Ep 016 - World War Z, by Max Brooks

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2013

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Max Brooks' World War Z, soon to be a not-awesome-looking motion picture, takes an interesting approach to the zombie apocalypse story: it's told through interviews with multiple survivors of a global conflict, rather than viewing an outbreak through the eyes of a handful of people.

Brooks also uses the story to comment on American materialism and apathy, deep-seated conflicts between countries, and the psychological impact of war. Even if you don't like zombie fiction, this one's worth a try.

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0:00.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:05.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:10.0	Plus, these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to episode 16 of Overdo, a podcast about the books that you have been meaning to read.
0:41.0	My name is Craig and my name is Andrew and if you didn't already know each week we take a book off of our
0:48.0	shelves or wherever we find these books.
0:52.0	Whatever those things are called.
0:54.0	I had to find the word for a second.
0:56.0	Preferably books we haven't read before or one of us hasn't read before.
1:01.0	And we talk about it so that you don't have to have read it or if you have you get to figure out what we got wrong.
1:08.0	That's basically it.
1:09.0	Yeah, that sounds about right.
1:11.0	So coming off our last episode which was a work of nonfiction, a style guide.
1:17.0	Andrew, what did you decide to read this week?
1:20.0	I decided to read Max Brooks's World War Z.
1:24.0	An oral history of the zombie war is the subtitle.
1:28.0	Okay.
1:29.0	So is this a work of nonfiction?
1:31.0	It's a work of fiction presented as a work of nonfiction.
1:36.0	Okay.
1:37.0	Okay.
1:38.0	So when it says an oral history, what does that mean?
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