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Found 102 comments on The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead:

u/iWORKBRiEFLY · 56 pointsr/savedyouaclick

I'm gonna follow whatever my zombie survival guide book says...if it's in print its gotta be true right?

u/slavik262 · 28 pointsr/guns

Eh. It's this one. It's decent, but the firearms section is really stupid. An excerpt:

> The U.S. Army M16A1 is considered by many to be the worst assault rifle ever invented. Its overcomplicated mechanism is both difficult to clean and prone to jamming. Adjusting the sight, something that must be done every time the target shifts its range [pfft], requires the use of a nail ballpoint pen, or similar device. What if you don't have one, or lost it as several dozen zombies shambled steadily toward you? The delicate plastic stock of the M16A1 obviates bayonet use, and by attempting to use it as such you would risk shattering the hollow, spring-loaded stock... So poor was its early battle record that during the Vietnam War, communist guerrillas refused to take them from dead Americans [right...]. The newer M16A2, although somewhat of an improvement, is still regarded as a second-class weapon. If given the choice, emulate the Vietcong and ignore the M16 entirely.

> On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Soviet AK-47 is considered the best assault rifle ever made...

ಠ_ಠ

It only goes downhill from there. Other fun bits include calling an M1 Garand the best semi-auto you can get and saying bolt-actions can be more effective than semi designs because they "[force] the user to make each round count".

u/quixoticacid · 28 pointsr/Damnthatsinteresting

Yep yep. Max Brooks. Also the author of The Zombie Survival Guide
World War Z (the book) is far better, but the survival guide was how I was introduced to it all.

u/drmickhead · 28 pointsr/shutupandtakemymoney

So...a $22 junior-sized machete, a $10 book, a pocket-sized first aid kit, thirty feet of duct tape, a no-name flashlight, and a can of SPAM? And you only have to pay one hundred American dollars (plus $16.59 for ground shipping) for the pleasure of getting it all in a wooden crate? Sign me up!!!

u/einsteinonabike · 12 pointsr/pics

Sweet, but she's dead when she runs out of ammo. Swords and bats are fairly effective, and if you'd really like her to live a bit longer, check out The Zombie Survival Guide

u/slappymcnutface · 9 pointsr/AskScienceFiction

I haven't seen the movie, and I'm not much of a book reader, but I do love all things zombies and of all the zombies things I've seen or read I loved World War Z the book.

It's a very easy, light read. But in my opinion it's the best, more realistic and rational zombie book. Hell, it was written by the guy who wrote the Zombie Survival Guide.

u/JoshTheGoat · 9 pointsr/law
  • Step One - Read this
  • Step Two - Bring a shotgun
  • Step Three - Aim for the head
u/SplinterClaw · 9 pointsr/AskReddit

Acutally yes I do know how tiring a real sword fight is. I've been in re-enacted battles in a full harness of plate and mail with padded gambeson and then two layers of woolen clothes.

I can fight pretty well in that situation for a reasonable amount of time. Given that in the proposed scenario I would not be in full plate I should be okay. The whole point about having a melee weapon and using it correctly is that you keep the fucker as far away from you as possible.

This leads me to my defensive armament my mail shirt. Recommended in the very Zombie Survival Guide you appear to be drawing your research from.

You are correct, sprung steel is not as good as tempered steel, for that I'd have to go get this, but as it's in the cupboard and would take longer to get than the 3s the OP mentioned I discounted it.

Dull blades kill just as quickly as sharp ones.

