Product Description

The invasion begins . . . and the dead start to rise. There's panic in the streets of London as invaders from Mars wreak havoc on the living, slaying the populace with Heat-Rays and poisonous clouds of black smoke. Humanity struggles to survive against technology far beyond its own, meeting fear and death at every turn. But that's not the only struggle mankind must face. The dead are rising from their graves with an insatiable hunger for human flesh. Friends, neighbours and loved ones lost to the war of the worlds are now the enemy and the Earth is forever changed. It's kill or be killed, if you want to survive, otherwise you might become one of the walking dead yourself.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13815 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 212 pages

Customer Reviews

An excellent addition to a niche market
Speaking as a creator, I was a little squemish with the idea of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and deep down I knew if remotely successful, there would be more of its type. My assumption was correct, but my angst toward it was not. As a fan of Eric Brown, I took the plunge and I was certainly entertained. It's been at least a decade since the last time I cracked open my hardcover copy of War of the Worlds and in reading this incarnation I was taken back to a younger me. Eric has done a commendable job of intigrating Wells' voice with his own.

The reviewer before me couldn't be more wrong in his/her analysis of this book. Yes, the typo pointed out is an obvious error, but what book doesn't have several of those? Outside of that, I think the reviewer is thrown off by the British and Old World English variants. This is the original text with zombies spliced in. The breaks in paragraphs mentioned are to display newspaper headlines and emphasize them, a gimmick maybe, but certainly not an editing error. Coscom Entertainment has done a fantastic job with this, and all of its recent releases.

If you've never read this classic, then you should certainly do so right here. It is the classic with a little something extra, and if you have, perhaps it's time to revisit it with a little extra carnage and rekindle that magic.

Master of Sci-Fi meets Master of Zombies
H.G. Wells was the master of riviting sci-fi advendures. Eric S. Brown is the master of the zombie genre. Put them together and what do you get? A freakin' fantastic novel full of your fondest memories of H.G. Wells and nigtmares courtesy of Eric S. Brown. This updated "War of the Worlds" reads like Eric got in his time machine and traveled back to work directly with H.G. Wells. It flows so well you won't know where Wells stops and Eric begins. This my dear reader is a MUST READ!!

Martians and Humans and Zombies .... OH MY!!

Martians and Zombies - A Great Read!
I couldn't have been happier with this book. The themes that HG Wells explores in the original text go hand-in-hand with the zombies. Eric S. Brown adopts Wells' style flawlessly, making a classic piece of literature even better.