Autumn - David Moody

[shifty]

A bastard hybrid of Day of the Triffids and Night of the Living Dead, the AUTUMN books chronicle the struggle of a small group of survivors coming to terms with a world torn apart by a deadly disease. More than 99% of the population of the planet are killed in less than 24 hours. Days after the initial outbreak, the dead begin to rise. At first slow, blind, dumb and lumbering, over time the bodies gradually regain their most basic senses and abilities… sight, hearing, basic motor skills… Trapped by the restraints of their rapidly decomposing shells, the bodies gravitate towards the survivors – the only remaining attraction in the silent, lifeless world. Unable to understand what is happening to them or to communicate, the dead become increasingly violent and aggressive. The survivors are outnumbered more than 100,000 to 1.


I've read and reread and reread and reread these books. I still love these dog eared and coffee stained books. Its the gritty britishness that i love in these books, The survivors actually suffer with mental health issues and lonelyness, they come across as very real. its very easy to fall in love with the characters and hate the others with a passion.

[Matthew]

Never got around to reading them but they are on my wish list.

I did start to listen to an audio version but it never really seemed to take off and I reckon its much better in the written form.

[shifty]

yeah the audio version has terrible voice actors

[cillian]

The Autumn books are some of my favourites. I even loved the movie lol. The only one I haven't read is the last one which is like short stories?

[lor]

Only just discovered this series, (and the fact that there is more than one page on this section) stayed awake till 4 in the morning reading the first one and spent the next day feeling like a zombie at work. Absolutely gripped by the story. It's not high octane thrill a minute stuff but more realistic for that, apart from the obvious dead people walking thing.