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.

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.

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
   
   

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.

• Item which would most make you seem like an old posh Englishman: These cookies. Awesome things WL
  
• Most "oh god, I would never be seen with this in public" looking item: This is more for dress up than going out in public with. Clothes WL
  
• Most phallic looking item: Well if we are going there... Awesome things WL
  
• Most geeky item: This is geeky in so many ways. Books! WL
  
• Item which would most help you achieve a goal: With this I become a fairy princess. Awesome things WL
  
• Best item to bring to a deserted island: [I'm sure a jump rope could do a lot of good.] (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YCKJF0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=11V47FL8PCKSN&coliid=I3BOGQ5OPL8W72) Awesome things WL

I think there are two premises in here that could be challenged:

1. Society benefits considerably less from derivative works than non-derivative works.
   
   
2. Copyrights on net encourage creation of more works because of their long lifespans.
   
   First, I see no reason to believe that derivative works are any less valuable than new works. If they're what society enjoys from its arts, then that's valuable. It's not for me (or the government) to say that a choose-your-own-adventure version of Romeo and Juliet is any less valuable to society than any other book.
   
   On the second point, the downside of copyrights is that the fear of lawsuits will chill the creation of new works. For instance, the author of this book has not published it because of well-founded fears of a copyright lawsuit.
   
   The larger the range of works which retain copyright, the more works will be suppressed by the fear or reality of lawsuits. This is a particular problem in the area of music, where hit songs routinely attract lawsuits alleging infringement of songs from decades prior.
   
   Further, because of economic discounting, it is highly unlikely that long copyright terms encourage more creation. It is a well documented economic phenomenon that people value things near in time more than things further away in time. The difference in incentive between a 5 year term and a 10 year term would therefore be expected to be much greater than the incentive difference between a 50 year term and a 55 year term, because people care much more about relatively near term benefits than very long term benefits.
   
   Given that the chilling effect of copyright lawsuits is roughly linearly correlated with the number of copyrighted works, and that the positive incentive of copyright has diminishing returns, we'd expect the lines to intersect at some "new work maximizing" point. I would wager that point is in the neighborhood of 15-20 years, if not shorter.

I have a lot of thoughts about it, but there's nothing I can say quickly. There are some great books by much smarter people than me on the /r/comedywriting reading list:

• Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters - Ted Cohen
  
• Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life - Steve Martin
  
• The Comic Toolbox: How To Be Funny Even if You're Not - John Vorhaus
  
• And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft - Mike Sacks
  
  There's also /r/standup. Doing standup has greatly informed my writing. I highly recommend it for anyone who thinks they're funny.

> Humor is always good.

This isn't really related to any of the books/authors you mentioned but To Be Or Not To Be: A Chooseable Path Adventure is really fun. The same author also wrote Romeo and/or Juliet.

I thought those might be fun while you're recovering because they're like a book and game all in one, and they're very light-hearted.

Good luck with the procedure! Wishing you a speedy recovery.

If I have a bit of extra time, I will flip through this version with students. It’s hilarious!

Honestly, though, I’d suggest watching clips from multiple different versions as you go along. Also don’t be afraid to watch scenes BEFORE you read them. I’m a huuuuuge fan of Kenneth Branagh’s unabridged, but there are scenes that drag (it is 4 hours long, after all).

The David Tennant version is pretty solid - and you can let them know that Yorick’s skull is an ACTUAL human skull (of a dude who donated his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company in his will.)

PBS has some
Great resources for teaching the “To Be or Not To Be” speech as well.


And good luck!

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.

This is such a cute idea!

I'm not the most creative person ever, but I usually do homemade cards. Either dried and pressed flowers, or a picture. For my dad, I'm most likely putting a picture of him holding me at the airport (I'm adopted). The contents would say something like, "Dad-- I hope you got what you wanted, because you're more than I could ever wish for. Thanks for picking me." My dad is really incredible. I actually just added this book for my dad earlier today. for Father's Day !

