The Zombie MEGAPACK ® eBook Robert E Howard HP Lovecraft Jack Dann Seabury Quinn Ron Goulart
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Resurrected corpses, voodoo conjuring, black magic (and blacker science)...these are all well known to cause zombie breakouts. Here are classic and modern tales, full of thrills and chills and the living dead...tales of zombies! These stories don't (well, mostly don't!) go for the gross-out. Great writing, lots of atmosphere and suspense (and the occasional laugh) -- if you want more than just extreme horror and gross-out scares, this is the zombie collection for you!
Included are
SYMPATHY FOR ZOMBIES, by John Gregory Betancourt
LARGER THAN LIFE, by Lawrence Watt-Evans
PLAGUE PIT, by Sydney J. Bounds
COOL AIR, by H.P. Lovecraft
THE LAST BEST FRIEND, by C.J. Henderson
UNDER THE SHADOW OF JONAH, by Jack Dann
ZOMBIES ON BROADWAY, by Jack Dolphin
SOME NOTES ON THE "ZOMBI," by Lafcadio Hearn
THE HOLLOW MAN, by Thomas Burke
OUTSIDE THE BOX, by John Haggerty
WHILE ZOMBIES WALKED, by Thorp McClusky
THE CORPSE MASTER, by Seabury Quinn
WHAT THE MOON BRINGS, by George T. Wetzel
NIGHTFALL ON THE DEAD SEA, by Ray Faraday Nelson
BUB AND THE ZOMB BOYS, by A. R. Morlan
THE MENTAL GANGSTER, by John Russell Fearn
THE DIGGING AT PISTOL KEY, by Carl Jacobi
CRIME AND AUTHORITY, by C.J. Henderson
DEAD MEN WORKING IN THE CANE FIELDS, by William Seabrook
HERBERT WEST REANIMATOR, by H.P. Lovecraft
I WALTZED WITH A ZOMBIE, by Ron Goulart
BLACK CANAAN, by Robert E. Howard
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The Zombie MEGAPACK ® eBook Robert E Howard HP Lovecraft Jack Dann Seabury Quinn Ron Goulart
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The Zombie MEGAPACK ® eBook Robert E Howard HP Lovecraft Jack Dann Seabury Quinn Ron Goulart Reviews
Table of contents in preview has NO Robert E. Howard stories listed.
Nice one. Fine mix between classic horror and humorous tales of contemporary after life. Recommendable.
Lots of good stuff here if you're into horror. Ignore the 1-star review. "Black Canaan" by Robert E. Howard is the last story listed in the table (and one of his best, too).
This is a fun mix of old and new, classic and contemporary zombie stories. Of the 10 oldies in this set of 23 tales, several of them are especially good but not necessarily hard-to-obtain elsewhere, so they may be ones you've likely read before (but are well worth reading again); the more obscure among those 10 older stories, together with the 13 newest ones, are what make this set unique and particularly entertaining.
Generally speaking, there are some none-too-subtle differences between older zombie tales and those influenced by and written after George Romero's now classic movie, "Night of the Living Dead," a film that virtually redefined the genre (and did so without using the word "zombie").
In many early tales, the zombie presence tends to be more atmospheric, and zombieism itself is the main concern as an evil hitherto unknown and undreamed of -- and obviously something to be very afraid of. The setting is likely to be a plantation in Haiti or some other exotic port-of-call where voodoo and black magic are practiced and cheap native labor is in demand. Most significantly, such zombies are NOT necessarily dead but under a spell; they are NOT reanimated, revenant, CANNIBALISTIC corpses in search of living flesh. Rather, they are somnambulant, trance-induced, human automatons -- and they are usually natives (the source of that much needed, cheap labor). But the protagonist of the story is usually non-native and white, and his or her most horrific fear in these early tales is that he or she (or a loved one) may somehow BECOME a zombie, losing his or her free will, and being held in bondage as a mindless slave, forever separated from his or her beloved, and obedient to the bidding of a ruthless task-master. (If this happens, however, because that person is not dead, there's aways the possibility a loved one can find a way to undo the voodoo that caused the zombiefication.)
The hero of an older story may be afraid of being attacked by a zombie or turned into one, but he does NOT fear being dismembered and devoured by a hoarde of them (especially after he leaves the tropics and returns to civilization). Rampaging, flesh-eating, urban zombies are more likely to be the potential threat and fear underlying newer, gorier, more violent, post-Romero zombie stories. A localized revolt of murderous, revenge-seeking, somehow-suddenly-freed, former zombie/slaves is the closest thing to a global zombie apocalypse one can expect in older tales (but even then, their wrath is directed at, and usually limited to, those few individuals who hitherto had mastery over them).
There ARE, however, a great many folk tales and older horror stories (in fact, some of the very earliest) about the dead coming back to life, whether for good or for ill (but usually for ill). Those stories were not hitherto widely considered to be, nor were they previously labeled as, "zombie stories" per se, and the word "zombie" doesn't appear in them. Nevertheless, since those stories involve the resurrected walking-dead, they ARE nowadays more apt to be included in the zombie category (and in zombie anthologies like this one).
In addition to still-living, trance-enduced automatons and reanimated, revenant corpses (sometimes flesh-eating), there are other types of zombies. Contemporary authors regularly create innovative and unique models of their own (such as stories that are more humorous than horrifying, animal zombies, zombies from outer space, zombie romances, zombified classics, etc., etc.). Thus, zombie yarns can vary considerably one to the next. Nevertheless, whether appearing in stories old or new, retro or innovative, zombies can be quite frightening creatures -- and whether one merely espies one, is turned into one, is assaulted by one, is nibbled-on by one, or is totally devoured by one, such an encounter can certainly be very memorable (to say the least).
Altogether, the blend of old and new, familiar and unfamiliar makes this a very satisfactory, entertaining, and enjoyable collection -- and as always with Wildside's Megapacks, the TOC is active and the price is certainly right. But an apparent programming glitch has disappointingly rendered the text on my Paperwhite slightly lighter (and, therefore, less comfortable to read) than it should be; that is why I sent my copy back for a refund. Were the problem fixed, I would happily repurchase it and upgrade this review's rating to the 5-stars it otherwise deserves. (Be sure you sample it to see how it looks on your ebook reader.) My only other quibble with this set -- a quite personal one -- is that I like my zombie stories to be serious and scary, not humorous (as some of these are).
Readers who enjoy this Megapack and crave even more such fare may wish to consider "Zombies From the Pulps Twenty Classic Stories of the Walking Dead" ($2.99), edited by Jeffrey Shanks, who also wrote an informative introduction. Although two stories from Wildside's "Zombie Megapack" ("The Corpse-Master," by Seabury Quinn and "While Zombies Walked," by Thorp McCluskey) also appear in it, that book should, nevertheless, still appeal to zombie aficionados for the additional 18 stories not in the Megapack.
FYI The reason for some reviews referring specifically to Robert E. Howard is because, when this collection was initially issued, Howard's story, although mentioned in the blurb, was thought to be missing from the Megapack itself. If not actually missing, the TOC nevertheless failed to list it. Either way, the problem was very quickly addressed, REH's story does appear, and the matter is now a non-issue.
Great zombie stories. It's especially fun to have so many in one place. And yes, REH is included here.
best short story compilation I've read in a while. zombie fans will love this book. highly recommend
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