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Old 10-21-2006, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by noctuary View Post
I just finished reading City of the Dead by Brian Keene. Hoo, boy. It's been a while since I've read a horror book that had the same blunt, visceral impact. It's been while since I've seen that sort of grim ending as well. No real spoilers there, as it's apparent fairly early on just how things are going to end up. If you like zombies, and you're willing to accept an extremely different kind of zombie, check these books out.

i liked the take on how the zombies got there .. but i found the writing to be simplistic - typical of the genre.

you want a book with a blunt visceral impact - check out Jack Ketchum's Open Season.


reading it was like watching Last House on the Left ... but waaaaaay more brutal
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