Someone gifted me this book. My dad is the kind of guy that has everything, so if I get picked, honestly a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project is something he'd appreciate.

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I would like to write more in terms of letters and poems, but my penpal became pretty lazy. And I'm honestly not motivated enough to write poems for anyone besides her.

However, if you are still interested in good books.[This] (https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Sharknado-Other-Unnatural-Disasters/dp/0553418130) book might be great!

>This is something I was wondering about that. What's the deal with people who are like 'I'm sick of heavy handed, <current year> political crap in my comics' getting into bed with the guy who made Trump the Rabbit and Trump in Space, or whatever they were called?

I would say there is a slight misconstruing of things, at least with regards to Lim (open to correction /u/AnarcrotheAlchemist or anyone else that knows better);

Lim's first book (Thump: The First Bundred Days) and his Trump-themed parody of My Hero Academia (My Hero Magedemia, natch) are stand-alone, boutique publications. More than novelty gifts (I have Thump, which is delightful, and Just Some Guy reviewed Magedemia rather glowingly), but they aren't ongoing comics or soft relaunches or things of that nature.

Are they political? Oh yeah! But they're not meant to be anything but political, and they are up-front about that.

Obviously I can't speak for Lim, but certainly my objection is not that things like these (or the analogous Obama/Reagan hero worship stuff) exist, but the infiltration of hard-left politics into places that weren't just previously politically 'neutral', but places where it is detrimental to the story.

Where they intersect with CG is (again guessing) because Lim was attacked by The Mary Sue (the OG Asian White Nationalist) and clearly ostracized from mainstream comics even before EVS started getting hit.

I would slightly differ from Anarcro in that I think CG (much like GG) is really more a movement of people that have been ostracized from the mainstream combined with a consumer revolt than a coherent movement with a unifying message.

It's 10 dollars on Amazon.

It's a real book, not some Lootcrate exclusive. I'd give you my extra since I owned it already, but I already gave it away. But really if you love Sharknado buy the book, support SyFy and give them more money to make fun movies like this!

I disagree. As a comedy nerd + writer, I have to chime in here. I hate this argument. It's not generational, it's the format.

The format SNL, weekly live show that is necessarily based on advertisements, is a poor format. You have to write quickly to produce that much material. Which isn't so bad, except you have such a wide audience and dependence on advertisement that you have to go for the common denominator EVERY TIME.

There are plenty of smaller groups who can do amazing weekly work, but that is because they can rely on their audience to be smart. The SNL audience is millions of people. Millions of people who the advertisers NEED to keep watching the show.

There are a ton of talented writers + performers that march through SNL. But overall it is mediocre comedy based on catch phrased characters. Even your example is a catch phrase.

For example,
Matt Foley character was first developed by Bob Odenkirk for another show. He was a fully fledged character, the way Odenkirk wrote him. (source: Here's The Kicker, http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Kicker-Conversations-Humor-Writers/dp/1582975051)

The first Matt Foley skit is true to that. He is a flawed being but with just enough humanity to keep our empathy.

Even in the second or third sketch the catchphrase is uttered immediately as Farley goes over the top and crashes through a coffee table to grab laughs in just the first minute.

It's a format that necessarily yields aggravatingly simple and base comedy.

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.

• Monsters Eat Whiny Children - an awesome title.
  
  
• Your Disgusting Head: The Darkest, Most Offensive and Moist Secrets of Your Ears, Mouth and Nose (Haggis-On-Whey World of Unbelievable Brilliance) -- this was is just intentionally weird, but also has a quality and shiny cover.
  
  
• If You Give a Mouse an iPhone: A Cautionary Tail - A parody of the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books.
  
  
• Cinderella - a photo book story of dogs in costumes
  
  
• Frank and Earnest -- I kept this one because it seems like a subtlety told story about a gay inter-species couple. It's kind of like the Burger King commercials run years ago that were talked about as being interpreted different ways based on who was watching the ad.
  
  
• The Gods from Outer Space: Descent into the Andes -- This is a color large format comic book (semi-thick cover) "based on the work of Erich von Dankin." He's an author who believes aliens visited us in the ancient past.
  
