More zombie discussion. I admit I'm inundated with the subject matter right now, so it's on my mind as of late. Still really enjoying World War Z, it still keeps the surprises coming. There are a bunch of different things that have happened that made me stop and say "I never thought about that." Brooks really does present the situation in a fashion that it's just believable enough to happen.
Good stories are like that, if you use a lot of truth and existing knowledge, the one nugget of fiction will hold up. Just ask anyone that reads Dan Brown (overrated in my opinion, but his following cannot be denied). So many people got caught up in the real life Opus Dei and Illuminati stuff, that the entirely made-up stuff just got largely ignored. Putting in a large chunk of reality always helps sell your bullshit.
I think that's the attraction to Science Fiction for me, there's a lot of what-if speculation going on. Add that to existing science technology, move it forward along a predicted progression, and bam! you've got warp drive.
For World War Z, take a lot of viral outbreak and political turmoil scenarios, switch disease with zombies, and you've got a pretty cool look at how it could happen in our modern world. Highly recommended reading.
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I tend to enjoy harder sci-fi, which usually pulls heavily from modern science and extrapolates into the future.
ReplyDeleteIs Dan Brown overrated? Yes. Are his books still a decent read? I think so. Especially for the mildly ADD like myself. Man, he constantly flips between different characters. King is also quite overrated, IMO, but his recent books supposedly get better, now that he is off the booze / drugs. Look at the following he has.
Zombies are always cool, of course.