In short sir, I do not speak bullshit, I will not purchase a firearm and if desired could use a fucking mace if I wanted to

u/theroarer · 7 pointsr/Nerf

On that note, everyone should read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks.

u/treetree888 · 7 pointsr/reddit.com

Settle in, hunt, gather, and prepare a defensible structure for the warmer months when the zombies will thaw out and come to attack you again. Preferably one big enough to allow some farming in the warmer periods. Of course, this means no timely return to a normal life as we know it, which is a bummer.
The last few chapters of the ZSG cover exactly this :)

u/docb30tn · 7 pointsr/preppers

Fierce_Fox is right. FM manuals such as FM-217-76 Survival.....may be somewhat outdated but the information is reliable.
As a Medic/EMT my prepping focuses on my skill set with everything else falling close in line. I have a lot of information in digital format; both on USB and a small external drive. I have a small tablet that is in my BoB for reading documents and such.
At a minimum, here are my suggestions:
FM 21-76 Survival - Department of the Army
https://archive.org/details/military-manuals
SAS Survival Guide - https://www.amazon.com/SAS-Survival-Guide-Collins-Gem/dp/0061992860/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483496552&sr=8-1&keywords=sas+survival+guide
The Pocket Prepper's Guide - Bernie Car
https://www.amazon.com/Preppers-Pocket-Guide-Things-Disaster/dp/1569759294/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483496827&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=The+Pocket+Prepper%27s+Guide+-+Bernie+Car
The Complete Disaster Home Preparation Guide - Robert Roskind
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Disaster-Home-Preparation-Guide/dp/0130859001/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483496881&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Complete+Disaster+Home+Preparation+Guide+-+Robert+Roskind
How To Survive the End of the World As We Know It-James Wesley,Rawles
https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-End-World-Know/dp/0452295831/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483496952&sr=8-1&keywords=How+To+Survive+the+End+of+the+World+As+We+Know+It-James+Wesley%2CRawles
Bug Out - Scott B. Williams
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-Out-Complete-Escaping-Catastrophic/dp/156975781X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483496991&sr=8-1&keywords=Bug+Out+-+Scott+B.+Williams
When There Is No Doctor - Gerard S. Doyle, MD -
https://www.amazon.com/When-There-Doctor-Challenging-Self-reliance/dp/1934170119/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1483497054&sr=8-2&keywords=When+There+Is+No+Doctor
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide - Joseph Alton, MD & Amy Alton, ARNP - https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Survival-Medicine-Guide-Preparedness/dp/1629147702/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483497109&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=The+Ultimate+Survival+Medicine+Guide+-+Joseph+Alton%2C+MD+%26+Amy+Alton%2C+ARNP
Last, but not least, The Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks
https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483497158&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Zombie+Survival+Guide+-+Max+Brooks
The last one is more humor but it does have many great points and ideas.
A library that covered everything would be very heavy and take up a bit of space. For the minimum, at least 1-2 books on everything one will need to survive will still be a lot. These books should be read, reread, and read again. We can't memorize everything, but having this to go back on when needed is a great addition. There's tons of information online and downloadable for free.
Depending on one's skill set, then they may not need as much. Teach others in a group is a must. Can't have one person be the ONLY one who can do 'this' skill. IMO, research should always be the first step. So much information out there and it's free.

u/Sutekhy · 5 pointsr/funny

Jesus christ, have you not read the Zombie Survival Guide? SETTING THEM ON FIRE ONLY MAKES THEM FLAMING ZOMBIES!

u/VimmyNothing · 5 pointsr/IAmA

Sounds a lot like The Zombie Survival Guide. Awesome book, it pretty much started the recent zombie revival, and it's essential for anyone with a passing interest in the genre.

u/Dussellus · 5 pointsr/Denmark

> Ok, så er det tid til at tanke op på dåseretter, rippe den lokale jagt-butik, finde et sikkert sted og zombiesikre det.

Du glemte helt at nævne at man lige hiver den obligatoriske guide frem og sikrer sig at man tager de rigtige forholdsregler

u/sondatch · 4 pointsr/Zombie

Books

  • Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. A great read that will forever fuel zombie conversations in the future.
  • World War Z by Max Brooks. A well done recount of the zombie war that nearly wiped humans off the planet.
  • Day By Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne. A compelling diary-style account from the beginning of a zombie apocalypse.
  • Beyond Exile by J. L. Bourne. A sequel that picks up right where Day By Day left off.
  • The Zombie Combat Manual by Roger Ma. Meh. Just a cash-in on Max Brooks' great work with the survival guide.
  • U.S. Army Zombie Combat Skills by 'Dept. of the Army'. Lame. About as fun to read as a roll of toilet paper.
u/User-5519 · 4 pointsr/Survival

I found the Zombie Survival Guide to be an interesting one to go to..
Yes it’s about zombies, but take out the zombie aspect and it seems to be a decent book still.
Least the zombie idea makes it interesting more then just survival imo


Altho, it’s the only survival book I’ve read, so I don’t have any comparison


In fact.. I just stumbled in here..
and this is my first post in Reddit!