  
• Nobody Listens to Andrew -- When Andrew says there's a bear in his bedroom, you better goddamn believe him.
  
  
• Dick and Jane and Vampires -- This looks and reads like a Dick & Jane book that's been modified to include a vampire in every scene and the dialogue expertly changed.
  
  
• The Zombie Night Before Christmas
  
  
• That's Not Your Mommy Anymore: A Zombie Tale -- This one I bought new.
  
  
• A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic - A Christmas gift for my wife.
  
  
• Beware Beware -- I can't find pictures online other than this one. It looks like a 1700s family and caught me off guard by being super creepy as the warnings persist to beware as a child goes into the forest. There are gnarled images discernible in the forest. Nothing actually happens in the story, but it creates suspense for a small child.
  
  
• Charlie The Acidophilus -- A book about maintaining good gut health. It includes a CD of the song, 'Do the Acidophilus Hula.' It was apparently written by a grandmother for her grandchildren. I think it might be self-published.
  
  
• Cooking with Heinz Ketchup
  
  
• Barbie Voyage to Rados -- These Barbie books are story books that use photos of Barbie dolls positioned in different scenes. This particular story is far out.
  
  
• Jalapeno Bagels -- A story about a Mexican bagel shop. It's by a local author about a real bagel shop
  
  
• Super Cilantro Girl -- Her teeth turn green, her hair becomes cilantro, and she flies over the border wall to rescue her mother who has been deported.
  
  
• Learning How to Learn - a serious book about how to teach children from L. Ron Hubbard the Scientology founder. It's just a freakish curiosity. It reminds me that I foolishly gave away another book, a lusciously produced book about dinosaurs from a creation museum.

You have to throw about £3 at it but green laser ponter would be cool.

Or maybe I Am America (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert.

And you can never go wrong with a classic.

Edit: I almost forgot both book by John Hodgman are great.

The Areas of My Expertise: A Compendium of Complete World Knowledge Compiled with Instructive Annotation and Arranged in Useful Order by Myself

More Information Than You Require ( Paperback )

I think that as a financier yeah even the gov't should exercise discretion on what it can and cannot fund. However I think it's pretty immature for that government to limit culture based on something so tame as nudity. However, that can be just as applicable to the performance. A nude performance just to act in the nude doesn't really sound like it adds anything other than to be a cheap gimmick. Nude Shakespeare had this problem cause that's all it did. But others that took Shakespeare and blended it with other media or "modernized" it actually had to exercise thought into why it held a purpose.

Not to say all nude performance is just that empty of substance outside of its nudity. But it really is up to the creator to justify it. Yes, nude is our natural, human state. Art and culture aren't natural, human states, though. They're intellectual expressions. So expecting a creator to validate the intelligence of the piece isn't a bad standard to hold, regardless of its subjectivity.

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.

Vice President Joe Biden has a reputation for speaking his mind. He's had so many gaffes in office (just google: joe biden gaffe) and there's been more than a few times he's just straight up cursed in front of the media, which is unusual for a politician nowadays. People actually love him for this because it makes him seem like a more down to earth real guy who somehow ended up vice president.

The Onion capitalized on this image of him by fictionalizing him as an old guy always getting into young-guy movie-type comedic situations and doing unexpected wild things. Believe it or not it's been a successful parody for The Onion and they have lots of these stories. Joe Biden and the White House administration have also reacted well to the parody but insist that's not his real personality.

This one has always been one of my favorites.

The parodies were successful enough that The Onion released a "autobiography" of their 'Diamond' Joe Biden character. "He" has also done an AMA on reddit.

I can't do iambic pentameter (I'm not even sure how to read it aloud properly), but I do love Shakespeare. I got this book for christmas and laughed my face off :)

That would be really cool! If it was possible for someone to rewrite Star Wars as a Shakespearean drama, then Eva surely could be given the same treatment.

