We’re big fans of Max Brooks’s oral history-style zombie apocalypse novel World War Z, so we’ve been waiting for the upcoming film adaptation for a while now. This morning, we got a first look at the trailer, which will air in its entirety on Thursday, and well, it looks sort of terrible. We’re crossing our fingers that they just picked the worst footage to air in this little teaser, or that the choppy presentation is clouding our view, but from what we can tell, the film looks overblown and stylistically boring, already a complete cliché (unlike the book, we should point out). Heck, even the woman doing the voice-over sounds like she’s barely restraining herself from making fun of it. Never a good sign. Click through to watch the, ahem, trailer for the trailer, and let us know your first impressions in the comments. … Read More
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The 10 Best End of the World Novels
This week marks the release of The Dog Stars, the debut novel by adventure writer Peter Heller, a stunning, hope-riddled end-of-the-world story about a man and his dog nine years after almost everyone else on earth has been eradicated. We think this novel is bound to become a classic, and it got us thinking about a few of the greatest apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic novels of all time. Click through to check out the books that — to our minds — make up the best of the best in end of the world lit. And as ever, if we’ve left off your own personal favorite, add to our list in the comments! … Read More
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Zombies, somewhat inexplicably, have captured the attentions of American culture and don’t seem to be letting go anytime soon. Most representations, however, as perhaps best befits the shambling, brain eating, flailing creatures, are deliciously low-brow, from low budget horror films to trashy fright night novels — that is, until this week, when Colson Whitehead’s Zone One hit the shelves, reminding us all that zombies can be intellectual too. His literary use of the undead walkers in his post-apocalyptic vision of New York has led us to consider other high-brow treatments of zombies in pop culture, which have slowly been emerging to varying degrees of success as the gross-out creatures continue to gain popularity. Click through to see a few of our favorite highbrow zombies across the board, and let us know if we’ve missed any in the comments. … Read More
The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories
1. In case you missed it, Bill Murray took a dip in a dumpster last night on Letterman. (video) [via EW]
2. Things that could land a girl in therapy: Having Drake bring you up on stage at a concert and then decide not to kiss you at the last minute. [via… Read More
Assigned Reading: The Ultimate Zombie Lit Reading List
They are everywhere. Lurking in street corner shadows and hidden among what’s left of the world’s trees. They’re behind highway embankments and new building facades, over the rivers and throughout neighborhoods. They are down the hallway, up the stairs, and in your attic. Mostly though, they’re in bookstores. And their prevalence cannot be denied. They are the Undead. Or, if you prefer a more colorful vernacular: Zombies. And here are nine ways bookworms can hold them close to your hearts. … Read More
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