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The Book Pile

World War Z by Max Brooks

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8598 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In World War Z, Max Brooks paints a well-researched picture of a zombie apocalypse, something we at The Book Pile take very seriously. Plus, Kellen talks about why this book doesn’t adapt well into a movie (just into a podcast!). And Dave says we should be nicer to preppers (because they have guns). * To buy the book, World War Z , or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/3YkWdAb * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan,...

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone. Fans of the World War franchise have been asking for years, when are they going to switch to letters?

0:05.7

Today's book is World War Z. I'm Kellyn Erskine. I'm a comic and I'm pretty squeamish by nature,

0:12.8

so I've never been a big fan of the zombie genre. The Zambra. So when I was 30, I finally watched Night of the Living Dead for the first time, and I have to say it was really slow and boring.

0:27.3

But this, this book came highly rated, and I actually really, really enjoyed it.

0:32.4

And I'm David Vance.

0:33.4

I love this book because I'm a big fan of comedically biting people.

0:36.7

Music I love this book because I'm a big fan of comedically biting people.

0:48.1

World War Z is a successful book, movie, and video game all based around one original idea, zombies.

0:50.6

And this is The Book File.

0:54.5

So, quick reminder to please rate and review the book pile.

0:56.9

We super appreciate everyone who's already rated.

1:00.9

It just takes a few seconds and it could literally save a life.

1:06.6

I've realized that when people say that in like infomercial pitches, we never fact check them on that.

1:08.0

Do you remember when we were kids, when I was a kid and you weren't born yet,

1:13.3

how they would, in grocery stores still had arcade games, like when you would walk out,

1:19.4

you know, the entrance exit, they would have arcade games. I remember there was one grocery

1:23.3

store and they had, instead of a video game, you put in a quarter and the screen would light up

1:30.3

and say that you just saved an acre of the Amazon.

1:35.1

Interesting.

1:35.8

And did anyone actually do any research there to see?

1:40.5

And if it only cost a quarter, it seems like we could save the whole thing pretty quickly.

1:46.4

It was actually referencing an acre of the Amazon fulfillment centers.

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