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The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies: A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead

Autor Mac Montandon
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 sep 2010
A scientific look at zombies–the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not) How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all–brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you′ve asked them), with a lively, science–based exploration of every aspect of the undead.
  • First book to examine the possible science of our undead brethren, from what a zombie brain looks like to why zombies don′t get fat
  • Fact–based approach–looks at zombies through the lens of real science
  • Perfect gift for zombies (assuming they could read) and zombie–philes
Dripping with great zombie factoids and insights, The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies will flesh out your understanding of the living dead.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780470643693
ISBN-10: 0470643692
Pagini: 244
Dimensiuni: 166 x 220 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: Wiley (TP)
Colecția John Wiley &Sons
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States

Public țintă

The primary readership––zombie–philes––are generally fans of horror in all its iterations––movies, books, comics, and videogames.  Whereas books that appeal to vampire fans tend to be romantic and earnest, zombie fans tend to be pop–culture savvy, ironic, and discerning.  In past years, zombie books have sold incredibly especially well during two promotional windows: Halloween and Christmas.

Descriere

"Hilarious, informative, and weird, The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies is the best kind of creepy fun. Mac Montandon does for zombie books what Shaun of the Dead did for movies. Delicious!"
Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin The ultimate guide to understanding how the other half lives (or not)
Don′t make the mistake of heading into a zombified world underprepared and underinformed! A scientific exploration of how our undead brethren function is a must (our very survival depends on it!), so we have to understand zombies′ speed (slow and sometimes fast), diet (brains, brains, brains), and sleep habits (hardly at all). More than other monsters, zombies are close to being us. They are us, in fact, just a little more decomposed. Unfortunately, in the end, we still have to shoot ′em in the head.
Discover how to:

  • Provide a suitable environment for a zombie
  • Decide which kind of zombie is right for your family
  • Calculate the benefits of an all–brain–and–human–flesh diet
  • Give your zombie the plodding, lumbering exercise it needs
  • Predict the spread of zombie infections in your town and state

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"Hilarious, informative, and weird, The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies is the best kind of creepy fun. Mac Montandon does for zombie books what Shaun of the Dead did for movies. Delicious!"
Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Patient Zero and Rot & Ruin The ultimate guide to understanding how the other half lives (or not)
Don′t make the mistake of heading into a zombified world underprepared and underinformed! A scientific exploration of how our undead brethren function is a must (our very survival depends on it!), so we have to understand zombies′ speed (slow and sometimes fast), diet (brains, brains, brains), and sleep habits (hardly at all). More than other monsters, zombies are close to being us. They are us, in fact, just a little more decomposed. Unfortunately, in the end, we still have to shoot ′em in the head.
Discover how to:

  • Provide a suitable environment for a zombie
  • Decide which kind of zombie is right for your family
  • Calculate the benefits of an all–brain–and–human–flesh diet
  • Give your zombie the plodding, lumbering exercise it needs
  • Predict the spread of zombie infections in your town and state

Cuprins

Acknowledgments. Introduction.
KILLING TIME: Zombie Quiz.
1. Know thy Enemy.
What does a zombie brain look like? The neurobiology of zombies.
2. Serve with a Chilled Pinot Gross.
The benefits and hazards of an all–brain–and–human–flesh diet.
KILLING TIME: Sautéed Brain with Savoy Cabbage, Finger Pieces, and a Rich Blood Sauce.
3. Earth Worms Are Easy.
What s really left of a dead body after a few weeks in the ground? A lot or a little?
4. Sex and the Single Zombie.
The undead are far from the only organisms that reproduce asexually, but are they the scariest?
5. Unsafe at Any Speed.
Why zombies walk (and stalk) before they run.
KILLING TIME: The Seven–Day Zombie Workout.
6. What They Don t Teach You in Health Class.
How fast and how far will a zombie infection spread? Is a zombie apocalypse truly possible? The science of the infected.
7. Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?
Not only are zombies undead, they are massively unslept. An exploration into the science of sleep.
8. Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid.
Examining real–life parasites that turn their victims into mindless zombies.
9. Fear and Loathing in Zombietown.
Mass hysteria, post–traumatic stress disorder, and the undead.
KILLING TIME: Mad Limbs #1.
10. War of the Weirds.
How do the undead hunt? How do humans flee? What being attacked by a rabid dog and living life like a slave–making ant can teach us about surviving a zombie outbreak.
11. Attack of the Mutant Zombies!
What can we learn from ghouls about mutation and radiation?
12. You Gotta Shoot em in the Head!
On ballistics, physics, recoil, zombies, and you.
killing time: Mad Limbs #2.
Notes.
Index.


Notă biografică

MAC MONTANDON shares his home with a variety of beloved, murderous zombie companions. He is co–author of Suck It, Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek with Olivia Munn, author of Jetpack Dreams: One Man′s Up and Down (but Mostly Down) Search for the Greatest Invention That Never Was and editor of Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader.