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Would you read a novel set in a zombie apocalypse, /lit/?

>> No.479778

Nah, I think zombies are boing nerd wankery

>> No.479785
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>>479778
>boring nerd wankery
>posting on /lit/

>> No.479786

I would, if it was well written.

>> No.479791
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479791

As a Zombie-American I dislike this thread.

>> No.479792

Zombies are so 2008.

>> No.479793

Gladly!

>> No.479816

No, because they all stink like shit.

>> No.479817
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479817

It could be a really entertaining read, and like zombie
movies it could throw in some social commentary. But I
think it would be inescapably perceived as "genre
fiction". Not that there's anything wrong with that.

>> No.479828

No. Seriously, I don't get what's the big deal with zombies. It's like a shit game comes out, just because it has zombies, everyone's excited, even if it's shit. And then when they talk about the perfect game it's always a GTA with zombies or some shit. What's the fucking appeal?
This is the exact same feeling I have with steampunk, as well.

So no, I would not read a novel set in a zombie apocalypse. They are not interesting.

>> No.479829

zombies are over.

vampires are over.

werewolves have been over since 1985.

I want to read a horror story about /b/

>> No.479831

>>479793

>I like getting my eyes sodomized!

>> No.479834

My friends constantly talk about zombies and I don't really like zombies all that much to begin with. So no.

>>479829

A book about a /b/like board ruining someone's life would make an interesting read, actually.

>> No.479837

>>479828

People have realized that zombies= MORE MONEY LOLOLOL!!!1 It's getting ridiculous.

>> No.479847

>>479834

True story: I've just written one, on my third draft as of this week. Hoping to query it in April.

>> No.479849

But guys I like zombies...

>> No.479895
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479895

I've always liked zombies, and I'd read a well-written zombie book. Pic sorta related.

>> No.479913

what about world war z? it's not set during the zombiepocalypse, but it's a zombie novel.

>> No.479916

World War Z
The Book of the Dead

I already have, sir.

>> No.479922

if it looked good and i had nowt better

>> No.479927

>>479776

Of course I would.

>> No.479929

>>479895

That book isn't about zombies. They're vampires.

>> No.479935

>>479895
Was vampires, moron
>>479913
Was utterly shit

>> No.479938

>>479935

WWZ was some good shit, what crack you smoking?

>> No.479944

I'd read a zombie book about a zombie who regained a sense of awareness but still has the flesh-hungering inclinations of a zombie. Then this zombie becomes the Zombie General and fits with humans and eventually another Zombie General appears with a second zombie army and with the last group humans all caved away and ready to be picked off the two zombie armies fight it out to see who gets to eat the humans. Fucking Zombie Civil War. Screw humans.

I really can't stand zombie books and movies anymore though.

>> No.479945

>>479929
That's why it's sorta related. The book has a feel that reminds me of the whole zombie setting.

>> No.479960

>>479935
>>479929
I knew after I posted that image that someone would say something like "Vampires, not zombies." That's not the fucking point, obviously.

>> No.479962
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479962

The problem with zombies is that they tend to always steer plots in the same direction and writers tend to use the same metaphors over and over.

If I see one more "Oh shit, how do I deal with my wife/child/co-worker not being human?" moment or "See, these mindless walking creatures are just like ignorant everyday Americans" story, I'll an hero.

We need innovative takes on the living dead. Pick fucking related.

>> No.479976

>>479962
>Pick fucking related.

Great movie.

And yes, I'd read decent zombie novels.

>> No.479979

>>479962
vikings vs zombies

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480010

Too bad this book still gets no love. Postmodern linguistic zombie apocalypse.