Here’s a link to see..

https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=asc_df_1400049628/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312139954763&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12536411841858454967&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015428&hvtargid=pla-433825695584&psc=1

u/MySonIsCaleb · 3 pointsr/pics

This remind me of this. My husband was reading this book when we first met. He's educated me a lot in the zombie survival technique.

u/Fen-Jai · 3 pointsr/IWantToLearn

The best way to survive a national disaster is to imagine how you would survive a zombie apocolypse. Stock up on food and water, get tourches with batteries (or better yet, wind ups), block all entrances and wait for help. Depending on the level of outbreak and how much society has broken down, you could be waiting for days, if not weeks for the government to step in.

Your costco idea works in theory except that malls and shops are generally hard to defend. Multiple entrances, concreate stairs, lots of windows. Not to mention you will have to stop every Tom, Dick and Harry from trying to raid the store.

Check out the zombie survival guide. Its ment to be a parody but theres a lot of info that works in any situation.

u/Cingetorix · 3 pointsr/thewalkingdead

In that case, I think everyone who wants to write a zombie flick should have Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide as mandatory reading to ensure continuity regarding the capabilities of zombies in future movies. Love that book - it makes me question what the writers were thinking whenever I see a zombie doing something out of the ordinary.

u/tariffless · 3 pointsr/Fantasy

Pure worldbuilding and minimal narrative describes pretty well Expedition and Barlowe's Inferno by Wayne Douglas Barlowe.
Granted, these are books where the framing story (a person exploring the setting in question) is there to provide context for Barlowe's paintings, but you can do pretty much the same thing with words as he does with illustrations- take an explorer, an archaeologist, a historian, or some other sort of researcher, and follow them as they acquire knowledge about the setting. The story will thus focus on their discoveries, rendering exposition and story one and the same.
The SCP Foundation's various exploration logs are the best examples of this that I can name at present, as the characters involved in the framing story are generally anonymous redshirts whose only significance is the strange phenomena they encounter. As far as novels go, I also see the general formula in Jeff Fahy's Fragment.

Another example of an approach that works is the SCP-Foundation. There are traditional narratives on the site, but the main attraction for most of the Foundation's existence has been the collection of fictional documents describing various paranormal phenomena.

A fictional document or fictional documentary strikes me as a perfect method of doing what you seek. You can have an in-universe history book, an in-universe encyclopedia, some other sort of reference work like the Zombie Survival Guide, etc. You could call some of these "stories" by some definition of the word, I guess, but the bottom line is the format and content are quite different from what you typically see in things described as stories.

u/Hortonhearsasuicide · 3 pointsr/pics

Come on, we all know the only zombie survival guide is this one. http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628

u/l_one · 3 pointsr/zombies

For the machete a Cold Steel kukri is an excellent option.

Field strip the MREs: here's how.

Get the Chinese military shovel instead, it's really awesome. Here's one link to buy it.

Would advise a Camelbak or other mini-backpack style hydration bladder, much better for mobility.

For the rope: get milspec 550 paracord.

Gorilla brand duct tape is advised.

For the multitool either SOG or Leatherman are excellent choices. A couple of good picks from each: SOG PowerAssist and PowerLock as well as the Leatherman MUT and the Charge TTi.

Check out 4Sevens for excellent quality flashlights - really these guys are among the best in the flashlight market.

For the gun I would advise a Ruger 10/22 with a folding stock for compactness. Add some 32 round interlocking magazines and a box or two of ammo (.22LR is cheap, they come in boxes of 500 or so).

I would also recommend a Red Cross multifunction solar/crank radio.

