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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
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This is not your common zombie book, it is not your common book! It is written like a mock documentary, which is recording the survivor of War War Z, hence the title: The Oral History of World War Z.
The zombie (and war against zombie) is viewed from several genuine angle. Some interviewee plays key role in World War Z itself, while some are just victims or just spectators.
Since it is written as an interview, it is quite personal. You might sympathize some characters, while loathe others.
The genius of the writer lies within his way in describing many aspects of the war from personal views of the interviewee. From this piece and bits, we can start to construct the whole event of the war.
What makes it truly remarkable is the fact that this book is not about zombie after all! Zombie war is just a pretext of the greater issue: human ignorance, greed, heroism, global warming, and international politics. We can see this book as a satire of our real and present world!
Final verdict: only one word. Wow! Mr. Brooks must have done a very intensive research to come out with this book. Everything looks so real, the international politics, war tactics, mass behavior, everything.
This is one book that really effects me. It makes me think again about the future of mankind, for better or worst. Can we really survive as a species, given our trait of ignorance?
The zombie (and war against zombie) is viewed from several genuine angle. Some interviewee plays key role in World War Z itself, while some are just victims or just spectators.
Since it is written as an interview, it is quite personal. You might sympathize some characters, while loathe others.
The genius of the writer lies within his way in describing many aspects of the war from personal views of the interviewee. From this piece and bits, we can start to construct the whole event of the war.
What makes it truly remarkable is the fact that this book is not about zombie after all! Zombie war is just a pretext of the greater issue: human ignorance, greed, heroism, global warming, and international politics. We can see this book as a satire of our real and present world!
Final verdict: only one word. Wow! Mr. Brooks must have done a very intensive research to come out with this book. Everything looks so real, the international politics, war tactics, mass behavior, everything.
This is one book that really effects me. It makes me think again about the future of mankind, for better or worst. Can we really survive as a species, given our trait of ignorance?
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Quotes Oni Liked
“Most people don't believe something can happen until it already has. That's not stupidity or weakness, that's just human nature.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
“The only rule that ever made sense to me I learned from a history, not an economics, professor at Wharton. "Fear," he used to say, "fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe." That blew me away. "Turn on the TV," he'd say. "What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products." Fuckin' A, was he right. Fear of aging, fear of loneliness, fear of poverty, fear of failure. Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells.”
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
― World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Reading Progress
Finished Reading
August 9, 2012
– Shelved
August 20, 2012
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January 3, 2013
– Shelved as:
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Sep 08, 2012 11:07AM
Tampaknya agak2 kayak 28 Days Later atau I am Legend ya
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Arief wrote: "Tampaknya agak2 kayak 28 Days Later atau I am Legend ya"Agak beda mas. 28 Days Later dan I am Legend emang cerita zombie.
Latarnya emang zombie apocalypse, tapi bukan itu inti ceritanya. Baca review orang2 di goodreads aja. Keren banget pokoknya.
Arief wrote: "oke. btw ada terjemahannya ga ya?"wah, kayaknya gak ada. ini buku udah cukup lama beredar benernya. sempat jadi top hit di sana!
banyak orang mengira ini adalah sekedar novel parodi, bahkan banyak ditaruh di rak buku humor. tapi sebenarnya buku ini sangat serius.
Kalau liat komen org2 di internet, filmnya bakal beda banget dengan bukunya. Bukunya itu semi dokumenter, dan dari sudut pandang banyak orang. Kalau dibuat film bakal jadi semacam omnibus.Nah, filmnya itu cuma dari sudut pandang satu orang, yang bakal dimainin Brad Pitt. Aku sih harap2 cemas gimana bakal jadi filmnya nanti. Soalnya bukunya keren banget. Aku ada ebooknya kalau mau (bhs Ing).
