Assassin Xaero said:
Probably not. Don't really read much as it is, and if I find the will/time to, I still have The Zombie Survival Guide, World War Z, Salem's Lot, Desperation, and another book or two to get through...
Seriously, don't read
Desperation. I would actually sooner re-watch Mick Garris's version of
The Shining than read
Desperation. Ooh, I'd also rather re-watch just the stupid, hackneyed Jack Nicholson goes crazy scenes in the original film of
The Shining-- that is the film with all the good parts taken out-- than read Desperation.
WWZ is good, but it gets too bound up in "The military is the only thing that will ever save us in the event of a zombie attack, and only the Americans will do it with a great deal of success", which is a little too right-wing for my tastes. The Zombie Survival Guide is a little less militaristic, and is good in total, but advocates that it's okay to light zombies on fire, which is a no-no. Because then all you have is a flaming zombie STILL COMING TOWARDS YOU.
'Salem's Lot is really, really good. Stephen King in his early days was able to do Gothic novels set in modern day and he was able to do it better than most, if not all.
So: TL;DR and in order: Good but not completely, Good but right-wing, Absolutely fantastic, and utter trash not worth the energy it'd take to pick up.
And finally, yeah, I'm buying Yahtzee's book but not yet. Maybe after I move.
