![]() ![]() ![]() Even so called literary authors have embraced the zombie subgenre, with books like Alden Bell’s The Reapers are the Angels and Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies breaking down the barriers between zombie fans and fans of great writing. ![]() Sure, a lot of zombie fans and authors are proud members of the geek culture, but many are normal men and women who never owned a comic book nor wore Spock Ears to a convention. When Jonathon Maberry wrote his YA zombie novel Rot & Ruin, I highly doubt it was akin to Hustler magazine for him. I doubt when Mira Grant wrote Feed, it was an attempt to dehumanize all her past enemies. ![]() Now, as someone who has read 23 zombie novels, this year alone, I can tell you that they are not all the same. She says that all zombie fiction is basically the same thing, Dork Porn where nerds fantasize about "all the dudes that beat them up and girls that didn’t want to date them have been reduced to the sub-human…" She feels qualified to make this assumption based on three movies she saw, and one graphic novel despite the fact she does not name one zombie book she has actually read. I recently read a scathing blog post which the writer says she’s tired of zombies, then goes on to deride the entire genre. Quick Thoughts: There is a lot to love about Zone One, brilliant concepts and beautiful writing, yet in the end, Zone One was a novel I appreciated much more than enjoyed. ![]()
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