Best Zombie reads/listens???

[masnyder4]

With absolutely zero disrespect to the We're Alive story/cast/crew, my mind just loves the subject of apocalyptic survival stuff.... What are some of your favorite zombie books/audiobooks? I've read/listened to many and prefer audio books to actually read (so I can get stuff done). Some of my favorites are:

Day by Day Armageddon (series) by J. L. Bourne- Favorite audiobook hands down and comes close to We're Alive for me.
Zombie Fallout (series) by Mark Tufo: Main charecter is a Marine, suedo prepper and zombie fan so it's like looking in a mirror!
Feed (series) by Mira Grant: Slightly different take on living in the undead world

Anyone have any other recommendations? This two week wait is going to have me itching like a crackhead!!!

[cringebot]

World War Z audio book is excellent. It has some great voice acting. Also, I Am Legend audio book is a lot better than the film adaption.

[masnyder4]

World War Z was excellent! I don't know why they named the movie World War Z when there was next to nothing to connect it to the book. I was a fan of I am Legend the movie, never listened to it though, I'll have to give it a go! I'm on Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry and it's pretty good, got off a little slow but draws you in. He also did patient zero which had me at the edge of my seat so to speak more often than not.

[Storm]

...Does "The Passage" Count? That one is fantastic. Also "The Strain", a series of three, is really cool. Not about zombies, though, more like vampires... But they still deal with the post-apocalyptic life and survival stuff. Besides from those I haven't realy experienced that much zombie/apocalypse material, so so far WA is probably the best I've found. Especially because Kc - as far as I remember - tries to keep it as realistic as possible... IDK...

[masnyder4]

...Does "The Passage" Count? That one is fantastic. Also "The Strain", a series of three, is really cool. Not about zombies, though, more like vampires... But they still deal with the post-apocalyptic life and survival stuff. Besides from those I haven't realy experienced that much zombie/apocalypse material, so so far WA is probably the best I've found. Especially because Kc - as far as I remember - tries to keep it as realistic as possible... IDK...

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll check them out! I don't really watch a lot of TV or listen to music. Audiobooks are my guilty pleasure. If you haven't ever checked out day by day armageddon, I would highly recommend it! As far as books are concerned, it is as good as it gets! (I consider audio dramas to be separate) I was considering writing a zombie type book for a while for lack of realistic content and big picture plot (pre We're Alive for me), but once I listened to day by day, it had anything and everything I would have put into a book. Definitely worth a read or listen.

As far as We're Alive goes...It is the first audio drama I've listened to an second podcast I've listened to (second to Jay and Silent Bob get old). I didn't realize how much depth and thought could be put into character development, plot development, production and overall badassery! I like the audio drama because of the cliff hangers and the forums to allow you to explore where the story might be going. With a book there are thoughts here and there, but it isn't written for you to explore every possible scenario. Mad kudos to KC and all the Staff here!

[tonyhind86]

I know a couple of you guys have mentioned the World War Z audiobook, but have you also heard the World War Z - Lost Files audiobook? IMO its even better than the first (except for the fact that Mark Hamill's voice acting in the first one was awesome!)

[J-Rizzy615]

The remaining by d.j. Molles is by far the best zombie survival book series I've listened to( next to were alive ofcourse). Narrator christian rummel does an absolutely amazing job aswell. I highly recommend this series to anyone who loves were alive like I do

[tonyhind86]

I'll have to try that one aswell

[Arcane Tremere]

There is an anthology that I found really gripping called Zombies : The recent dead. It even has a lost World War Z chapter dealing with how China rebuilt the wall to hold back the horde.

[Osiris]

I can't imagine this being disrespectful to anyone.

I thought Patient Zero was a really fantastic. Breathers: A Zombie's Lament by S.G. Browne is a pretty good read too.

[Shrunken]

Does anyone know of any good free ones on iTunes. I've been through most of Scott Siglers stuff (not zombies but still great) and some others. But with a 4 hour round commute to and from work I have a lot of time.

[tonyhind86]

Does anyone know of any good free ones on iTunes. I've been through most of Scott Siglers stuff (not zombies but still great) and some others. But with a 4 hour round commute to and from work I have a lot of time.

Don't think there's any zombie audio drama that could even come close to WA, but there are some good audio dramas in different genres, such as Leviathan Chronicles and the like. There's entities on twitter devoted to promoting such works - might be worth checking those out.

[Litmaster]

Yeah, unfortunately the vast majority of contemporary audio dramas out there are made by low budget, low budget producers as more or less hobby projects, which makes it hard as fuck to find them in any kind of clear, accessible way. Hell, iTunes doesn't even have a category for audio drama; you have to find the shit by searching through 'literature' or 'performing arts'. Man, that shit ain't right!

You can get in tune with a lot of good stuff through my man Fred Greenhalgh's website, "Radio Drama Revival (http://www.radiodramarevival.com/)." (They just got through with a rerun of Roger Gregg's "The Salmon of Blackpool--if you've never heard it, LISTEN TO THAT SHIT!! IT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!!! Also he is now doing a rerun of John Dryden's "Severed Threads"... also great!f) Fred is a great guy from Maine who has been one of the major players in contemporary audio drama over the past seven years or so. Also, check out his Final Rune Production's The Cleansed (http://thecleansed.com/)!!!

[REZombie]

Dont know if these are available in audiobooks or not, as i (for some reason?) dont care for audio books...I do want to listing to the WWZ one though.. i hear its good..


As for books, i loved WWZ, and all of Brian Keene's zombie books. The Rising and its sequel City of the Dead, also Dead Sea.