What is your favorite Zombie horror?

I have recently enjoyed Day by Day Armageddon as well as the Autumn series by Moody as well as the zombie horror books by Keene.

Lauren

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I enjoy Hugh B Cave's Zombie books.  He spent years in Haiti, so his zombies are more of the traditional drugged/controlled humans.  Legion of the Dead isn't his best work, but it's not bad, and The Evil is mostly voodoo, but has some zombies in it.  Cave started in the pulp magazines back in the 30's, and his stuff is always entertaining, even if it is high concept.

You might want to take a look at The Night Boat by McCammon, it has zombies from a sunken WWII U-boat.  It started a little slow for me, but then it picked up quick.

I also liked Day by Day Armageddon.  I read Autumn online and enjoyed it too. 

Here are some other zombie novels I've enjoyed:

Twilight of the Dead by Travis Adkins

Plague of the Dead by Z.A. Recht

Dying to Live by Kim Paffenroth

World War Z by Max Brook (so awesome)

The Walking Dead (graphic novel series) by  Robert Kirkman

World War Z is the best.

Skipp and Spector's Book of the Dead and the follow-up Still Dead have some good stories. As does Skipp's solo threequel Mondo Zombie.

Mark Rogers's novel The Dead seems to have a lot of fans, although I didn't think it was that great.

David Wellington's series Monster Island/Monster Nation/Monster Planet also has fans. But I'm not one of them.

I have been paitently waiting for the release of Autumn:Disintegration by Moody...does anyone know when it will be released.  At least the second book by Recht's Morningstar Strain is out, Thunder and Ashes.

Lauren

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LaurenKG, you have just made me so happy.  I didn't know there was second Mornngstar Strain book out.  I can't wait until payday.

*CB jumps for joy*

All those titles are awesome reads although pretty hard to get and/or expensive.  A little on the cheaper side but still as entertaining and easier to obtain is by Brian Keene:

The Rising

City of the Dead

Dead Sea

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I just started Dead Sea and have to say I loved both The Rising & City of the Dead/

I've never read any of Keene's books.  I've always been hesitant to read them.  I can get easily turned off with zombie stories even though I love them.  For example, I started reading Monster Island, but just couldn't get into it.   Should I give it a try?

Also, just as a note, you can find some pretty good (and horrible) zombie stories at Homepage of the Dead.  The best are the stories by Rob Morganbesser.  He has an awesome series of stories called "Bodysnatchers."  I highly recommend them.  He also has a great story in The Undead: Zombie Anthology.

I have Dead sea but have not read it yet.  I like Keene period.  I have Monster Island but have not read it yet and when I do, it will be my first read from Wellington so I hope I like it..  Gotta check out the Homepage of the Dead.  Long live Zombies!

I just decided to get rid of my zombie novel collection.  I've posted them all.  Most are on wish lists, but a few are not.  If you are interested in zombies, check out the zombie novels on my list.

How could I forget Clark's Blood Crazy.  I really liked that one and remember thinking it would make a great movie.

also the zombie survival guide by max brooks rocks.i have  read brian keene's books and the unded anthology, i have flesh feast which is in the undead anthology series on my tbr pile. i love zombie books. if anyone has any to get rid of besides wellington and keene please pm me.

Sherry, checkout  zombiebooklist.com for a list and descriptions of zombie books.  That should give you a good group to start looking for on PBS!!

When it rains it pours!  I just received:

Tomes of the Dead: Death Hulk by matthew sprange

Tomes of the Dead: the Words of their roaring by Matthew Smith

Down the Road: A zombie horror stor by Bowie Ibarra

The Undead vol 3 Flesh Feast

Brian Keene is up there with Stephen King and Clive Barker.  Excellent horror in general, zombies or not.

I'm working my way through Moody's Autumn series right now, and I pick up the TPB editions of The Walking Dead as they come out.  Permuted Press (www.permutedpress.com) comes out with a great assortment of zombie lit.

"I've never read any of Keene's books.  I've always been hesitant to read them.  I can get easily turned off with zombie stories even though I love them.  For example, I started reading Monster Island, but just couldn't get into it.   Should I give it a try?"

