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Old 01-01-2008, 07:28 PM
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The Zombie Survival Guide

Got this calendar for christmas...thought I would share it with my horror loving friends



ZOM-BIE: [Zom'be] n. also ZOM-BIES pl. 1. An animated corpse that feeds on living human flesh. 2. A voodoo spell that raises the dead. 3. A Voodoo snake god. 4. One who moves or acts in a daze "like a zombie." [a word of West African origin]





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Old 01-01-2008, 07:53 PM
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the book is great

his follow-up World War Z is even better
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Old 01-01-2008, 08:46 PM
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the book is great

his follow-up World War Z is even better
oh goodness, world war z was truly incredible.
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Old 01-02-2008, 01:03 AM
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Yeah, the girl bought me the ZSG 2008 Calendar version for Christmas.
Forgot to take it to work today...
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That is a awesome x-mas gift! Yes the book is great and i've hadn' t had time to read the follow up but look forward to it. Anything Rod suggests, must be good :D
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Old 01-02-2008, 04:58 AM
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the book is great

his follow-up World War Z is even better
World War Z was pretty good... I liked the idea in concept, but I'm not sure if it truly came together.
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Old 01-02-2008, 08:40 AM
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Killer gift , Newb. :cool:
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Old 01-02-2008, 10:47 AM
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World War Z was pretty good... I liked the idea in concept, but I'm not sure if it truly came together.
It's one of the few instances where I'd say the audio book is superior to the text. I read it and then bought the audio book for a long roadtrip. The voice acting is amazing, particularly Mark Hamil as the regular GI Joe and Henry Rollins as the Mercenary.

Good stuff.
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Solanum works by traveling through the bloodstream, from the initial point of entry to the brain. Through means not yet fully understood, the virus uses the cells of the frontal lobe for replication, destroying them in the process. During this period, all bodily functions cease. By stopping the heart, the infected subject is rendered "dead." The brain, however, remains alive but dormant, while the virus mutates its cells into a completely new organ. The most critical trait of this new organ is its independence from oxygen. By removing the need for this all-important resource, the undead brain can utilize, but is in no way dependent upon, the complex support mechanism of the human body. This organism is the zombie.




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The undead have an acute sense of smell. In both combat situations and laboratory test, they have been able to distinguish the smell of living prey above all others. In many cases, and given ideal wind conditions, zombies have been knoen to smell fresh corpses from a distance of more than a mile. Again, this does not mean that ghouls have a greater sense of smell than humans, simply that they rely on it more. It is not known exactly what particular secretion signals the presence of prey: sweat, pheromones, blood, ect.







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