Undead Ultra

Author : Camille Picott
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1530675081

Get Book

Undead Ultra by Camille Picott Pdf

Undead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh. Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles). For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent pounding out a twenty- to thirty-mile "fun run." It's during one of their runs that an insidious illness descends upon northern California, turning humans into flesh-shredding zombies. When Kate receives a desperate call from her son, Carter, she and Frederico flee their hometown and set out to help him. The only problem? Carter attends college over two hundred miles away and the freeways-clogged with car wrecks, zombies, and government blockades-are impassable. Running back roads and railroad tracks becomes their only means of travel, but neither of them has ever run so far before. As pain, injuries, hunger, and fatigue plague them, getting to Carter and staying alive seem impossible. It's either outrun the undead or become one of them, and for Kate, death is not an option.

Author : Matthew Soules
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781648960291

Get Book

Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra-Thin by Matthew Soules Pdf

"Soules's excellent book makes sense of the capitalist forces we all feel but cannot always name... Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin arms architects and the general public with an essential understanding of how capitalism makes property. Required reading for those who think tomorrow can be different from today."— Jack Self, coeditor of Real Estates: Life Without Debt In Icebergs, Zombies, and the Ultra Thin, Matthew Soules issues an indictment of how finance capitalism dramatically alters not only architectural forms but also the very nature of our cities and societies. We rarely consider architecture to be an important factor in contemporary economic and political debates, yet sparsely occupied ultra-thin "pencil towers" develop in our cities, functioning as speculative wealth storage for the superrich, and cavernous "iceberg" homes extend architectural assets many stories below street level. Meanwhile, communities around the globe are blighted by zombie and ghost urbanism, marked by unoccupied neighborhoods and abandoned housing developments. Learn how the use of architecture as an investment tool has accelerated in recent years, heightening inequality and contributing to worldwide financial instability: • See how investment imperatives shape what and how we build, changing the very structure of our communities • Delve into high-profile projects, like the luxury apartments of architect Rafael Viñoly's 432 Park Avenue • Understand the convergence of technology, finance, and spirituality, which together are configuring the financialized walls within which we eat, sleep, and work Includes dozens of photos and drawings of architectural phenomena that have changed the way we live. Essential reading for anyone interested in architecture, design, economics, and understanding the way our world is formed.

Author : Camille Picott
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-27
Category : Survival
ISBN : 9798668656622

Get Book

Fort Dead by Camille Picott Pdf

"No matter how fast they run...time is running out. Can the Creekside Crew reach their friends before it’s too late? There are some things scarier than zombies. For the people of Fort Ross, it's the raiders who have arrived on their doorstep. Kate and her companions are their only hope. But the road to Fort Ross isn't easy. There are wildfires . . .and intelligent alpha zombies. Can Kate outmaneuver the alpha zoms and get to Fort Ross before it's too late?"--Back cover.

Author : Martina Fetzer
Publisher : Befuddling Books
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780998212067

Get Book

A Genie Ruins Everything by Martina Fetzer Pdf

Phenomenal Cosmic Power...Itty Bitty Moral Compass With paranormal activity at an all-time high, Arturo Brooks and Edward Smith decide to stop working for others and form their own paranormal detective agency. They're not the only ones. The market is saturated, and they struggle to find even a single client. That changes following a chance encounter with a genie that doesn't grant wishes so much as do whatever the hell it wants. The detectives' reality is completely upended—for better and worse. Better for them. Worse for the world. Brooks and Smith have to set things right, but their attempts at doing so are complicated by a genie-thieving venture capitalist, self-sabotage, and a newer, stupider detective in town. Some wishes really can’t come true. About the Series From the mind of award-winning author* Martina Fetzer, the Brooks & Smith series brings fast-paced science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on humor. It follows two detectives and their makeshift family on a series of increasingly absurd adventures. These books are often silly, sometimes dark, and never child friendly. *1996, 1997, 1998 Oakview Elementary Perfect Attendance Award

