In honor of George Romero's birthday, I am giving away an ARC of Feed to one lucky commenter. This is a random draw giveaway. At noon Pacific tomorrow, I will use my magical random number generator and select a winner. They will then have until noon Pacific on Sunday to send me their mailing information (through my website), or I will pick another winner.
So please! Comment! Tell me your favorite thing about zombies, or why you want to read Feed, or what you'll do if you win, or whatever. (I mean, a comment beyond just "comment" is nice, but not strictly required.)
George Romero gave the world zombies. In honor of his birthday, so do I. Because zombies are love.
Zombies scare me. They are a relentless, implacable enemy. Zombies feel no pain and are immune to reasoning. Unlike animals, they cannot be wounded or frightened; they do not follow behavioural patterns that can be used to circumvent attack, and unlike people, their motivations are not intellectual. They want to feed, and shuffle, and chase - that's it. Somehow, the fact that they don't run is worse than if they did. In my teenaged nightmares, the men in suits who inevitably followed me down the three-tined road alongside the ocean and shot me in the back never sped in pusuit, even when they had a car; they *prowled*, because I was prey, and they could afford to go slowly, because escape was not an option.
But this is why I like zombie stories, even as they terrify me: because they tell me what weapons to find, and where to aim the death-blow, and how long I have to disinfect a bite (or not) before I rise, and whether zombie-Dobermans are an issue, like in the first Resident Evil movie, or if a loved one can be cured. In case of the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse, they contain a Plan. And given how fucking scary zombies really are, that's something I endorse wholeheartedly.
geeky
February 5 2010, 11:58:17 UTC 7 years ago
But this is why I like zombie stories, even as they terrify me: because they tell me what weapons to find, and where to aim the death-blow, and how long I have to disinfect a bite (or not) before I rise, and whether zombie-Dobermans are an issue, like in the first Resident Evil movie, or if a loved one can be cured. In case of the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse, they contain a Plan. And given how fucking scary zombies really are, that's something I endorse wholeheartedly.