On a similar note, I've always thought it would be awesome if someone rewrote Eva as an epic poem- maybe in alliterative verse like in Beowulf (which like Eva, describes a series of battles against progressively stronger monsters), but then have it occasionally turn into super modern experimental verse to describe the weird surreal stuff like the Komm Susser Tod sequence.

So one benefit of being the older side of the generation is I remember when Politically Correct became a controversy in the 90s. I had some of these books growing up.

The dialect is basically all the same. The controversy is essentially the same thing again. There was a South Park joke about it during the PC Principal run, I can't remember the exact bit.

This isn't new. It isn't a millennial creation. I guess I can't testify as to the novelty of NRX, but c'mon, it's built at least somewhat on looking for good ideas in our past, so it's almost a foundation in not innovative (to its credit).

These 'millennial' sites are just a location for ideologies that are easily recognized, playing out the same way they've always played out. In some sense we'll only have a sense of what people in their 40s-60s feel now once we stop being preoccupied with it, except that the answer is probably: you never stop being preoccupied with it, you just work around it and realize that your day to day life isn't dramatically affected most of the time.

> 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.)

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.

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.

If you like that, check out the book An Exaltation of Larks by James Lipton (yes, the "Inside the Actor's Studio" guy.) that is mentioned on the Wikipedia page. It has a great introduction about these "terms of venery" and some of their origins, a really comprehensive list with illustrations, and Lipton himself even gets into creating new ones. Very cool book.

Okay, I know you were just making a reference, but if you like Shakespeare and Star Wars check this shit out. It's the entirety of A New Hope painstakingly translated into iambic pentameter, oftentimes practically line-for-line, with a few beautiful soliloquies thrown in for good measure. It was done by someone who's obviously a huge fan of both Shakespeare and Star Wars, and if you are too you'll love it. I believe he's done Episodes IV, V, and VI, although I've only read IV. Can't recommend it enough.

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.

This!

Also, cheer up. :hug: Today hopefully wasn't too terrible, and if today is already set as a bad day, you can do your best to make tomorrow a good day. :D

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.

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.

This is a randomly amazing contest of random amazingness.

Morthy Demands:

Posh Old Englishman in Londontown [Found on "Little Bit of Everything!"]

Oh God! [Found on "Read or GTFO!"]

So phallic right now [Found on "Little Bit of Everything!"]

Akeleie Demands:

Geektastic! [Found on "Read or GTFO!"]

Reach for the Stars! [Found on "Little Bit of Everything!"]

Deserted Island! [Found on Little Bit of Everything!]

This was hilarious to me!

May I recommend Reasons to vote for Democrats.

It's gotten great reviews and would look good on your bedside table.

http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762

They are pretty cheap. Better grab some now before the NSA hikes the prices up on tinfoil. I trust something that gives me the option a lot more than something that doesn't even really mention what it might or might not do much less offer me a choice. Which is most other browsers especially on mobile.

Also, [Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency] (https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Unmaking-Presidency/dp/0385334540) is an amazing book. It's written like an epistolary novel: fake campaign bios, news reports, diary entries, Bob Woodward exposes, transcripts. It's an incredibly well done and funny book. Definitely check out the Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot Book and Lying Liars is brilliant is well. While you're at it check out some videos on YouTube of him as the comedian for a couple of Correspondents Dinners during Bill Clinton's presidency.

Conservatives don't really have much sense of humour. Perusing though my local bookstore selection only reveals scant titles with even a conservative bent, and even then the joke tends to just be "look at this strawman, isn't this ridiculous!" like the Social Justice Warriors handbook or my personal favorite Reasons to vote for democrats which is just an empty book similar to a journal, and that's almost like a joke right -the democrats have no plans, see? But then you realise that someone sold an empty book at full price and the joke is you just wasted your time and money.

