Operation Zombie: Those who live longer are dead later

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Operation Zombie: Who Lives Longer, Is Dead Later (English original title: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War ) is an apocalyptic horror novel by Max Brooks published on September 12, 2006 in the United States . It is the follow-up to his 2003 satirical guide, The Zombie Survival Guide .

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The novel does not offer a coherent story, but is based on interviews with different people. The interviewer is a UN employee who creates a documentary about the past war with the zombies. The book is divided into chronological order. It begins with the first isolated occurrence of the zombies, followed by the worldwide panic reaction, the initially severe catastrophes for the different nations and humanity in general and in the end the victory over the zombie plague. One focus of the interviews is on the social, economic and political issues that arise after the outbreak of the zombie virus, its fight and the destruction of the global danger that arises from the zombies.

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Max Brooks named Studs Terkels The Good War and the zombie films by George A. Romero as sources of inspiration for the novel . Operation Zombie became a bestseller, selling over 1 million copies by November 2011.

filming

Paramount Pictures acquired the filming rights to World War Z , which premiered on June 2, 2013, for approximately US $ 1 million . The plot of the film differs drastically from that of the novel. Author Max Brooks said in an interview that the film was an “interesting, exciting summer blockbuster” that “just happened to have the same title as the book”.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Exclusive Interview: Max Brooks on World War Z , eatmybrains.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brooks's 'World War Z' Hits Sales Milestone , publishersweekly.com
  3. ↑ Is 'World War Z' The Next Big Hollywood Flop? , businessinsider.com
  4. ↑ World War Z author shares inspiration of zombie world , collegiatetimes.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.