Undead Obsessed: Finding Meaning in Zombies by Jessica Robinson

Undead Obsessed:  Finding Meaning in Zombies

Jessica Robinson

Genre:  Nonfiction, pop culture

Publisher:  Booktrope

Date of Publication: October 31, 2014

ISBN:  ISBN-10: 1620155923

ISBN-13: 978-1620155929

Number of pages:  202

Cover Artist:  Greg Simanson

Book Description: 

Jessica Robinson's obsession with zombie films started when she was in junior high. Horror films are a great lens to examine concerns society has about modern science. Let’s face it, when it comes to horror movies, science has a bad reputation. Blind ambition, experimental serums, and genetic experiments are often blamed for the giant monster terrorizing the city or the reason aliens are taking human prisoners or the cause of the dead rising from the grave to consume living flesh.

Using film, literature, and interviews with experts, Robinson examines how zombies portray real-world fears such as epidemics, mind control, what may or may not exist in space, the repercussions of playing God, and the science behind the fears. Robinson's goal is to explore how zombies become a metaphor for our fears of science and what could happen if science gets out of hand.

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About the Author:

Jessica Robinson is an editor by day and a zombie-killer by night (at least in her books). Since the first time she watched Night of the Living Dead, she has been obsessed with zombies and often thinks of ways to survive the uprising. In addition to her nonfiction book, under the pen name Pembroke Sinclair, she has written YA novels about zombies and the tough teens who survive the apocalyptic world. She has also written nonfiction stories for Serial Killer Magazine and published a book about slasher films called Life Lessons from Slasher Films.

You can learn more about Jessica by visiting her at http://pembrokesinclair.blogspot.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3522214.Pembroke_Sinclair

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pembroke.sinclair

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