Beer from a baby bottle is my faves. I've also got a pretty good collection of adult parodies of little kid's books. I've got this one and this one and I've asked Santa for this one

I also recently got my green card so let the nommy special cookies and cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles commence :3

I know for a fact that this book would Turn that frown Upsidedown :)

I hope your day gets better!

http://www.amazon.com/An-Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-Edition/dp/0140170960/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342243949&sr=8-1&keywords=lipton+exaltation

An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition by James Lipton

> An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards," a "parliament of owls," an "ostentation of peacocks," a "smack of jellyfish," and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century. When Mr. Lipton's painstaking research revealed that five hundred years ago the terms of venery had already been turned into the Game of Venery, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a "slouch of models," a "shrivel of critics," an "unction of undertakers," a "blur of Impressionists," a "score of bachelors," and a "pocket of quarterbacks." This ultimate edition of An Exaltation of Larks is Mr. Lipton's brilliant answer to the assault on language and literacy in the last decades of the twentieth century. In it you will find more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that most endangered of all species, our language, in a setting of 250 witty, beautiful, and remarkably apt engravings.

Bonus: this web site had a contest to come up with more of these. The article includes an illustration of "a business of ferrets".

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/48929

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

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

You would describe it like Ian Doescher did in his seminal trilogy: https://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Star-Wars-Doescher/dp/1594746370

The audiobook is pretty good.

The President of Vice tells that tale of ol Diamond Joe from the Onion.

It's free on Kindle unlimited but worth about the price of two tallboys and 30 minutes with that little mexican thing eyeing up ol Diamond Joe from across the bar.

Well, leading up to the 25th I'm reading them stories from this book.

They don't really care much for presents, so I plan on giving them some extra love and affection. We are also planning of decorating the wonderland with plenty of tacky Christmas guff, which will be a nice bonding experience.

Other than that... not much. I wish I could show them snow, but here in Louisiana, it snows once every few leap years.

Oh! And I want to teach them the real Christmas story, rather than the... you know, marketed version.

Actually, he wrote the book already.

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Unmaking-Presidency/dp/0385334540

It's very good, holds up well, and is full of good ideas for campaigning.

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

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.

SEE! You totally get it. Thanks! I've been reading Crossing the Line for Dummies all week; it's a big upgrade from How To Be A Troll In Social Situations. Kudos.

The Globe in London. I had a nice experience there. I wish they would play this one time: http://www.amazon.de/William-Shakespeares-Star-Wars-Doescher/dp/1594746370

Hence why it gets chopped from watching the films in Machete Order.

> "Episodes II and III aren’t exactly Shakespeare, but standing next to the complete and utter trainwreck that is Episode I, they sure look like it. At least, III does anyway."

Not to be confused with William Shakespeare's Star Wars.

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)

Or buy one of the other books he wrote like Romeo and/or Juliet because Ryan North is awesome.

there you go: http://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Empire-Striketh-Trilogy/dp/1594747156

and thanks for the idea...this is a perfect present

• On The Spot Improv presents: May the 4th Be With You
  
• May 3rd, 8 PM; May 4th, 2 PM
  
• Arts at Mark's Garage
  
• Enjoy a staged reading of William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back, followed by live music and festivities.
  
• Get your tickets online!

Ideally I want to be working as a performance analyst for a big rugby club, preferably in France. Toulon is the dream. That basically means I'll be looking at all the data the players collect over a match from GPS packs and then formulating how to better them when it comes to training.

I've also spent a lot of time thinking up Zombie Survival methods. If you haven't try giving The Zombie Survival guide by Max Brooks a read.

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

https://www.amazon.ca/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628

Its a pretty fun quick read.

Pssshh. 12 reasons in a short article? There's a whole book with reasons to vote Democrat linked below. It's a great read and has a 5 star rating on Amazon!

https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=reasons+to+vote+democrat&qid=1562554428&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Park Slope, a place “where everyone knows one another, and we watch out for our neighbors via a system of silently judging them. In Park Slope everyone is equal, except for the children, who are in charge of everything and are allowed to kill you on sight if you don’t entertain them.” (or so says John Hodgeman)

Ok that's not really a fact. But Prospect Park was designed by Olmsted and Vaux after they worked on Central Park, and apparently they were much more pleased with the results despite it being a smaller area, having learned how to improve the flow of the paths a second time around.

