Boss Out of Town wrote:
You aim for the head?
Apparently there is a whole new subgenre of zombie pulp fiction--and I do mean pulped humans--coming out in the last year or so. I'm avoiding it.
But, for a zombie novel that is actually original and thoughtful, I can recommend World War Z: an Oral History of the Zombie War, by Max Brooks. It is done in the style of real oral histories of battles and wars, with the author's character interviewing some of the 1 in 20 humans on earth who survived the "Walking Death" plague. Lots of creepy bits mixed in with drama, humor, stupidity, selfishness, heroism, and a little social commentary. Not necessarily for every zombie fan.
Anyway, the zombies being virtually impossible to kill with normal munitions--shrapnel and blast hardly slows them down, and you cannot manufacture enough napalm to burn herds of several million undead. They finally try semi-automatic weapons firing thermite loaded bullets, aimed fire at 100 yards, in close ranks just like the lads at Waterloo and Gettysburg. With the added fillip of psychiatrists walking behind the ranks checking to see if anyone is cracking under pressure.
"Don't fire until you seen the dead blackness of their eyes!"
Seconded, just finished reading this one. I liked the "chapters" dealing with the situation in China the most, particularly as to the start of the outbreak and the naval bits.
Bought that, haven't read it yet. I plan to.
. As the title suggests, it's a well-thought-out reference book about how the average joe can survive zombie infestations of all sorts, written like a military field guide. This one's by Max Brooks, too.