Zombies

The Recent Dead

By: Neil Gaiman, Max Brooks, Brian Keene, Tobias S. Buckell, Kelly Link, Tim Lebbon, Kit Reed

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, L J Ganser, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Marc Vietor

Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

You can't kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video-gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic.

Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for this infinite onslaught of the ever-hungry dead. Hoards of readers and listeners are now devouring zombie fiction faster than armies of the undead could chow down their brains. It's a sick job, but somebody had to do it: explore the innumerable necrotic nightmares of the latest, greatest, most fervent devotion in the history of humankind and ferret out the best of new millenial zombie stories: Zombies: The Recent Dead.

Full author list: Kevin Veale, Michael Marshall Smith, Tim Lebbon, David Prill, Steve Duffy, Max Brooks, Nik Houser, Andy Duncan, David J. Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Neil Gaiman, Alice Sola Kim, Gary A. Braunbeck, Francesca Lia Block, Tobias S. Buckell, David Wellington, Tim Waggoner, Kit Reed, Brian Keene, Kelly Link, Gary McMahon, and Scott Edelman.

Full narrator list: Jonathan Davis, LJ Ganser, Victor Villar-Hauser, Marc Vietor, Josh Hurley, Bahni Turpin, Jeff Woodman, Elisabeth Rodgers, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Kevin Pariseau, Khristine Hvam, Josh Hurley, and Jeff Woodman.

©2010 Paula Guran (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Some of the stories make it worth it!

Some of the stories in this book definitely make it worth your credit but be ready to do some skipping! Don’t even try the opening piece of crap or it will turn you off of the book. All of the performances were great but a few of the stories were napworthy. A couple actually needed headshots... but as always the great authors in this collection did not fail to deliver!

boring

sooooo. boring. there was 1 or 2 stories that held my interest. otherwise, not worth the money or the credit.

A few good stories

Out of all the stories in this book, There were only a couple that I really liked. Some droned on and on and should have been shorter and they would have been better. I listen to books daily while I am at work and it passes the time at the farm quickly. When I have to fast forward to get through something or skip a book, it slows me down and I usually don't have to do it with too many.. Is only so much you can do with zombies lol but a lot of authors are very creative and I have enjoyed reading many of them. I would save your money and skip this one there are quite a few out there that are really excellent and this is not 1 of them.

SIgh. I love zombie fiction but this is terrible.

I can't explain it but every story in this book is just obnoxious. They are correlated to zombies only by the anthology. A story that claims in order to not become a zombie you have to use hardcore narcotics. Another voodoo story with no substance. 90% of the stories are forgettable as you are listening to them.

like the life challenged

Kinda slow and repetitive. As it held no surprises or new ground cover in the stories. But if you feeling kinda zombie its a time consumer.

Who asked for this?

If your looking for a good post-apocalyptic, or even decently zombie-centric book, look elsewhere. This title is full of bizarre stories such as love interests between zombies and tales that have nothing to do with the undead such as demon detectives and ghosts. Their are a couple of good short stories in here but certainly not enough to justify buying this book.

excellent!

The stories were all very creative and performed very well. I was not expecting zombie love, but it was wonderfully written.

Save your money, one of the worst books every.

What disappointed you about Zombies?

I could only make it 1/4 of the way before I gave up. The stories are childish and with poor endings.

About 25% worth reading

A few stories are really good. They had danger, were well written, and I’ll look up more by the authors. But most of the stories are just boring. Zombies dating, going to high school, or just tangentially related to a story where people just go about their lives just feels like filler - and that’s most of this book.

almost no zombies

very disappointed. mmost of the stories aren't really zombie stories. I'll be asking for a refund.