The SAS Survival Handbook and of course the Zombie Survival Guide would make good additions.

u/[deleted] · 3 pointsr/books

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. I know it isn't a novel, but it's damn sure fun to read. :)

u/Teledildonic · 3 pointsr/videos

Oh shit, it's a zombie! Better break this out.

u/relish1922 · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

A mental mind fuck can be nice...
It must feel like Christmas for you to find all your lost books.
I would love this [zombie book] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400049628/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&colid=N9C349SABZ8H&coliid=I3DO792KZU31AY&me=&seller=) to go with my other zombie book, World War Z!

u/Trudzilllla · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

OK, so most people will have the same basic plan: Get out of town, find remote fortifiable location. lay low, gather supplies, hold out til you can rebuild (great basic strategies Here!)

However, most people will be cramming the highways with the same strategy, then you get swarmed in the car on the way out.

SO, you need a contingency plan to hold out until you actually find a safe/quick/Stealthy way to execute the get-the-hell-outta-dodge part.

Supplies

have enough supplies on hand so that you could safely bunker down where (or near to) where you are. This is good advice in general and the same supplies will help you hunker down should a hurricane or a riot sweep through or society falls apart for some other reason.

  1. Food/water - enough to last for a couple weeks, stuff that will cover your basic needs for 2 weeks- 1 month (Canned food, dried food, rice, beans, etc)
  2. Basic Defense- Guns are great and all but are loud and need ammo. Think knives, axes or bludgeons. Ideally something with some reach.
  3. Fortifications- Know how you are going to secure your shelter. Going to board up your windows? Better have the tools on hand and know what you're going to use to do it.
    4)Basic Hurricane Kit - hand-powered flashlight, Radio, signal flares etc. buy at any sporting goods store.

    Secure Shelter

    Now this part depends greatly on when/where you are when you become aware whats going on. But in general, (unless you are just pants-shittingly unaware of your surroundings) you should have a day or so between your first Zombie sighting and when stuff really starts going to shit.

    You need to have a clear idea in your head where you are going to draw the line in the sand across which the Undead shall not cross. For me this is the small section of my apartment complex. 22 units with a high iron fence all the way around. 3 entry points which can all automatically lock. I'd need to first secure and barricade these then begin to make a sweep of the neighboring units. There are 3 possibilities of what you will find. 1) Unoccupied unit - poor bastards were either caught in the initial outbreak or tried to make a run for it. make a not of these and come back for supplies. 2) Survivors - Congratulations you're not alone. enlist their help or have them keep their heads down. 3) Biters - You know what you have to do.

    Adapt

    Now once you have a safe defensible location for at least the short run, all planning goes out the window. Depending on how situations develop your plans are probably going to get blown to shit. Maybe the government falls faster than anticipated, so they don't have time to firebomb major cities. Maybe you become entrenched and are going to have to survive in place ad infinitum. Maybe you find your escape path and can make for the hills and follow the default plans.

    You can never be prepared - only more prepared

    TLDR; Have fun feasting on the brains of your loved ones

u/wallish · 2 pointsr/scifi

Also, zombies in hot regions will dry up and break apart while zombies in cold regions are "at risk" of freezing completely (after all, it is assumed that zombies are cold-blooded and contain at least some water). Also, zombies in areas of extreme heat and humidity (rain forest) will rot very quickly, assuming that decomposition doesn't stop straight-up.

At least that's what the Zombie Survival Guide tells me.

u/ThisPostIsPillar · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Easily this. When I was done, I was thoroughly convinced zombies were real.

u/Kebilo · 2 pointsr/pics

The Zombie Survival Guide, by Max Brooks. Awesome lecture!

u/joshred · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

This is what I got my little brother for Christmas:

This, this, and this.

u/boot20 · 2 pointsr/worldnews

That's why you need the Zombie Survival Guide

Hurry and buy one before the zombie apocalypse!

u/Charlie24601 · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

Sigh...terrible, just terrible. You guys would all be dead before the day was done.

Chainsaws? Guns? Are you retarded? THEY MAKE NOISE! That will just bring MORE zombies to your location!