Author : Stephen J. Webley,Peter Zackariasson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781351716512

Get Book

The Playful Undead and Video Games by Stephen J. Webley,Peter Zackariasson Pdf

This book explores the central role of the zombie in contemporary popular culture as they appear in video games. Moving beyond traditional explanations of their enduring appeal – that they embody an aesthetic that combines horror with a mindless target; that lower age ratings for zombie games widen the market; or that Artificial Intelligence routines for zombies are easier to develop – the book provides a multidisciplinary and comprehensive look at this cultural phenomenon. Drawing on detailed case studies from across the genre, contributors from a variety of backgrounds offer insights into how the study of zombies in the context of video games informs an analysis of their impact on contemporary popular culture. Issues such as gender, politics, intellectual property law, queer theory, narrative storytelling and worldbuilding, videogame techniques and technology, and man’s relation to monsters are closely examined in their relation to zombie video games. Breaking new ground in the study of video games and popular culture, this volume will be of interest to researchers in a broad range of areas including media, popular culture, video games, and media psychology.

Author : Stephen Shapiro,Giulia Champion,Roxanne Douglas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350271135

Get Book

Decolonizing the Undead by Stephen Shapiro,Giulia Champion,Roxanne Douglas Pdf

Looking beyond Euro-Anglo-US centric zombie narratives, Decolonizing the Undead reconsiders representations and allegories constructed around this figure of the undead, probing its cultural and historical weight across different nations and its significance to postcolonial, decolonial, and neoliberal discourses. Taking stock of zombies as they appear in literature, film, and television from the Caribbean, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, India, Japan, and Iraq, this book explores how the undead reflect a plethora of experiences previously obscured by western preoccupations and anxieties. These include embodiment and dismemberment in Haitian revolutionary contexts; resistance and subversion to social realities in the Caribbean and Latin America; symbiosis of cultural, historical traditions with Western popular culture; the undead as feminist figures; as an allegory for migrant workers; as a critique to reconfigure socio-ecological relations between humans and nature; and as a means of voicing the plurality of stories from destroyed cities and war-zones. Interspersed with contextual explorations of the zombie narrative in American culture (such as zombie walks and the television series The Santa Clarita Diet) contributors examine such writers as Lowell R. Torres, Diego Velázquez Betancourt, Hemendra Kumar Roy, and Manabendra Pal; works like China Mieville's Covehithe, Reza Negarestani's Cycolonopedia, Julio Ortega's novel Adiós, Ayacucho, Ahmed Saadawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad; and films by Alejandro Brugués, Michael James Rowland, Steve McQueen, and many others. Far from just another zombie project, this is a vital study that teases out the important conversations among numerous cultures and nations embodied in this universally recognized figure of the undead.

Author : Matt Mogk
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781451641578

Get Book

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies by Matt Mogk Pdf

In one indispensable volume, Matt Mogk, founder and head of the Zombie Research Society, busts popular myths and answers all your raging questions about the living dead.

Author : Stacey Abbott
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780748694938

Get Book

Undead Apocalyse by Stacey Abbott Pdf

Explores the intersection of the vampire and zombie with 21st Century dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinemaTwenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellant; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend and 28 Days Later, as well as TV programmes like Angel and The Walking Dead, this book challenges these popular assumptions and reveals the increasing interconnection of undead genres. Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while the zombie text has increasingly been influenced by the trope of the areluctant vampire, Stacey Abbott shows how both archetypes are actually two sides of the same undead coin. When considered together they present a dystopian, sometimes apocalyptic, vision of twenty-first century existence.Key featuresRather than seeing them as separate or oppositional, this book explores the intersection and dialogue between the vampire and zombie across film and televisionMuch contemporary scholarship on the vampire focuses on Dark Romance, while this book explores the more horror-based end of the genreOffers a detailed discussion of the development of zombie televisionProvides a detailed examination of Richard Mathesons I Am Legend, including the novel, the script, the adaptations and the BBFCs response to Mathesons script

