I just did something I haven't done in years. No, not "finally bathe" or "eat something not guaranteed to give me explosive diarrhea 12 hours later."
Ladies and Gentlemen, I read a book.
No, not a comic or manga volume, and actual, "look ma, no pictures" book with text and pages and everything! And I read through it quickly as well (for me), finishing it in no more than 3 days.
The book I read was World War Z, by Max Brooks. Sure, it came out 5 years ago, but look at me, I'm writing a fucking blog for the first time this year and those haven't been trendy since about the same time, so I figure at least I've got my cultural lag all synced up.
I'd write a review, but I haven't reviewed a book in even longer than I've read one, probably since high school, so I'll just write a few brief impressions. It's a great read, for one. Not dense, very thoughtfully laid-out, and accessible even to book-averse troglodytes like myself. It's also well-written. The scenarios for the entire world being assaulted by hordes of the undead are presented in a surprisingly logical fashion, and I found myself not having to suspend my disbelief for anything other than the fact that there were zombies in the book. That is, admittedly, a pretty big part of the story, but hell, everything else seemed pretty realistic.
It's not insanely gory or violent, mainly because the entire book is comprised of vignettes, "oral histories," as the subtitle of the book puts it, of various people telling of their experiences throughout the war. So even if you aren't a horror fan, you don't have to worry about some kind of American Psycho-esque grotesque descriptions that will haunt your sleep for days on end. It is very action-filled, and the fact that the book shifts from personal account to personal account keeps the perspectives and locales fresh.
I highly recommend this book because it isn't a ponderous tome, it's relatively cheap, and it's just plain good reading. I'm no Yomiko Readman, but if I find more stories like World War Z, I just might turn into one.
As LeVar Burton used to say, "you don't have to take my word for it." Check it out!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I read a book.
No, not a comic or manga volume, and actual, "look ma, no pictures" book with text and pages and everything! And I read through it quickly as well (for me), finishing it in no more than 3 days.
The book I read was World War Z, by Max Brooks. Sure, it came out 5 years ago, but look at me, I'm writing a fucking blog for the first time this year and those haven't been trendy since about the same time, so I figure at least I've got my cultural lag all synced up.
I'd write a review, but I haven't reviewed a book in even longer than I've read one, probably since high school, so I'll just write a few brief impressions. It's a great read, for one. Not dense, very thoughtfully laid-out, and accessible even to book-averse troglodytes like myself. It's also well-written. The scenarios for the entire world being assaulted by hordes of the undead are presented in a surprisingly logical fashion, and I found myself not having to suspend my disbelief for anything other than the fact that there were zombies in the book. That is, admittedly, a pretty big part of the story, but hell, everything else seemed pretty realistic.
It's not insanely gory or violent, mainly because the entire book is comprised of vignettes, "oral histories," as the subtitle of the book puts it, of various people telling of their experiences throughout the war. So even if you aren't a horror fan, you don't have to worry about some kind of American Psycho-esque grotesque descriptions that will haunt your sleep for days on end. It is very action-filled, and the fact that the book shifts from personal account to personal account keeps the perspectives and locales fresh.
I highly recommend this book because it isn't a ponderous tome, it's relatively cheap, and it's just plain good reading. I'm no Yomiko Readman, but if I find more stories like World War Z, I just might turn into one.
As LeVar Burton used to say, "you don't have to take my word for it." Check it out!
