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Nights of the Living Dead

An Anthology

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Nights of the Living Dead

By: Jonathan Maberry - editor, George A. Romero - editor, Gabrielle de Cuir - director
Narrated by: full cast
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Summary

In 1968 the world experienced a brand-new kind of terror with the debut of George A. Romero's landmark film Night of the Living Dead. This was something new...and terrifying. Since then, zombies have invaded every aspect of popular culture.

But it all started on that dreadful night in a remote farmhouse.

Nights of the Living Dead returns to that night, to the outbreak, to where it all began. New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry teams up with the godfather of the living dead himself, George A. Romero, to present a collection of all-new tales set during the 48 hours of that legendary outbreak.

Nights of the Living Dead includes stories by some of today's most important writers: Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Craig Engler, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, Joe McKinney, John Russo, John Skipp, Keith RA DeCandido, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, and Sandra and Ryan Brown, plus original stories by Romero and Maberry.

Narrators include: Ray Porter, Stefan Rudnicki, Jonathan Maberry, Kasey Lansdale, Kristoffer Tabori, Rex Linn, Gabrielle de Cuir, Adenrele Ojo, Richard Gilliland, and Nicholas Guy Smith.

©2017 Jonathan Maberry and George A. Romero (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Horror Scary Zombie Horror Anthology
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It's nearly worth it just for the intros by Jonathan Maberry and George A. Romero, both of which laid a nice foundation for (most of) the zombie tales which followed.

I'd read another review which mentioned a lot of "he said, she said, he said" in the first story so I was braced for it. Had I not been ready, I'd have probably given up on it. Maybe that first story works a lot better when it's read silently as opposed to a narrator constantly telling you a character has just said the thing they said. Honestly, if you made a drinking game out of it and had a swig of beer every time the word said was said then you'd be off your head after about three minutes. Pre-warned as I was, I actually found it quite funny. However, as the opening story it's not the best ambassador for the anthology.

More positively, a lot of the stories seemed to benefit from the narration. Some of the narrators really seemed to get what was on offer and brought feelings and inflections to proceedings which added a whole new level. There were three or four real stand out ones.

If you like zombies, you'll like this book. It's a solid four - some of the stories are great but you need to sit through a few duds too. You'll probably sense the less good ones quite early on so make use of the skip button and you'll be pleased.

Worth it for the fairly decent hit rate

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Maybe this is rude to the authors but don't be afraid to skip. Some of these stories are 10/10 and some are 2/10 and that's okay. if you hate the story you are on move to the next because some of these are gold. definitely don't give up before you get to lone gunman because that one slaps. Also the intros are just lovely and would be worth listening to alone.

Some fantastic stuff in this mixed bag

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loved it was done from lots of different veiw points , survivors , victims and the undead . Also enjoyed all the different voices of the narrators 🤗

marvellous

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I really enjoyed this anthology. Some of it was a little sexist, but I mostly this was a really good collection of zombie stories. The narration was excellent.

Some great short horror.

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Some shorts are decent, but there are some great ones in here. Ones that I hope the author’s plan on expanding into something of its own.

Really Good

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