# :moan: Send more zombie literature. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542 "2009-04-27T19:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/41 "2018-05-06T02:28:18Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I’ve been reading the _Adrian’s Undead Diary_ series by Chris Philbrook. It’s about a guy and his cat trying to survive after a zombie outbreak. > > I’m in the middle of the second book, and I’ve enjoyed it so far. My favorite by far. It only gets better… I started reading when his installments were every couple days or so. He later put them in a book. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/42 "2018-05-06T02:53:39Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I don’t see the point in zombie literature either. The zombie thing has been going on for far too long. At least vampires have some cool points! Zombies are getting boring. Vampires suck! 😛 [Three short story collections based on George Romero’s work.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead_(anthology)) I read the first one ages ago and remember it being pretty decent. But good luck finding them. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/43 "2018-05-08T09:46:36Z")
Stephen Jones, [Zombie Apocalypse](https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/zombie-apocalypse-by-stephen-jones-9781849013031/#.WvFu94iFP6Y), set in modern Britain with a fairly unpleasant Tory government was a good read. Also worth a mention is [We’re Alive](https://www.werealive.com/), a multi-part radio play. Have just finished it, and while it does go on a bit and enter Silly land at times, was much better than I expected and captivating at times. Have not explored any of the sequels yet. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/44 "2018-05-08T13:52:35Z")
My favourite zombie novel I’ve read at all recently is [Raising Stony Mayhall](https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Stony-Mayhall-Daryl-Gregory/dp/0345522370/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1525787381&sr=1-1&keywords=9780345522375) by **Daryl Gregory**. Bit different from most others, as it’s about a kid who grows up a zombie! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/45 "2018-05-08T14:04:18Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > ‘The girl with all the gifts’ > > Zombie protagonist. Neat read. Came in to say this. Sooooo…this. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/46 "2018-05-08T16:10:02Z")
If you haven’t read it, Christopher Moore’s **The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror** is a hilarious zombie story, bringing together characters from several of Moore’s previous novels. The titular angel decides to grant a child’s Christmas wish, and ends up raising a horde of bloodthirsty zombies. That brief description doesn’t begin to do it justice. There’s something hilarious you’ll want to read to somebody out loud on at least every other page. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/47 "2018-05-08T16:48:28Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > . . . Are there any other good zombie writers? That put an image in my head that’s not fading quickly. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/48 "2018-05-11T21:50:33Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > ‘The girl with all the gifts’ > > Zombie protagonist. Neat read. > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Came in to say this. > > Sooooo…this. I watched the movie yesterday on Amazon Prime; if the book is half as good (movie was adapted by the author of the novel), run, don’t walk to your newsstand. The actress playing Melanie was nothing short of outstanding. Glenn Close (of all people) lends some respectability to the genre. A winner. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/49 "2018-05-11T23:52:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I watched the movie yesterday on Amazon Prime; if the book is half as good (movie was adapted by the author of the novel), run, don’t walk to your newsstand. The actress playing Melanie was nothing short of outstanding. Glenn Close (of all people) lends some respectability to the genre. A winner. I didn’t even know it was a movie! If wife of mine wants to watch something tonight I might suggest this. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/50 "2018-05-13T01:39:12Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I watched the movie yesterday on Amazon Prime; if the book is half as good (movie was adapted by the author of the novel), run, don’t walk to your newsstand. The actress playing Melanie was nothing short of outstanding. Glenn Close (of all people) lends some respectability to the genre. A winner. > [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I didn’t even know it was a movie! If wife of mine wants to watch something tonight I might suggest this. Wow; that was good. Just watched They really couldn’t have done a better book-to-film adaptation in the time they used. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/51 "2018-05-13T02:03:30Z")
^ I’m going to have to watch it again, then I’ll find the book. Or should I reverse the order? Hmmm. Two confessions: 1) Yours and **Folly** ’s posts didn’t really register with me the first time through the thread. Total accident that I stumbled on the movie (A little girl with a Hannibal Lecter mask clamped to her face? WTH is this? Gotta check it out). 1. Read the description/cast and saw Glenn Close and knew I had to watch to see how bad it would suck. One or two quibbles with the story–comes with the territory–but several nifty things added to the genre made it worthwhile. This movie needs to be seen. Shout it from the rooftops! So, **Sicks Ate** , for initiates: book first or movie? ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542/52 "2018-05-13T02:58:50Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > This movie needs to be seen. Shout it from the rooftops! > > So, **Sicks Ate** , for initiates: book first or movie? Well this is going against all of my instincts, but I think this is a rare case of movie first. But ONLY because it does its best to follow the book, obviously owing to the involvement of the author. Since the story is so true to the book but must leave some things out, and slightly modify or abridge others, I recommended the movie first. After that, reading the book will feel like an annotated version of the film with a few extra goodies thrown in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moan-send-more-zombie-literature/494542.md?page=2)