Author : Nathan Robert Brown
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101223727

Get Book

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zombies by Nathan Robert Brown Pdf

The "New Vampire" . . . The Complete Idiot's Guides® have explored the world of vampires, werewolves, the paranormal, and now the latest book in the "creepy" series is The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Zombies. This book brings the world of zombies chillingly to life—in a manner of speaking—covering everything readers need to know about them. The book includes: • The voodoo zombie, the viral zombie, and the whole zombie family. • What zombies and the delicious fear of them say about human psychology. • Zombies in American culture: in film, from the Romero classics to the Living Dead flicks that are so bad they're good, and in fiction, video games, comics, and more! • The zombie survival phenomenon—of course they're not real, but that doesn't stop people from having loads of fun pretending they are.

Author : Becky Citra
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 9781554693467

Get Book

Missing by Becky Citra Pdf

"Thea and her dad are always on the move, from one small Cariboo town to another, trying to leave the past behind. They never stay long enough in one place for Thea to make friends, but when her dad gets work renovating a guest ranch on Gumboot Lake, she dares to hope that their wandering days are over. At the ranch she makes friends with Van, a local boy, and works hard to build the trust of an abused horse. When Thea unearths a decades-old mystery, she finally starts to come to terms with the losses in her own life"--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Deborah Christie,Sarah Juliet Lauro
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780823234462

Get Book

Better Off Dead by Deborah Christie,Sarah Juliet Lauro Pdf

What has the zombie metaphor meant in the past? Why does it continue to be, so prevalent in our culture? This collection seeks to provide an archaeology of the zombietracing its lineage from Haiti, mapping its various cultural transformations, and suggesting the post-humanist direction in which the zombie is ultimately heading.

Author : Mac Montandon
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470907252

Get Book

The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies by Mac Montandon Pdf

A scientific look at zombies-the ultimate guide to how the other half lives (or not) How fast and far would a zombie infection spread? What would a nutritionist say about an all-brain diet? Why are the undead so pissed off? Here are the answers to all of your essential zombie questions (you know you've asked them), with a lively, science-based exploration of every aspect of the undead. First book to examine the possible science of our undead brethren, from what a zombie brain looks like to why zombies don't get fat Fact-based approach-looks at zombies through the lens of real science Perfect gift for zombies (assuming they could read) and zombie-philes Dripping with great zombie factoids and insights, The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies will flesh out your understanding of the living dead.

Author : Chuck Wendig
Publisher : Abaddon
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1907992413

Get Book

Double Dead by Chuck Wendig Pdf

In the Zombie apocalypse the last vampire on Earth has a hell of time keeping his food alive... A Vampire In Zombieland Coburn's been dead now for close to a century, but seeing as how he's a vampire and all, it doesn't much bother him. Or at least it didn't, not until he awoke from a forced five-year slumber to discover that most of human civilization was now dead – but not dead like him, oh no. See, Coburn likes blood. The rest of the walking dead, they like flesh. He's smart. Them, not so much. But they outnumber him by about a million to one. And the clotted blood of the walking dead cannot sustain him. Now he's starving. And on the run. And more pissed-off than a beestung rattlesnake. The vampire not only has to find human survivors (with their sweet, sweet blood), but now he has to transition from predator to protector – after all, a man has to look after his food supply.

Author : Teakay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

Get Book

Ordo Monstrum Venatoribus by Teakay Pdf

Author : Carlton Mellick III
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Punk culture
ISBN : 1936383195

Get Book

Zombies and Shit by Carlton Mellick III Pdf

"Twenty people wake to find themselves in a boraded-up building in the middle of the zombie wasteland. They soon realize they have been chosen as contestants on a popular reality show called Zombie Survival. Each contestant is given a backpack of supplies and a unique weapon. Their goal: be the first to make it through the zombie-plagued city to the pick-up zone alive. But because there's only one seat available on the helicopter, the contestants not only have to fight off the hordes of the living dead, they must also fight each other."--Page 4 of cover.