The following is what you REALLY need:

  1. Any long bladed weapon, such as a naginata or shaolin spade. This will be the main close combat weapon. It has a very long reach to prevent bites and the blade can sever limbs and especially heads.

  2. A sword of any type (even 2 or 3 is good). This is VERY important. Its your backup melee weapon that you will ALWAYS need in case things get too close or you lose other weapons. Its fast, easy to use and can clear large areas at a time if you need to clear the road so to speak.

  3. Crossbow. Silent but still packs one hell of a punch. This is the one shot one kill mentality. This is NOT for taking on mobs. This is mostly for sniper work for protecting your fortress...i.e. picking off any loners who are wandering too close without attracting mobs.

  4. Fire. Whether its a molotov cocktail or a fucking flamethrower, this is what to use against the mobs. Try to avoid any close up flame weapons. Hairspray and lighters? TERRIBLE choice. Remember, zombies don't tend to feel pain, and fire takes some time to burn enough flesh to immobilze it...so you'll just have a flaming zombie to contend with who is STILL trying to eat you.

  5. A fit human body. Yes, your OWN human body, nimwit. If your lucky, your chubby ass might survive the first few weeks using the weapons above, but once there is a zombie outbreak, its almost non-stop survival from there on. You better start doing some crunches fatass!


    As penance, you all must now read, The Zombie Survival Guide
    Either that or die.
u/tsunam · 2 pointsr/bicycling

I'll just leave this here

Max brooks covered it already in his howto book. I preferred world war z which was actually stories from the war. Note this all assumes its the slow moving variety of zombies, not the crazy super zombies. But in summary the following items made bikes a better option

  • lack of noise allows you to sneak past zombies on a bike
  • no need for fuel, which will likely be in short supply due to everyone taking the fuel already
  • roads will likely be blocked/crowded so a suv or other large vehicle will have trouble navigating
  • On a bike you need to watch out for zombies in cars reaching out for you

u/DrewMartin · 2 pointsr/zombies

Zombie Survival guide by Max Brookes ----> http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628 (although it looks like you have the same one but with a different cover)

u/dragonk30 · 2 pointsr/movies

It's Max Brooks' predecessor to World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide

u/HazDaGeek · 2 pointsr/scifi

The Zombie Survival Guide also by Max Brooks. Didn't see it referenced.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628

u/TitoTheMidget · 2 pointsr/NoSleepOOC

> I can't even remember what made zombies more popular than cat videos.

The Walking Dead pushed them over the top, but the initial groundswell came from The Zombie Survival Guide (which is actually a pretty fun, humorous read.)

u/phqu88 · 2 pointsr/WDP

And Max Brooks (Mel Brooks son) published this in like 2003. I'm not trying to split hairs, I'm just trying to say that zombie apocalypse stuff has been around long before vampires had sparkles.

u/EntropyMonster · 2 pointsr/DoesAnybodyElse

I've read Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide a few times through, and it's a brilliant manual for any major disaster, really. Good tips on fortifying against rioting masses, stockpiling of food, disposal of bodies and waste, weapon selection, etc.

u/derpinatious · 2 pointsr/pics

Write awesome stuff about zombies including a book entitled "The Zombie Survival Guide". I haven't read that one, but I suggest you check out "World War Z." It approaches a zombie war as it happens on a global level rather than just 8 or so survivors, addressing many sociopolitical issues and showing how different cultures would theoretically react to the outbreak.

u/That-Guy13 · 2 pointsr/AskReddit

read the book that came before it. [The Zombie Survival Guide] (http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628)

u/xam217 · 2 pointsr/reddit.com

Excellent reference: Max Brooks (Mel's son) Zombie Survival Guide

u/happyeriko · 2 pointsr/pics

I'll just leave this here.

u/Casedilla · 2 pointsr/atheism

I would behead the person. Gather essentials (see reference http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628 ) Inform a select few loved ones, set up a rally point and specific time. Then set out on my journey north with whoever arrived at the designated location.