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

The Zombie Survival Guide was pretty good

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

We must bring our brethren and sisteren up to speed. (I know that that is not a word, but it is very cromulent to the point at hand.)

https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960


An "exaltation of larks"? Yes! And a "leap of leopards," a "parliament of owls," an "ostentation of peacocks," a "smack of jellyfish," and a "murder of crows"! For those who have ever wondered if the familiar "pride of lions" and "gaggle of geese" were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, James Lipton has provided the definitive answer: here are hundreds of equally pithy, and often poetic, terms unearthed by Mr. Lipton in the Books of Venery that were the constant study of anyone who aspired to the title of gentleman in the fifteenth century. When Mr. Lipton's painstaking research revealed that five hundred years ago the terms of venery had already been turned into the Game of Venery, he embarked on an odyssey that has given us a "slouch of models," a "shrivel of critics," an "unction of undertakers," a "blur of Impressionists," a "score of bachelors," and a "pocket of quarterbacks." This ultimate edition of An Exaltation of Larks is Mr. Lipton's brilliant answer to the assault on language and literacy in the last decades of the twentieth century. In it you will find more than 1,100 resurrected or newly minted contributions to that most endangered of all species, our language, in a setting of 250 witty, beautiful, and remarkably apt engravings.

Too many books to think through for the most interesting overall.

But if I can limit it to the most interesting toilet reading, I nominate The Onion's World Atlas.

Oh, love the idea of the Walking Dead mug and the Nightshift coffee.

Maybe some zombie chocolates to go with the coffee? http://www.candywarehouse.com/products/skybar-zombie-food-halloween-candy-22-piece-bag/

Or what about some coffee beans in chocolate?

If they like zombies, this might be a good read
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/071563318X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1417622577&sr=8-2&keywords=zombie+gift

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

And Here’s the Kickeris the first that comes to mind because it’s all interviews of comedy writers. Born Standing Up by Steve Martin was really good too. I’ve never found a how to guide on stand up that helped me unfortunately. Really the best lesson for me was to bomb at open mic a few times.

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

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

Also does a surprisingly good job against zombie bites!

Zombie Survival Guide

Essential Reading

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

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

For humor, check out Why Not Me? by Al Franken. He predicts the choice of Joe Lieberman as a running mate prior to the 2000 election.

Also, check out Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States. You'll never look at Thomas Jefferson the same way.

Got this for Christmas a while back. I'd love to see a SJW do a review of it.

This thread makes me think of the best book I own.

http://www.amazon.com/Our-Dumb-World-Onions-Edition/dp/0316018422

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

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

I really loved this book And Here's The Kicker.

Also Andy Kaufman's biography Lost in the Funhouse

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The Onion actually released an e-book like this called The President of Vice. It's an "autobiography" by Joe Biden that he's writing to pay off some gambling debts. It's only 106 pages but it's freakin' hilarious: http://www.amazon.com/The-President-Vice-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B00B1W7QC6

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.

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.

To paraphrase Our Dumb World:

"Let's be honest: the United States is the most important country in the world. Some people say that it's the only country in the world. Perhaps it is."

They're not on ao3 or FFN, but Ryan North, the guy behind Dinosaur Comics, has done CYOAs based on Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

However, there is a crack crossover with Harry Potter. I've heard it's fairly good, and you can probably find more by checking the "SHAKESPEARE William - Works" tag on ao3. linkao3(The Lamentable Comedy of Severus, Half-Blood Prince of Denmark)

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.

If you're interested, James Lipton (yes, the same James Lipton) wrote a book called "An Exaltation of Larks" that researched all the terms of venery and created some new ones.

http://www.amazon.com/An-Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-Edition/dp/0140170960

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

This would be the perfect gift.

The amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126

A news article about how it became an Amazon best seller. https://thehill.com/homenews/media/323253-amazon-bestseller-reasons-to-vote-for-democrats-is-a-book-of-empty-pages

If you wanna make millions off of fools, become a Conservative!

