Another Guide to Zombie Lit
posted by KPaffenroth at
3:18 PM
Friday, February 12, 2010
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I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. Starting in 2006, I had one of those strange midlife things, and turned my analysis towards horror films and literature. I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).
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4 Comments:
fairly good overview of some of the more well known books out there- though I see no discussion from the author on how "Zombies" have the potential to be a truly "Literary" form of horror-
excellent point. I think "literary" right now just means "zombies added to a famous story." I think it'll evolve past that in the near future.
it has the potential for sure-seems like you and a large group of writers out there are pushing the "Zombie" genre forward- It is my sincere hope to one day write or read a zombie story that has the same cultural impact as Camus- The Stranger-
I don't know if I really see the cultural significance of a book being "Hacked" like a computer - IE- Sense and Sensibility and sea monsters- I understand the point- its all very "Postmodern" which I am beginning to think is a catch phrase for "unoriginal" but I hope that sort of thing passes away and serious genre fiction writers emerge.
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