u/technophi_LIA · 2 pointsr/IAmA

I'd say a nice bottle of bourbon or cognac would do the trick. Or, if he wouldn't like that (you know better than me), you could build him a zombie survival kit. You can personalize it with his favorite snacks, etc, and then have something like http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628 to bring it all together. That seems pretty practical.

u/husak · 2 pointsr/pics

have you not read this?

u/Minatox · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

This DVD would be nice to have and this physical book will be nice used of course :)

u/AnOddOtter · 2 pointsr/IWantToLearn

Two books that might be interesting reads for you:

  • Emergency by Neil Strauss

  • Zombie Survival Guide

    More of personal survival than mankind and obviously that's for zombies, not aliens, but you might find some good tips (Remember, you never have to reload a sword!).

    Also, the Center for Disease Control has a Zombie Preparedness site
u/pinzoi1 · 2 pointsr/teenagers

A journal (book 1) Zombie Survival Guide A magazine that way I can look at the year it was released to keep track of time


I don't have movies


MRE type stuff, insta water added


iPod with 2000's music, if that's not a genre, then pop


Personal items: my iphone, wallet


Survival items: Heavy duty Utility knife, Knife sharpener, rope


Person: My brother

u/pixie_chick42 · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

You're welcome. Make sure to read "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead" for proper usage. :)

http://amzn.com/1400049628

u/Sailing_an_upboat · 1 pointr/explainlikeimfive

Pretty sure this book will answer all of your questions. It's packed in my suitcase with my pole trimmer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1400049628?pc_redir=1404050055&robot_redir=1

u/gijose41 · 1 pointr/movies

To help fix that, I highly recommend the book The Zombie Survival Guide by the same guy who wrote The WarZ, the book that shares a slight similarity to the movie.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1400049628/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/180-2819606-9361610
(Sorry mobile, couldn't find a non mobile link)

u/AWayOut · 1 pointr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

STAND TALL, YET BRACE FOR A FALL

Rule 1: Cardio

u/Clearly_Im_lying · 1 pointr/pics

Most ill prepared bunker I've ever seen, ignoring the fact that there isnt food/water.

Guns make noise, which attract other zombies. Where are your melee weapons? Crowbar is top choice for that.

I suggest adding this to your repetoir.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347191436&sr=8-1&keywords=zombie+survival+guide+max+brooks

u/movingchicane · 1 pointr/books

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628

World War Z also by Max Brooks

http://www.amazon.com/World-War-Oral-History-Zombie/dp/0307346617/ref=pd_sim_b_2

And if you are open to graphic novels/comics

The Walking Dead series (It is significantly different from the TV series which is based on this series)

http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Compendium-One/dp/1607060760/ref=sr_1_1

u/satansballs · 1 pointr/books

Obligatory wiki links: Dystopian Literature. Although, some of the titles listed don't seem to fit (The Dispossessed?). Nuclear holocaust fiction, and your general apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction.

Some of the better/more popular ones:

  • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm.

  • Eternity Road Jack McDevitt. Well written, but not very insightful.

  • The Postman David Brin.

  • Mockingbird Walter Tevis. Great read. Think Idiocracy, with a serious take. Humanity's totally run by robots, everyone's forgotten how to read and think for themselves, and the world population's dropped to almost nothing.

  • We Yevgeny Zamyatin. The inspiration for George Orwell's 1984. Not the best read IMO, but some people claim it's better than 1984. It's possible I read a poor translation.

  • Island Aldous Huxley. It's a utopian island surrounded by a dystopian world. Might not fit in this list, but it's a good read if you like Huxley. I think it was his last novel.

  • 1984 George Orwell. One of my favorite novels. I have a bumper sticker with the quote "War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, Freedom is Slavery", which is a slogan from the book. (Also, a sticker on my mirror with "Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me"). The link points to Animal Farm and 1984.

  • Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury. Another must read. Very well written, thought-provoking novel. Is it still required reading in schools?

  • Earth Abides George Stewart.

