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    All About Zombies
    All About Zombies
    All About Zombies
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    All About Zombies

    By Marcus F. Griffin

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    Are you ready to learn all about zombies?

    Zombies: those terrifying yet misunderstood monsters that have invaded our nightmares and imaginations for decades. But how much do you really know about them? Join Marcus F. Griffin on a tour of everything zombies, from their history in science and entertainment to surviving any of them you may encounter in daily life. 

    To truly understand zombies and prepare for any potential invasions, you’ll need a practical guide like this one. Not only will you learn about the different zombie origins and behaviors, you’ll also discover the best tips and necessities for survival—from finding the right vehicle, armor, and weaponry to securing a safe harbor in which to live.

    And when all else fails—if you can’t beat them, join them. Maybe accompanying zombies on their quest for a good flesh burger isn’t so bad after all… 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLlewellyn Worldwide
    Release dateOct 8, 2012
    ISBN9780738732817
    All About Zombies
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    Marcus F. Griffin

    Marcus F. Griffin (Elkhart, IN) is an ordained Wiccan priest with well over twenty-nine years of experience and has been studying paranormal activity for nearly as long. A columnist for the popular website Ghostvillage.com, Griffin has served as a metaphysical and paranormal research consultant on documentary films, broadcast programs, and books.

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    All About Zombies - Marcus F. Griffin

    All About Zombies

    Marcus F. Griffin

    Llewellyn Publications

    Woodbury, Minnesota

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    All About Zombies © 2012 by Marcus F. Griffin

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    As the purchaser of this e-book, you are granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. The text may not be otherwise reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, or recorded on any other storage device in any form or by any means.

    Any unauthorized usage of the text without express written permission of the publisher is a violation of the author’s copyright and is illegal and punishable by law.

    First e-book edition © 2012

    E-book ISBN: 9780738732817

    Cover design by Adrienne Zimiga

    Cover art: Zombie © iStockphoto.com/Renee Keith

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    E-book created by Steffani Sawyer

    Edited by Becky Zins

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    Contents

    Introduction

    Part 1: History

    Chapter 1: The Funk of 40,000 Years

    Chapter 2: The Donner Party: America’s First True Zombies?

    Chapter 3: Dead Rising: Has Science Already Created Zombies?

    Chapter 4: Pop Goes the Zombie: The Rise of Zombies in Popular Culture

    Part 2: A Practical Guide

    Chapter 5: Know Your Enemy: Types of Zombies You Might Encounter

    Chapter 6: Surviving the First Few Days

    Chapter 7: Tools of the Trade: Accessorizing Yourself for the Zombie Apocalypse

    Chapter 8: Securing Safe Harbor in the Land of the Living Dead

    Excerpt from Extreme Paranormal Investigations

    Introduction

    Zombies! These terrifying yet oft-misunderstood creatures have captured our hearts and stirred our imaginations (not to mention given us a few nightmares) for over fifty years. Ever since Night of the Living Dead, George Romero’s original masterpiece, was released in 1968, zombies have continued to grow in popularity—so much so, in fact, that many people believe the reality of a zombie apocalypse isn’t a question of if but when. But would a zombie apocalypse be similar to what so often has been portrayed in film and works of horror fiction? Hordes of the risen dead wandering our streets, existing only to rend flesh from bone and devour our brains, as Hollywood and authors with a penchant for hyperbole would have us believe? Or would the reality of a zombie apocalypse be something entirely different? Is it possible that zombies would be enslaved by the human race and forced to do menial labor or even fight our wars? Would they be killed on sight or systematically herded into concentration camps for extermination?

    Or perhaps zombies would be integrated into society as a new species of humanoid. After all, at one time zombies were just like you and I, weren’t they? At one time zombies were our friends and our families. They were our neighbors and our coworkers. They ran our governments, delivered our mail, and smiled at us from behind cash registers at Taco Bell and our local grocery stores. You see, with a zombie apocalypse comes the question of morality. Is Grandma still Grandma if she undergoes zombification and puts you on the Thanksgiving menu? Would sex with your spouse really be so different if he or she were a zombie?

    As an educated society, these are the questions we should be asking ourselves long before Patient Zero has been hospitalized with an unknown illness and the world as we know it is plunged into madness and ruin. As an advanced civilization, we owe it to ourselves and to our zombie brethren to be prepared for any and all outcomes. And, of course, if it comes down to it, we should all be prepared to dispatch the zombie invaders quickly and efficiently. But if zombies be friends or foes, enemies or allies, to truly be prepared for their coming, we must learn all that we can about them beforehand. We must learn their origins and their history. We must understand their habits and their motivations. To truly understand our new zombie neighbors, we must adapt atypical mindsets, set aside dogmatic stereotypes, and develop a much broader point of view.

    But when it comes to an all-out zombie invasion, history clearly has us at a disadvantage. We have very little factual information about them to be able to create even a basic framework to prepare ourselves for the eventuality of their arrival. But hidden away, deep within the annals of human history and the whimsy of pop culture, we may yet discover the keys to understanding them. From religious beliefs to graphic novels, movies, video games, and everything in between, our planet’s nations

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