Karen, you definitely should try Keene. I've recently finished 'The Rising' and liked it very much. I immediately picked up the second book 'City of the dead' because it is the continuation.Keene's approach to the why and how it happened is clever and gives the whole zombie-plot a new twist. Especially because this time it isn't a disease that caused a rising of the dead.

I have a detailed review on my blog. http://sleepysbook-talk.blogspot.com/2008/07/brian-keene-rising.html

There is also one of 'Thunder And Ashes'. :-)

I read The Rising and City of the Dead, but they're not my favorites.  I'm reading Keene's Dead Sea right now, though, and I'm loving it.

I finished Dead Sea and loved it.  Now that is a world in which humanity is totally screwed.  It doesn't just have human zombies, the animals are effected as well.  It was awesome.

I really like Brian Keenes zombie books too.

The Rising: Selected Scenes From the End of the World is out in pb now, a number of (I think 32, but don't remember) of short stories (3-4 pages) detailing each day of The Rising, from the 1st zombie to the end of the planet, in the days following City of the Dead.  The 32? stories were each based on the lives of fans that had paid to have themselves written into the Rising storyline.  It wraps things up for that Earth, but opens other doorways, and I believe that it is the 1st major appearance of the Labyrinth.

Steve --Thanks for the heads up on the new Keene The Rising book....

Her name is Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc. She has the following titles:

Michael

2006 2ND PLACE FINISHER, PREDITORS AND EDITORS HORROR NOVEL VOTER'S POLL!

Taylor Carrington wishes he had a friend. Handsome and athletic he is extremely shy and unpopular. He spends many hours in the Lands Down Cemetery amongst the only friends he has...the dead.

But all that changes one night when Taylor meets a young man named Michael Paxton. The only thing is, Michael is not what he or rather...it...pretended to be the night he met him.

Now Taylor finds himself in the battle of his life with a malevolent spirit bent on making him his own, or destroying him.

A Man of Two Worlds

2005 PREDITORS AND EDITORS HORROR NOVEL OF THE YEAR!

Robyne Van Landingham owns a movie studio and has eveything that most men only dream of. His latest film, however, has been plagued by a ghost. The malevolent spirit terrorized the studio and drove away Robyne's crew, putting the project in jeopardy. Robyne's friend, owner of the hottest Goth club around, Devon Wellington, has promised Robyne all the help he needs until he can hire a new staff...but is the realm of the undead really what Robyne wants at his studio? Can he trust zombies, vampires, and shapeshifters with the production of a film? During production, Robyne receives devastating news that will forever change his outlook on the meaning of true friendship, and open his mind to the fact that not all creatures from the darker side of life are as they seem. Robyne's news sends him on journeys to the ends of the Earth. Will Robyne see his dreams come true before his soul and his very life are lost to a world of the undead...a world that he neither understands, nor is ready for?

Left To The Night Alone

Ivana Morriander has lived life to its fullest. She has seen things and done things that most people could only imagine doing. To the unsuspecting person she is beautiful, smart and taking each day by the hand to enjoy all it has to offer. But in reality, she is miserable. "Life" for Ivana is an interesting oxymoron.being as she is not alive and hasn't been for a very long time. How does a woman who has everything.everything that most humans would give their souls for, cope with living forever while everything and everyone around her dies? Enter Ruben.a dashing and handsome man of secretive origins and brilliant mind. He and Ivana fancy each other and for a time she finds happiness. However, Ruben holds a secret, a secret family oath that he is bound to fulfill and Ivana is the very creature his family has been sworn to kill at all costs. Will Ruben let his love of the beautiful woman prevent him from honoring his duty or will his heart be broken carrying out a centuries old promise that he neither made, nor wishes to keep?

She has many other titles as well of horror.

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I review and edit books and while working with one of my authors, I was introduced to Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc and was fascinated enough by her to read her works which are not usually my genre of choice. I fell in love with her writing instantly! Ya'll should check her out!

I just finished the Monster Nation Trilogy -- It was okay.

I really liked Dead Sea, and I am waiting on tons of different zombie wishlist books... I wish that they weren't so popular!