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Carnack	What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:29 PM EST There seem to be two sides to this site. The "OMG MAX BROOKS IS AN ANTI-ZOMBIE GOD" group. And the "It's a useless fiction book" group. Arguments called "discussions" abound about why X gun is better or why X location is the ultimate anti-Z fortress. No one seems to realize that since zombies don't exist the book is of course filed under fiction but if they where real it would be different. The book IS NOT a zombie survival bible nor are all the ideas gospel but I think that some things the book talked on could work. So here is the point of the thread. Everybody talks on what the book did wrong. What do you think the book did RIGHT? Post reply Do you find this valuable? Keyword tags: guide Max Brooks survival zombie zombie survival guide
MonkeyDee	1. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:32 PM EST "There seem to be two sides to this site. The "OMG MAX BROOKS IS AN ANTI-ZOMBIE GOD" group. And the "It's a useless fiction book" group. Arguments called "discussions" abound about why X gun is better or why X location is the ultimate anti-Z fortress. No one seems to realize that since zombies don't exist the book is of course filed under fiction but if they where real it would be different. The book IS NOT a zombie survival bible nor are all the ideas gospel but I think that some things the book talked on could work. So here is the point of the thread. Everybody talks on what the book did wrong. What do you think the book did RIGHT? " It is a good work of fiction that is entertaining, what it did right was get people thinking about zombies and bringing more people into the zombie "culture" i guess you could say. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Carnack	2. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:36 PM EST Actually I was talking on what tactics did it do right or what did it do that you can build off of. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
MonkeyDee	3. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:37 PM EST "Actually I was talking on what tactics did it do right or what did it do that you can build off of." He taught a lot of people to aim for the brain. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Carnack	4. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:39 PM EST "He taught a lot of people to aim for the brain. " <_> So did Romero. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
John_234	5. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:41 PM EST Well, he did point out the obvious. That said, many people learned alot. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Carnack	6. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Feb 28 2009, 9:44 PM EST "Well, he did point out the obvious. That said, many people learned alot." Who did? Romero? What I'm talking about is that there are some subjects in the book that could work. What do you all think they were and are there ways to build them up? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Littlejon126	7. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 12:05 AM EST Mr. Brooks and the ZSG provided us all many hours of reading and conversation by providing us an excellent work of fiction. The Zombie Survival Guide was not intended to be a survival guide at all, it was intentionally written in a similar manner to one so that it had a specific way of inspiring your imagination. It was really a first in that there were no fictional guides like it that came before it. Because of this, the book has made us seriously think about different situations and how we would respond, all the while reminding us that we should eat healthier, exercise, get into shape, get off our collective arses and do something other than watch the television, with the reasoning that it would increase our chances of survival... and in a way, that's true; our lives would certainly be better by being healthier. It also caters to those of us who are interested in military technology, such as firearms and swords, ancient and modern battle tactics, martial arts, et cetera. It combines all of the greatest "man things" into one concept: Killing, camping, guns and monsters. The book was well executed and is a great piece of pop-literature. It is the pinnacle of zombie literature to date, and in my opinion only surpassed by World War Z and Day-by-Day Armageddon; though the latter two fail to capture one's imagination like the ZSG does. Let's face it, the ZSG increases your chances of survival exactly the same amount as any Dr. Seuss book does, which is just above a zero percent increase. Zombies are not real, and as it looks they never will be. They are only real in our imaginations, cinema and in works of fiction; though this is certainly not a bad thing!! (PS: I realize that MonkeyDee said the same thing and I totally missed it!) Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Carnack	8. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 12:11 AM EST "Mr. Brooks and the ZSG provided us all many hours of reading and conversation by providing us an excellent work of fiction. The Zombie Survival Guide was not intended to be a survival guide at all, it was intentionally written in a similar manner to one so that it had a specific way of inspiring your imagination. It was really a first in that there were no fictional guides like it that came before it. Because of this, the book has made us seriously think about different situations and how we would respond, all the while reminding us that we should eat healthier, exercise, get into shape, get off our collective arses and do something other than watch the television, with the reasoning that it would increase our chances of survival... and in a way, that's true; our lives would certainly be better by being healthier. It also caters to those of us who are interested in military technology, such as firearms and swords, ancient and modern battle tactics, martial arts, et cetera. It combines all of the greatest "man things" into one concept: Killing, camping, guns and monsters. The book was well executed and is a great piece of pop-literature. It is the pinnacle of zombie literature to date, and in my opinion only surpassed by World War Z and Day-by-Day Armageddon; though the latter two fail to capture one's imagination like the ZSG does. Let's face it, the ZSG increases your chances of survival exactly the same amount as any Dr. Seuss book does, which is just above a zero percent increase. Zombies are not real, and as it looks they never will be. They are only real in our imaginations, cinema and in works of fiction; though this is certainly not a bad thing!! (PS: I realize that MonkeyDee said the same thing and I totally missed it!)" The title of the thread is what he did RIGHT. What did he do RIGHT? Post reply 0 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
