Contributions to Zombie Studies: Generation Zombie: Essays on the Living Dead in Modern Culture (Paperback)

from eduscapes

A collection of well-written essays, Generation Zombie is an outstanding look at the Zombie universe and how the living dead fit into modern culture. The essays range from scholarly to conversational. The book was amazingly thought-provoking providing a wide range of examples of how zombie have b...

from Joles

Generation Zombie is a fun read. Because they are multiple essays they are quick and easy to get through. (Honestly, it made for great bathroom material because you could pick it up and put it down without too much stress or need for continuity.) It was great fun to read and I would recommend it ...

from clamairy

This book of essays is a bit of a mixed bag. Some of them, like Cyberpunk and the Living Dead by Andrea Austin, were just too chewy for me. Others, such as The E-Dead: Zombies in the Digital Age by Brendan Riley, were much more enjoyably and readily digestible, if you'll pardon the pun. The bigge...

from hippypaul

Generation Zombie is a collection of essays that comment on the Zombie phenomenon in recent culture. A few of the submissions are more of the English Major variety but there is enough geeky information to keep a Zombie lover such as myself reading throughout. There is a general consensus that tra...

from Pippette

When I received this book to review, my first thought was, "Good lord, academics really will write about anything." Thus, it is from this standpoint of skepticism that I started reading. I'm delighted to report that overall, the book is more interesting and thought-provoking that I would have gue...