Night of the Living Trekkies

By: Kevin David Anderson, Sam Stall

Narrated by: Zach McLarty

Journey to the final frontier of sci-fi zombie horror!

Jim Pike was the world’s biggest Star Trek fan—until two tours of duty in Afghanistan destroyed his faith in the human race. Now he sleepwalks through life as the assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston.

But when hundreds of Trekkies arrive in his lobby for a science-fiction convention, Jim finds himself surrounded by costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengi—plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers into savage, flesh-eating zombies!

As bloody corpses stumble to life and the planet teeters on the brink of total apocalypse, Jim must deliver a ragtag crew of fanboys and fangirls to safety. Dressed in homemade uniforms and armed with prop phasers, their prime directive is to survive. But how long can they last in the ultimate no-win scenario?

Awfully familiar

This was a fun book...but I had just finished listening to "Infected" and I thought, "wow, besides the Star Trek stuff, this sounds awfully familar." I guess authors are probably inspired by books they've read themselves, but it was kind of annoying.

A Fun Take on a Dramatic Genre

Night of the Living Trekkies is really enjoyable book with some slight issues. The narrator doesn’t really capture all emotions well. There were times where I was expecting a lot of pain and sadness to come through, and the delivery was more straight or casual than it should have been. People are dying, and it seems like another Wednesday for these individuals. Someone kills another person for the first time in their lives — on to another kill. It’s strange.

The writing itself is also a little strange, but it all ties back to those emotions. It doesn’t feel like the characters are really going through much stress. However, there are times when the stress comes though. This book bounces back and forth between Zombieland and The Walking Dead, and it can confuse the reader.

However, I will say that I was very happy to purchase and own this. While the narrator didn’t catch a lot the emotions, I love the different voices he did for all the characters. When he did emotions, I was very happy with them.

Also, that back and forth of the genres made for a somewhat refreshing take, which led to this book being different than a lot of other zombie stories I’ve read. It’s serious but also light hearted. It’s cool but also nerdy. It’s unique, and I think that’s why it’s going into my favorites list. It’s so different and refreshing, and never terrible in any area, that I’ll want to hear it again.
I’d pay a full credit for this book. It’s staying in my library.

Surprisingly good

I an not a fan of zombie fiction, but I actually liked this one. Never thought you combine the genres, but it's well done.

Geek Heaven

You have it all in this one. Couldn't have been better. It seemed a little slow at first but once it got going I was happy. The reader did an excellent job and the production was top notch. Hope they do some more like this in the future. As you would expect with a title like this it is funny and if you are a Star trek fan you'll like all the references. Zombies at a Star trek convention you gotta love that!

Super cool!

I LOVED this book! It combines zombies with Star Trek. What could be better? It was fast-paced and funny. There was science fiction. Totally awesome! Highly recommended!