  • Alas, Babylon Pat Frank. Lucifer's Hammer Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle. I'm grouping these two together because they're very similar, both in setting and politics. I didn't really enjoy either. The politics were not at all subtle, and the characters fit too neatly into stereotypes, and too obviously the writer's hero fantasy. Still, they're pretty popular, so try them out and feel free to disagree with me.

  • Brave New World Aldous Huxley. Really just a utopia that's rough around the edges, if I'm remembering it correctly (also called an anti-utopia, thank you wikipedia). Another must read.

  • A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter Miller.

  • Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Stanislaw Lem. Another favorite. I once created a text adventure based on this book. It was about as frustrating as that Hitchhiker's Guide game.

  • The Road Cormac McCarthy.

  • Philip K. Dick It's hard to keep track of PKD's novels, but some of them are dystopian, all of them worth reading. Favorites: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (also known as/inspired Blade Runner), Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, The Man in the High Castle.

  • The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood.

  • Y: The Last Man A graphical novel/comic collection. Decent art, great story.

    Zombies: World War Z, Raise the Dead, Marvel Zombies, Zombie Survival Guide, Day By Day Armageddon, I Am Legend.

    Also, just for kicks, some of my favorite dystopian movies:
    Brazil, Soylent Green, 12 Monkeys, Blade Runner, Akira, Children of Men, Dark City, A Boy and His Dog, Logan's Run, Idiocracy, Equillibrium.
u/TheColonel · 1 pointr/zombies

Let me ask a simple question... how, exactly, do you intend to sever the spine or severely impact the brain of a zombie with that?

While I don't agree that the Quad 50 is the way to go, there's no chance that gun would have the firepower required to take down countless zombie hordes.

As mentioned here:
>Brooks also scoffs at my notion of using a heavy machine gun, pointing out — quite rightly — that zombies can only be killed with a perfect head shot.

That said, I'd recommend educating yourself.

u/45321200 · 1 pointr/AdviceAnimals

Read Max Brooks's Zombie Survival Guide. It goes into great detail on bugging in vs bugging out and what it all means in preparation. It's a really fun book

u/rbmako69 · 1 pointr/zombies

I would have been nice if the person posting that interesting piece of information would have listed the source. Max Brooks' Zombie Survival Guide.

u/nicolauz · 1 pointr/IAmA

I think it's already been made..at least a few times...

edit: Here is the best one....
And another

u/meditonsin · 1 pointr/gaming

The Zombie Survival Guide agrees with e001mek. Don't remember the details from the top of my head, though.

u/arvel1996 · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Have you read this then? i love that book and also World War Z by the same author.

u/leontrotskitty · 1 pointr/sydney

Easy, just get him a Zombie survival guide from Dymocks/Kinokuniya. What you have to watch out for is that you don't get him a shit one, of which there are many. IMO, The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks is the best one out there. If he hasn't read it, World War Z also by Max Brooks is excellent reading. It's not so much a guide as a collection of individual recounts, reports and stuff from different people over the course of a zombie breakout. It reads realistically which is more than I can say for the majority of Zombie related "survival guides" and books that are just stupid. They're making a movie out of it with Brad Pitt starring - just to show it's popularity.

If he hasn't seen The Walking Dead, getting him the seasons on DVD might be a good idea. Awesome TV show - again, realistic. If he's seen them, don't bother. I mean, he can just download them anyway so I guess this would be a crap gift unless he really likes the show. There are graphic novels that the show is based on which might be good.

If he's a gamer, might be good to get him ARMA II: Combined Operations. The reason I say that there's a great zombie survival mod for it called Day Z which is basically an online multiplayer open-world zombie survival like game. Trust me, he'll like it. Steam summer sale is on right now so ARMA II is 20% - if you can wait, don't buy it yet as it may go on sale for more (possibly up to 75%) if it goes up as a daily deal/flash sale/community choice. There's also a The Walking Dead game which I've heard is good. It's already been a daily deal so 25% is as good as it will get now.

