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Post by seantpage on Sept 27, 2010 18:50:08 GMT
Cheers mate - I really appreciate that - if you could post a review on amazon that would be great....I'm really glad you enjoyed it.
Sean
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Post by seantpage on Nov 1, 2010 13:17:59 GMT
Hey All, My book The Official Zombie Handbook UK was released back in August this year & has done really well in the UK, reaching No1 in its category on Amazon and going well in the US. So, I just wanted to stop by & say thanks for the support from the forum. As an author with a small independent publisher, we pretty much do everything ourselves, with no advertising budget or links into big stores. The book has got where it is by zombie-fan power…- folks like Matthew (appreciate the order and review mate) Anyway, thanks for all the encouragement and of course you can pick up a copy on Amazon if you want to. www.amazon.co.uk/OFFICIAL-ZOMBIE-HANDBOOK-UK-Ministry/dp/0980799619/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288617684&sr=1-3www.amazon.com/OFFICIAL-ZOMBIE-HANDBOOK-UK/dp/0980799619/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1However, I’m also here to put a call out for any zombie short stories, as I’m starting to post new authors up on the website www.ministryofzombies.com. The story of course remains your property but it might be good exposure – I have a few folks already sending in ongoing stories. Don’t worry if you haven’t done it before, think you can’t write or spell – this the place for zombie fan stories – just send it in to seantpage@ministryofzombies.com Thanks again.
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Post by seantpage on Jan 30, 2011 20:41:05 GMT
Hey All, I’m running a competition to say thanks to all the people who’ve supported The Official Zombie Handbook UK, which reached No 1 here in the UK on Amazon in zombies & vampires over Christmas. I’ve put a fiendish pack together which I hope all zombies fans will like. It includes:-
• A signed copy of The Official Zombie Handbook UK • A ‘brick yourself scary’ Zombie Handbook t-shirt • Some signed pages from the original script • A signed copy of Dead Worlds 7 which includes my mental story about the flying corpse • A few other bits thrown in like severed fingers that kind of thing • Some things I found in the loft to bulk up the prize
If you’re interested, there isn’t a naff hard question – all you need to do is email me on the address below & say ‘I want that crappy prize’ or something similar.
And don’t worry; I won’t be selling your email unless something offers me a purse of gold. Anyway, thanks for all the kind words folks have sent already. Email me at:- seantpage@ministryofzombies.com & say ‘I want your crappy’ prize.
Believe me, you wear that t-shirt into work or school & people are going to think you are rock hard. I’ll do the draw at the end of the month. Cheers
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Post by keiron1 on Mar 29, 2011 12:11:04 GMT
I think a British zombie take is important, our American cousins take themselves far too seriously. Allow me to paste my amazon review of "The Zombie Survival Guide"
"I dont know what is more frightening...
the thought that zombies might be real, or the fact that people actually believe this stuff.
They do, honest. You only have to look at some of the blogs and stuff to see that they do.
Mindless hulks shambling the earth. Thats what people who believe in zombies are. "Real" zombies dont actually exist. Hmm, perhaps I should have added a spoiler alert.
However, the fact that this book is so cleverly written is a testament to the ingenious nature of Mr Brooks's writing, seriously, its the funniest thing he has done since "Blazing Saddles", or possibly "Spaceballs", which personally, I found hilarious.
The irony, no perhaps more of a paradox, is that if people who believed in zombies were attacked by zombies intent in eating their brains, the poor zombies would not find enough sustainance to put on a small cracker. Hence you would think that it wouldn't be worth the effort on the part of the zombies to bother, which means that the people who believe in zombies wouldnt be bothered by them at all, and the zombies would have to spend their time chasing people who didnt believe in them to get a decent brain snack, but they couldnt because they dont actually exist. You could go mad thinking about it.
I think I might write a guide on "What do do if you find a dragon in your sock draw". Could be a big seller.
PS - Mr Brooks suggests the best way to survive a zombie attack is to build a 19th century prison at the North pole, and fill it with guns and food, so all in all, thats a good, common sense approach that suggests that come the zombocalypse, only Santa would survive. He might have to eat some elves though. Magic. "
Someone commented that Max Brooks did not write Blazing Saddles, which of course only went to illustrate the point I was making, Doh!
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