MonkeyDee	9. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 1:07 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 1:07 AM EST "The title of the thread is what he did RIGHT. What did he do RIGHT?" That's just to hard of a question to answer. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Littlejon126	10. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 1:12 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 1:12 AM EST I answered the question. The right thing that he did was to provide the book and fill the niche that was unoccupied. in a sense, the ZSG provided the ground work that this very site stands upon. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Littlejon126	11. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 1:18 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 1:18 AM EST He also attempted to motivate us to prepare for the unknown, which very much transfers into normal daily life. By eating right, working out, stockpiling food and being frugal with our money we can be prepared for any situation that could come up, including a hypothetical zombie attack of varying magnitude. It doesn't matter so much what gear you've got; you can have the very best XYZ Blaster Ray Gun with grenade launcher and an unlimited supply of ammunition but if you can't run up your stairs because you're out of shape you're toast. The lessons inside of the ZSG aren't necessarily just about zombies. It's stuff that transfers to other facets of life. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
SkipNChurch	12. Introduced many to.. Mar 1 2009, 1:25 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 1:25 AM EST .. the mixing of Survival and Zombies. Until Brooks' book, it was expected that according to Hollyweird, "We'd all DIE!" come UnkleZed and His Undead Again Band. Fired off imaginations of folks of all ages, but especially teens and younger folks, >30, that hadn't had anything to connect to prior. We're here do in major part to Brooks' book. Interest in the Undead Again was fired off by ZSG. SnC AdminFriendlyToBrooksAndBooksByBrooks Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Carnack	13. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 1:59 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 1:59 AM EST "He also attempted to motivate us to prepare for the unknown, which very much transfers into normal daily life. By eating right, working out, stockpiling food and being frugal with our money we can be prepared for any situation that could come up, including a hypothetical zombie attack of varying magnitude. It doesn't matter so much what gear you've got; you can have the very best XYZ Blaster Ray Gun with grenade launcher and an unlimited supply of ammunition but if you can't run up your stairs because you're out of shape you're toast. The lessons inside of the ZSG aren't necessarily just about zombies. It's stuff that transfers to other facets of life." I never took his weapon chapter with any serious thoughts. But bases, room-by-room clean-up, and other dmall things did sound good and did get me to thinking. I never would have thought of a prison as a good fortress but now that I think about it it would be very useful. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
John_234	14. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 2:48 AM EST \| Post edited: Mar 1 2009, 2:48 AM EST "Who did? Romero? What I'm talking about is that there are some subjects in the book that could work. What do you all think they were and are there ways to build them up? " No, Brooks. What I'm saying is that his book really is just a collection of common sense. And that the sad fact is, some people need to read it to really even consider it. SnC's right, the guide brought about this resurgence in zombies and zombie survival. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
NameWntMatterAftZday	15. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 1 2009, 10:36 PM EST the genre and page about how the book is entirely fiction can be explained by the following question: "What kind of publisher and/or government would allow anyone to publish an actual book claiming to be truth about zombies?" if he didn't skew facts and publish it as fiction people would start getting very suspicious Post reply Do you find this valuable?
ArsenicPilot	16. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 4 2009, 6:43 PM EST \| Post edited: Mar 4 2009, 6:43 PM EST i think that it kind of compiled all of the cool shit from the movies and got people so into zombies that they joined a wiki and wrote stuff, like me Post reply Do you find this valuable?
NameWntMatterAftZday	17. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 4 2009, 7:06 PM EST \| Post edited: Mar 4 2009, 7:06 PM EST "i think that it kind of compiled all of the cool shit from the movies and got people so into zombies that they joined a wiki and wrote stuff, like me" I agree Post reply Do you find this valuable?
BRANDON969	18. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Mar 4 2009, 8:53 PM EST \| Post edited: Mar 4 2009, 8:53 PM EST hmmm this is interesting why did you join this wiki if zombies arnt real???? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Birdman44	19. RE: What did the Zombie Survival Guide do right? Oct 29 2009, 9:10 PM EDT "hmmm this is interesting why did you join this wiki if zombies arnt real????" Ha! Funny joke, we all know they're real! Its just that the arctic hasn't gotten warm enough for it to melt and unleash them upon us... the ZSG is foreshadowing of the future apocolypse, and we should all study it word for word and live it to the fullest extent of our lives... Seriously though, it was a fun read. I got into "discussions" about the weapons chapters, but other than that some things arfe pretty on the ball. Like living in a less hospitable place where it would take zombies a while to hit.. That may be effective.. We'll have to wait till the zombies hit and see for ourselves ;] Post reply Do you find this valuable?

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