An Exaltation of Larks is a particularly fun book about the subject.

I say this book is pretty awesome

Alice in Zombieland

I feel weird doing this..but why not :)

my name is Nick and I am a mild mannered banker by day, volunteer firefighter by night! And I believe there is a penguin on tip of the telly!

I fell in love with this William Shakespeare adaption of star wars that I stumbled upon and I would be very excited to have it in my possession :). thank you for the opportunity!

William Shakespeare's Star Wars
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594746370/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8

http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

Enjoy!

no, it's the United States. it's ALWAYS the United States, right?

https://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762

Books you might also like: THUMP: The First Bundred Days


Actually published back in October of last year...


I hope bunny themed political commentary becomes the dominant form of political commentary... like real bad.

He also wrote a book about being president. Fun read

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Unmaking-Presidency/dp/0385334540

I read Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency as a child. I read it on a long road trip.

Funny stuff - well, for a kid at least.

I believe he ran on a platform of "No ATM Fees"

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

http://amzn.com/1400049628

and now I'm thinking of William Shakespeare's Star Wars... :)
https://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Star-Wars-Doescher/dp/1594746370

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

Here ya go.

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!!!

> collective nouns

They are also referred to as Terms of Venery or "Company terms" and some of the earliest can be found in the Book of Saint Albans, pub. 1486. A good contemporary compendium of terms of Venery is an Exaltation of Larks pub. 1993.

I hope you're referring to this book by James Lipton. I've always wanted a copy myself.

Zombie Survival Guide is always a good read.

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).

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

If you liked this, try the 21st century version

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

Lol, you should really invest in one of these

I also liked this one http://www.amazon.com/And-Heres-Kicker-Conversations-Writers/dp/1582975051

Thou shalt acquire said parchment on Amazon. Fare thee well, My Goodman. Amazon link to book

Nooooooooooo i actually like that anime

>Lim, Pellegrini, Smith

Wait a moment, those are the same guys that wrote Thump!

Yes, these were the result of a language game that was common a few centuries ago.

http://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0

Book recommendation: An Exaltation of Larks, by James Lipton. Yes, THE James Lipton. https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960

It is the book version of this reddit post with a history of terms.

Franken wrote a hilarious book about running for president before the 2000 campaign. It's in the format of a campaign diary.

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Unmaking-Presidency/dp/0385334540

Does anyone remember Franken's book "Why Not Me?" The premise of the book is a hypothetical scenario wherein Franken is elected president and the results are comical and disastrous.

https://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Me-Unmaking-Presidency/dp/0385334540

If I recall, this book was pretty good. Not as good as "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big, Fat Idiot", but okay.

So... your argument is entirely based around a slippery slope from taxation to gulag?


You're attempting to absurdum, while completely ignoring every facet of the word 'democracy'. There are shitty parts of it, but for the majority there is a great deal of protection provided simply by that factor.


http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762

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

James Lipton (yes, that James Lipton, from Inside the Actor's Studio) wrote a book about terms like these, called An Exaltation of Larks.

He literally already wrote the book on becoming president and he came up with the perfect slogan decades ago. There is literally no reason for him not to run.

[You might like this] (https://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Empire-Striketh-Back/dp/1594747156)

Thank you so much to Timothy for taking the time to hop by and answer so many questions with his high-energy.

The AMA has now ended and this post is locked.

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Yeah I might buy this.

EDIT: I found it!

You should read Diamond Joe's autobiography, "The President of Vice" http://www.amazon.com/President-Vice-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B00B1W7QC6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452705092&sr=8-1&keywords=diamond+joe+biden

Okay so for my fiance's birthday my buddy, a fellow redditor, bought her This

While I may never be ready, I am prepared.

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And here I am thinking my Shakespeare's Star Wars is cool.

> 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

This is his book, yeah?