Last of all, making him a kit might be cool. I put together this for a redditor last year. You can probably make a better one than me - I'll admit I cheaped out a little. Get a box or a backpack (you can cheap out on the backpack) and fill it up with things like a flashlight, a med kit (bandaids, bandages, surgical scissors, sports tape etc. things you can buy from a pharmacy), water purification tablets (this especially adds to it IMO), food (canned, power bars or, if you want to go the extra mile, MREs), thick army socks, a compass, etc. Basically just shit you'd take with you if you were going camping. Make it as compact/lightweight as possible.


Well, fuck, that turned out to be a lot longer than I intended. Anyway, good luck.

EDIT: Oh yeah, one more thing. What I did for that same redditor last year was that I wrote a survival plan for him. Basically, if you get him that Max Brooks Survival Guide, one of the things they suggest is hiding out in a prison (fortification, food, water, exercise yard, accommodation, weapons, remote etc.) - what I did was that I researched prisons in the walkable/bikable vicinity of his house and I mapped out routes to them from his house on a map I printed of his house from google maps.

u/avenlanzer · 1 pointr/PostCollapse

The Zombie Survival Guide is for more than just surviving zombies. It's all about survivial in a post apocolyptic world. It just also includes guides to dealing with zombies. Very useful for exactly the desire you want, and even more useful in the event of z-day.

u/iamagainstit · 1 pointr/AskReddit

the top recommendation from the zombie survival guide.

u/malachi23 · 1 pointr/legaladvice

I messed up; It's "handbook" not "guide" -- ZSG

u/alexanderwales · 1 pointr/rational

The first thing that comes to mind is The Zombie Survival Guide, though it's probably not widely applicable enough for your tastes (though much of what it says is good for a general end of the world scenario).

u/ihatetheterrorists · 1 pointr/CasualConversation

OP, I work in a Risk Management field too. I basically keep things in the city's public realm in good shape and run zombie and catastrophic details through my head all day. It is sort of fun. At a recent annual review my boss said she loved the work I do because I 'live this' kind of world. I can totally thank zombie apocalypse scenarios for sending me down this career path. That being said everyone should read Max Brooke' "The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead".
https://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628

u/ThatCantBeGood · 1 pointr/gaming

Have you read this? I'm sure you have, but if not, it is definitely worth the read for some inspiration. Also, I would love if you stuck to the type of zombies described in this book.

Edit: Forgot the link. Stupid.

http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310692624&sr=8-1

u/homergonerson · 1 pointr/AskReddit

If you have the time, read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It is very informative, as well as interesting. Provides all the (basic) info you need to know about zombies and zombie survival.

u/paella_face · 1 pointr/secretsanta

I've been making a "joke" survival kit for my boyfriend. This is what I have in it so far:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/82012973/united-states-zombie-hunting-permit

http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/games/red-dead-redemption-undead-nightmare-collection/84602

http://www.etsy.com/listing/65530954/zombie-repellent-soap?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=zombie&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade

http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322669816&sr=8-1

I'm going to throw in a couple of those small bottles of liquor to sterilize wounds of course ;). I'm also hoping to find a funny crowbar-eque bottle opener or something. For his main gift, I'm going to include a nice pocket knife and get his name engraved on it. I'd love more ideas for things to include, if anyone can think of something.

u/DonPancake · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Your question is answered in the Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. I can't remember exactly why at the moment, but the answer is in there.

u/slashbringinghasher · 1 pointr/funny

Its funny because this actually exists. Its a good book actually, I've read it.

u/Steve369ca · 1 pointr/funny

You may have missed all the minor incidents along the way its ok...http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628

u/BrokenMasterpiece · 1 pointr/movies

This is all you need. My favorite version of zombies and a great read.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628

u/Aceofacez10 · 1 pointr/RandomActsOfGaming

My favorite piece of zombie culture would have to be the book The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

It is a book all about how to survive a zombie apocolypse and has a good way of helping you suspend your disbelief- when I was a kid reading it I thought the stories at the end were real...

Also he made the book World War Z after this one, which became the loose basis for the movie of the same name.

u/Beholdereye · 0 pointsr/AskReddit

I'll assume you meant "Where can I find a quick guide on how to protect myself and my family?"

Here ya go.