"Time of the Season"

I finished reading World War Z yesterday. I think to be honest, I finished it twice. It's the kind of book that makes you go back and re-read parts of it again because you know you missed something.

If you have read it, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, then I'm not sure I can do the book justice. It is fiction. It is a collection of interviews with survivors. Survivors of a global zombie apocalypse. The style is hands down the most interesting take on zombies I have ever read. Max Brooks, the son of Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft (seriously) has written a book that will make you alternatively cry, stand up and cheer, and just sit and stare at the wall until it passes.

The audio book apparently has voice work by the author, Mark Hamill, Henry Rollins, Rob and Carl Reiner, John Turturro, and Allan Alda.

It's being made into a movie. Brad Pitt's production company won a bidding war against Leonardo DiCaprio's company. I hope they do it right.

The style is so gripping, I looked it up. It's sort of considered an offshoot of the Epistolary style which you can read more about here. Basically it is a novel told through the use of letters, or, in this case interviews. The author credits Studs Terkel for giving him the idea. So I just picked up Studs Terkel's Hard Times. It's about the Great Depression. I wouldn't normally read a non fiction book on the Depression, as its not really in my field of interest, but again, the style has really sucked me in.


On a completely unrelated note, I just received a memo from the President of the company I work for on "facilitating payments" to foreign nationals overseas. In other words: bribing the locals.