book to, anybody that likes zombies Review by Paul Murawski
review 2: More great stuff from Max Brooks. "The Lost Files" are actually just the recorded portions left out of the abridged edition. Audible released an "unabridged" version recently as a companion to the movie that combined the abridged with this edition. However, it had technical issues and I decided to skip it. I've read that it has since been resolved, but I enjoyed this nonetheless. Recommend you either listen to the abridged version first, or just buy the new unabridged. less

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