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Summary: A new take on the living dead genre!
Review: A dark horror novel with som sumliminal comedy about the revived dead who decide to create the United States of Hell. Fast-paced and graphic, it is one of the best books that I have read in a long time.
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Summary: This Book Does Justice to the Romero Zombie Genres
Review: After first encountering Nutmans work in the zombie story collection, the book of the dead, I was really amaised by the unbiased attention to detail, graphic or not. Some horror writers like to embellish thier discriptions with over bearing language which distracts the reader away from the litereary creation of the world the author is trying to show the reader. Nutman's Wet Work uses straight to the point discriptions in which do not try to portray any hidden message (such as the religous symbolism in Stephen King's The Stand) or anything more than giving the reader a clear picture of what is going on.Eventhough the orgional storyline/idea comes from another source(fleash eating zombies), Nutman creates a world that is unique, with unique characters and monsters that leave a resenating effect on the reader, even after the last page is turned. The only problem I had with the novel is the compactedness of it. I wanted to see more scenes and more dialog. From the first day cop to the hitman dealing with his zombifiuction, Nutman peers into the aspects of zombie exsistence in which George Romero would never touch.I would of liked to of seen more of this, maybe in an expanded version of this book. Thank you Mr. Nutman for a very enjoyable experiance.
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Summary: Wet Work
Review: As far as this reviewer is concerned, this "zombies of the apocalypse" novel is a complete waste of time. Nutman has nothing better to do than drag out the same old zombie cliches and apply them to the same tired plot involving legions of zombies chasing humans, trying to eat them. This is the result of a comet--oh boy, how original!--that also (besides creating undead), very conveniently sends a plague to decimate the living, thus creating more corpses, thus leading to more zombies--thus, I am bored. It doesn't help that people who die of the plague either come back as zombies, or don't purely at the author's whim. If you want senseless gore, then certainly do visit this novel--but it doesn't serve any higher purpose. And you may find it annoying that even the gore consists of the same repetitive imagery presented ad nauseum (I got particularly bored with three instances of a certain part of the male anatomy being mutilated by a member of the undead...just to make the reader cringe yet again, I suppose). Lots of bullets flying, blood spraying, characters dropping like flies; in a better horror novel, the more promising characters would be people we could care about, especially when they face death, but it doesn't pan out that way. The promise evaporates, as the characters get stuck in a silly story that tries to conjure up a bleak yet meaningful ending, but ultimately one that is just a fast-acting cop-out designed to wrap things up in hurry. Then again, given the unsatisfactory nature of the routine horrors that precede the finale, best that things ride to completion in a merciful page-count. My advice: watch a zombie film instead. Or, if you can find a group of people indulging in the role-playing game called All Flesh Must Be Eaten, join in. Even if the gamemaster is a total novice, she will likely have come up with a more compelling scenario than what Nutman grinds out. For more ground-breaking zombie reading material, divert to The Damnation Game, by Clive Barker, or Neither The Sea Nor The Sand, by Gordon Honeycombe.
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Summary: Romero Meets Clancy
Review: Been a while since I've read this book but it was good. What's it like? Well, imagine that Tom Clancy decided to write a short horror novel with zombies in it. It would probably turn out alot like this one.
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Summary: Romero Meets Clancy
Review: Been a while since I've read this book but it was good. What's it like? Well, imagine that Tom Clancy decided to write a short horror novel with zombies in it. It would probably turn out alot like this one.
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Summary: WET WORK A BOOK YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
Review: First off i would like to thank MR NUTMAN for his kindness. Mr Nutman tells a horror story like never before, with detail and style. When i first picked up Wet Work i had heard about it from Mr Nutmans work with CHAOS COMICS. i figured i would give it a try, i looked at the first page and said DAMMM i can't read this but as i read on something pulled me into the story, before i knew it i could not wait for the next chapter needless to say when i got done i did not sleep too well. (the one part with the guy that fell down the stairs WOW) anyways this book is a MUST BUY for any horror fan i would love to see a wet work movie GOOD LUCK MR. NUTMAN
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Summary: WET WORK A BOOK YOU WILL NEVER FORGET
Review: First off i would like to thank MR NUTMAN for his kindness. Mr Nutman tells a horror story like never before, with detail and style. When i first picked up Wet Work i had heard about it from Mr Nutmans work with CHAOS COMICS. i figured i would give it a try, i looked at the first page and said DAMMM i can't read this but as i read on something pulled me into the story, before i knew it i could not wait for the next chapter needless to say when i got done i did not sleep too well. (the one part with the guy that fell down the stairs WOW) anyways this book is a MUST BUY for any horror fan i would love to see a wet work movie GOOD LUCK MR. NUTMAN
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Summary: The best horror novel of all time!!!
Review: Having been a fan of George Romero's "Living Dead" trilogy of movies, I expected the same old tired zombie conventions from Philip Nutman. I WAS SO WRONG! As a reader of much horror fiction and a fan of the zombie mythos, I gleefully admit I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THIS BOOK! Fresh, inventive, cleverly-written, quick-paced and absolutely terrifying!
Quite frankly, THE BEST HORROR NOVEL EVER WRITTEN!
Deserves to be a movie - directed by Sam Raimi.
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Summary: The best horror novel of all time!!!
Review: Having been a fan of George Romero's "Living Dead" trilogy of movies, I expected the same old tired zombie conventions from Philip Nutman. I WAS SO WRONG! As a reader of much horror fiction and a fan of the zombie mythos, I gleefully admit I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THIS BOOK! Fresh, inventive, cleverly-written, quick-paced and absolutely terrifying!
Quite frankly, THE BEST HORROR NOVEL EVER WRITTEN!
Deserves to be a movie - directed by Sam Raimi.
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Summary: Thanks Philip...
Review: I found Mr. Nutmans book at my local used bookstore and bought it really not expecting too much. I read the book that same week and I must say that I was very happy about my impulse buy. Mr. Nutman paints a very vivid picture of the end of the world and I would like to say to those out there who condemn the splatterpunk genre, that they should read this story before making a fool of themselves furthur. Richly descriptive and horrifying, this is what horror fiction is all about. Its like a nightmare written on page with all the claustrophobia and despair of a zombie invasion present. I have to make a personal confession. I rarely remember my dreams, but I sometimes do when they are nightmares. My worst nightmares have been about the living dead taking over the world and consuming the living. Its like Mr. Nutman took the anarchy, terror, and hopelessness of one of these dreams and made it his own. The characters are well structured, the pace of the tale furious, the story well realised. The only drawback: too damn short! I can only imagine what an epic length would have brought forth, such as the scale of the Stand or Swan Song. Mr. Nutman, do me a favor. Write more more more!
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