Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary: The A-Z Guide To Staying Alive – Review
Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary: The A-Z Guide To Staying Alive is the first book from How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse‘s head honcho (and titular) Dr Dale. In it Dr. Dale tries to cover everything you’ve ever wanted to know about how the zombocalypse and gives us a glimpse into one of the most brilliant zombie-focused minds of our generation*
As the title suggests, items and ideas in the Zombie Dictionary are organised by the letter they begin with (in case you’re unfamiliar with what a dictionary is), starting with Aardvark and ending with Zoos. Obviously it doesn’t cover every word beginning with each letter, but armed with the knowledge of a hundred zombie movies and unlimited access to Wikipedia, Dr Dale has covered a wide variety of things that will keep you alive when the zombies rise.
An example of the topics covered from the sublime
CURE
There is no cure. Once you are bitten you become a zombie. So stop thinking there is a cure, because there isn’t. Even if there is, you need to think there isn’t. Because thinking there’s a cure will give you hope and hope will make you weak and weakness will make you lose and losing means you die and dying means you rise and rising means you become a zombie – for which there is no cure. So stop thinking there’s a cure because that will give you hope and hope will make you weak and… You get the message – THERE IS NO CURE!
to the ridiculous
Kangaroo
For those who think it’s possible, you cannot hide in the pouch of a kangaroo. You won’t fit, the zombies will still get you and the kangaroo probably won’t be pleased either.
The pages are also accompanied with hundreds of illustrations to highlight Dr Dale’s points. And since you were wondering…
If I have any complaints about the book it would be that it is sometimes overly Anglo-centric; I’m not sure if many of non-UK readers have ever seen an episode of chav chat show, Jeremy Kyle or know who Lorraine Kelly is. That said with over 300 pages and at least as many entries there is a lot to learn here that anybody worried about zombies can enjoy.
Dr Dale’s Zombie Dictionary: The A-Z Guide To Staying Alive is available now from Amazon UK and Waterstones.
*A quote that proudly sits on the inside cover. We didn’t make the front :(
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Dr Dale's Zombie Dictionary
A glimpse into one of the most brilliant zombie-focused minds of our generation
Really chuffed to see one of my illustrations on your fine website! It’s not often I get the chance to draw a man hiding in the pouch of a kangeroo but I can only hope I did it justice.
Dr Dale’s book was extremely enjoyable, both to read and to illustrate.
One of my personal favourites is the zombie clowns, as if clowns aren’t creepy enough…
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