Thump: The First Bundred Days https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682615227/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_JxXUzbC7JTYY8

well, we know now that they read this book

Not all is lost. Pick it up off Amazon for $4 after shipping

Amazon UK is doing it right... almost:

Paperback - £4.94

Kindle - £4.69

Harry Potter Insult Book

Too cool not to have!

Thanks for the contest! fortissimo :)

Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide

Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501180126/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ItgUDb911XZWG

And here's the link if you want a copy from Amazon.

As a man who once read the [Zombie susrvival guide] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Zombie-Survival-Guide-Protection/dp/1400049628) I must say that a prison in rural Canada would be best. Walls, not many zombies and a lot of guns.
Also: [Zombie-killing girls] (http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gogoanime.com/images/highschool-of-the-dead.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gogoanime.com/category/highschool-of-the-dead&h=415&w=300&sz=44&tbnid=C8ZWLbyrh1tnGM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=62&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhighschool%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bdead%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=highschool+of+the+dead&docid=ot0XrGinSneWoM&sa=X&ei=80uVT-KKFumk4gSikuXQDw&ved=0CEwQ9QEwAg&dur=4314)

No I'm not pretending to discuss it. Like I said I don't indulge conspiracy theories.

http://www.amazon.com/Aluminum-Foil-Deflector-Beanie-Protection/dp/1581603762

the top recommendation from the zombie survival guide.

There's also this if you believe the power of bots is that significant.

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)

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.

Amazon sells a book called “Reasons to Vote for Democrats” and it’s just blank. Here the book is

A book on Amazon covers the subject very simply....

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1501180126/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498079785&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=reasons+to+vote+for+democrats&dpPl=1&dpID=51dQDytrRNL&ref=plSrch

You can follow him here on Twitter

https://twitter.com/POTUSThump

Pick up his book on Amazon.

Thump: The First Bundred Days

Book and Poster combo over at InfoWars.com

For those interested, someone actually made a book series around this.

https://www.amazon.com/William-Shakespeares-Star-Wars-Doescher/dp/1594746370

Has books for up to 7. Not sure about Rogue One or TLJ though.

I've got the first 6, but I haven't gotten around to reading em.

I need to get up and go to work. I've been on reddit for over an hour, and I'm already late. I should get going, esp. if I want to go to stick time during my lunch break.

Also, I got my copy of the screenplay to The Room, and I now want to give it the Shakespearian treatment that The Big Lebowski and Star Wars have recently received.

It's actually an unkindness of ravens. You can have a parliament of owls.

In case you are looking for more. Or just want to know why I know this.

Don't worry, there's a book.

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 :)

I believe Mr. James Lipton is the authority here...

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

Don't forget Reasons to Vote for Democrats

https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1501180126/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1495478114&sr=8-1&keywords=reasons+to+vote+for+democrats+a+comprehensive+guide

There's an entire book detailing these.

Actually, an exaltation of larks

It's probably more common than the fact that a group of ravens is called an "unkindness."

Source (scanned from my copy of An Exaltation of Larks)

One of the seminal works in the field of collective nouns was written by James Lipton from Inside The Actors Studio.

This book represents the largest collection in print for these terms:

https://www.amazon.com/Exaltation-Larks-Ultimate-James-Lipton/dp/0140170960/ref=sr_1_28?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493395628&sr=1-28&keywords=Of+larks

Some of my own favourites: "an unkindness of ravens" and "a parliament of owls"

If you're way into this kind of thing, James Lipton (of Actor's Studio fame) wrote a whole book of them, An Exaltation of Larks.

I don't know. It didn't really work out for him the last time he ran

Why not him

Why Not Me?

How to Survive A Sharknado

AWESOME idea for a contest.

You might need this

why not just buy it online...?

http://www.amazon.com/Survive-Sharknado-Other-Unnatural-Disasters/dp/0553418130

Rule #9 - machetes don't need reloading

psst there's also one for Romeo And Juliet.

Romeo and/or Juliet

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

have you not read this?

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.

Might I then reccomend......

http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217618426&sr=8-1

buy this... read it ... then read it again
http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311631387&sr=8-1