Zombies: A Field Guide to the Walking Dead
by Bob Curran
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Author: Bob CurranIllustrator: Ian Daniels
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09
ISBN: 1601630220
Number of pages: 220
Publisher: New Page Books
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Book Review: Woefully lacking of detail on surviving a zombie uprising
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this book to help prepare myself for the impending Zombie apocalypse that any reasonable person knows is coming. It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, but it sure as hell is on the way, and I plan to be ready when it does. Movies do a good job of spreading awareness of the problem, but many of them seem think zombies are a laughing matter like in Shaun of the Dead. Computer games also help spread awareness and even teach useful tactics like (Left 4 Dead or System Shock 2). Even the absurdity of Zombies in space (as if we'll ever colonize space with the Zombie threat knocking at our door!) is more useful than this book at teaching zombie survival methodology.
ZOMBIES: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE WALKING DEAD is hardly a field guide at all. It's more like a history lesson. While I agree with Sun Tzu's The Art of War that knowing the enemy is essential to victory, there are very few tactical or strategic tips in this guide. If you want to know whether the Zombie that is attached to your neck is more like Germanic or African archtypes, or how the Zombies feasting on your neighbors relate to Haitian legends, this is the book for you. Personally I don't care about stories like the one about Constance Whitney and how she came back to life in the 1880s unless told in the context of how best to separate her head from her shoulders using a hatchet and send her soulless body back to the grave!
I also don't appreciate Bob Curran's tone in his so-called "Field Guide." He obviously does not take the Zombie threat seriously enough. In fact, it seems he doesn't believe in Zombies as anything more than psychological constructs or religious mythology! He needs to do more research into the many well documented Zombie attacks in the last hundred years. No mention is made of the fact that these attacks have been increasing both in frequency and intensity. Curran obviously is an intelligent, articulate man with a gift for research and writing. It will be a sad day when his disbelief and lack of preparation leads to his demise at the hands (or mouths!) of viscous Zombies.
If you like me will not sit idly by and wait for the Zombies to strike, I suggest reading the most important book on Zombies ever written: The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead instead of Curran's offering. It very well might save your life.
If on the other hand you are an egg-headed history buff with a brain the size of a ripe cantaloupe and you want to fill it with everything there is to know about the history of zombies except how to keep them at bay, then Curran's field guide will provide you with several hours of entertainment. Until the Zombie masses beat down your door.
We need to pull together in these troubled times and prepare for any and all Zombie attacks. If you are part of the growing number of patriots that realize that the Zombie threat is immediate and real, I beg you to take action. Don't just learn the historical context of our ruthless foes; join your local militia, buy a Katana, and most of all, always be vigilant!
Summary of Zombies: A Field Guide to the Walking Dead
In the myths, legends, and folklore of many peoples, the returning, physical dead play a significant role, whether they are the zombies of Haiti or the draugr of Scandinavia. But what are the origins of an actual bodily return from the grave? Does it come from something deep within our psyche, or is there some truth to it?In Zombies, Bob Curran explores how some of these beliefs may have arisen and the truths that lay behind them, examining myths from all around the world and from ancient times including Sumerian, Babylonian, Egyptian, and Celtic. Curran traces the evolution of belief in the walking cadaver from its early inception in religious ideology to the "Resurrections" and cataleptics of 18th century Europe, from prehistoric tale to Arthurian romance. Zombies even examines the notion of the "living dead" in the world today--entities such as the "living mummies" of Japan.
Zombies is a unique book, the only one to systematically trace the development of a cultural idea of physical resurrection and explore the myths that have grown around it, including the miracles of Old Testament prophets. It will interest those enticed by the return of the corporeal dead and also those curious as to how such an idea sits within the historical context.
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