Review by Jamie Marriage
In this age of uncertainty it is good to know that some people have their survival priorities in the right order. And while there are plenty of zombie survival guides out there few take the time to dive into the academics of post infestation life as the Official Zombie Handbook (Australia).
The usual topics are covered in the Handbook – fortifications, supplies, weapons and transport – as well as a slew of in depth subjects such as how prepared the Australian government civil and military forces would be in case of a zombie outbreak. It’s rather surprising how accurate the articles get in fact; either the authors have made some great guesses or they have insider knowledge that they shouldn’t.
Reading through the handbook it is often difficult to discern whether it has been written as a preparedness manual, role-playing guide or a critique of human nature. Whatever it is it does it well. Not even a third of the way through my first read and I was already calculating how long the food in my cupboard would last and whether I had enough toilet paper to see me through till help arrived.
In a sense of seriousness the Handbook reads as a series of fictional essays; each focused on the minutiae of survival topics. The writing is clean and well formed with plenty of laughs and more than a few points to leave you thinking.
- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Severed Press (June 30, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0987104497
- ISBN-13: 978-0987104496
- Buy
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