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2.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite up to romero standards!, Nov 14 2003
If you are expecting all-out gore and horror along the lines of the Romero movies, then this collection of short stories will disappoint. Yes, all of the stories are set in the Dead universe, but there's very little flesh-eating. Instead, the authors concentrate on the psychological aspect of living in a world of the dead. Consider such off-the-wall scenarios such as: * a psychotic circus owner who invites the dead to participate in his act (not as good as it sounds though.)
* a zombie (called Quint!) who is invited by his mother to get a woman pregnant;
* gore-hounds who decide to make their own "snuff" movie because all horror movies are banned... actually, This story is useful in a way, because it mentions the name of just about every REAL banned horror movie that exists!!!
* How to be completely anonymous in a city filled with the walking dead (not as good as it sounds either.)
* Towers of flesh that meld with each other! Yes, you read that right.
* A world war 2 veteran who recalls the dead rising to a disbelieving psychiatrist. Personally, I wouldn't buy the book second time round. Too boring, not enough action and too much arty, inane dialogue.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
dull and dull--save your money, Sep 14 2003
The original, "The Book of the Dead", to which this is a sequel, is much better simply because at least 2 stories somewhat approach what most of us want in survival horror. I won't repeat what I wrote there (feel free to check out my review), but this book isn't worth the time or money. The stories are far too cutesy, as though, in trying to present new perspectives, every writer drew from the same cliched examples. Nothing here as cool as the terrific ending to Resident Evil (the movie), the tunnel scenes in The Stand, or the Manhattan scenes in Swan Song--and the last 2 aren't even zombie stories! A better book--though much harder to find--might be Bryan Keene's The Rising. Certainly a much scarier book is Noel Hynd's Ghosts. Avoid these 2 books--The Book of the Dead and Still Dead. Not only are they not scary--they're dull!
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4.0 out of 5 stars
some info, Sep 13 2003
i had just received this book and so far so good, but i wanted to let you know something about it. It seems that within a month of this printing, their was another one called 'still dead: book of the dead 2". That is the copy i had received and it's a smaller paperback. Now i just looked at the contents of the one listed above with the contents listed in mine and they are exactly the same. Perhaps one was a larger paperback size, i do not know, but what i can tell you is that i scored it for the low price of 2.99 off www.abebooks.com which is a huge used book finder site. I'm mentioning this because i noticed the used prices here are outrageous, and to buy one new, firstly cost $20, and even then it will take one to two MONTHS to arrive.
If i am missing something that is in one and not the other i would love to know. At anyrate, i just started reading it and as stated previously "so far so good", i would recommend it
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