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World War Z

Operation Zombie

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World War Z

By: Max Brooks
Narrated by: David Nathan, Michael Pan
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In seiner erschütternden Berichterstattung beschreibt der renommierte Zombie-Experte Max Brooks die größte Katastrophe der Menschheit seit den beiden Weltkriegen: den Krieg der Zombies gegen die Menschheit. Ergebnis ist dieses umfassende Standardwerk. In zahlreichen Berichten, Tonbandmitschnitten von Überlebenden und Interviews mit Experten geht er den Ursachen auf den Grund, lässt Augenzeugen zu Wort kommen und gibt wertvolle Tipps zur Prävention und Verteidigung.©2007 Goldmann (P)2011 Random House Audio Horror

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Was tun im Zombie-Ernstfall? Ein bahnbrechender Roman klärt auf

Max Brooks ist gelungen, was niemand für möglich hielt: In "World War Z. Operation Zombie" berichtet er eindringlich und doch besonnen, wie die Welt nach der Zombie-Apokalypse aussehen könnte. Auch im ungekürzten Hörbuch - gesprochen von David Nathan und Michael Pan - steht in diesem Was-Wäre-Wenn-Spiel die Erzähltechnik der Oral History im Vordergrund.

Die Sprecher bleiben bei der unkommentierten Aneinanderreihung von Augenzeugenberichten angemessen nüchtern. Der Inhalt erhält damit umso mehr Durchschlagskraft: Der Horror einer möglichen Zombie-Katastrophe wird von vielen Seiten und aus vielen Mündern beleuchtet. Damit hat Brooks eine Mischung zwischen Survival-Guide, Thriller, Horror und einen einmaligen Genrebastard geschaffen.

Dieses Hörbuch wird an deinem Glauben an die Unmöglichkeit von Zombies rütteln. Und selbst Skeptiker in Zombie-Fans verwandeln. Nimm dir schon einmal 14 Stunden am Stück Zeit. Denn den Pausenknopf wirst du ignorieren.
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The German performance is great, the problem is the story: a lot of thought went into this but there are logical inconsistencies which occasionally grate, and some reinterpretation about how slow zombies 'work', which is interesting but ... doesn't make sense and fine this is about zombies but ... the zombies need a brain, only die if their brain is destroyed but their muscles don't need fuel, have no liquid blood, but breathe, and don't digest food but it moves through their intestines ...

the book is about a lot of issues, and that's an interesting take on this subject but it's also frustrating because it takes attributes to the extreme. And that's done for a reason but also makes the situations unrealistic (and again ... zombies, but) which in turn makes it unpleasant to listen to.

it also completely differs from the movie which is bizarre having watched the movie previously, but that's more about the movie than this source material.

interesting, bizarre, confronting but nonsense

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this isn't even in English no where does it say its not until you start listening to it

its not even in English

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This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Someone who speaks German would enjoy it more. It shows up in the shop in English, downloads in German with a German cover.

What was most disappointing about Max Brooks’s story?

It is done in German.

How could the performance have been better?

Having the performance in English like the cover would help.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from World War Z?

The slamming the baby into the wall scene which is too much like the pivotal scene from Beloved.

Any additional comments?

Fix the download. It's sold as a book in English but downloads in German with a German cover on the device.

Downloads in German

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Would you try another book from Max Brooks and/or David Nathan and Michael Pan ?

There was nothing to indicate that this title was read in German.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

There was nothing to indicate that this title was read in German.

READ IN GERMAN!

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it's entirely my fault but it's frustrating now I'm stuck with this version until I learn some German

it's not label as a German title

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