Wet Work

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Summary: Romero + Keene + A Gun Shop = Wet Work
Review: I had read that Philip Nutman's Wet Work was based on his story from "The Book of the Dead" so I assumed the zombies would be George Romero-style. Well, some of the zombies are slow, mindless flesh-eating drones. But, to my surprise and delight, Nutman has also thrown smart, fast zombies in the mix (somewhat like Keene's "The Rising") as well and most of the book centers on them.

The novel follows a Washington, D.C. cop and a black-ops type assassin as the society of the living crumbles and the dead rise due (apparently) to the earth passing through the tail of a strange comet. While the events of the book are not particularly groundbreaking in the zombie genre (flesh is eaten, loved ones are separated, lead characters become zombies, rinse, repeat), Wet Work is well written and the military style action is fast and furious. Probably the only virgin territory Nutman ventures into is the establishment of a new government by the undead, for the undead, which results in some amusing scenes between the smart dead and the living.

If you're a zombie fan you won't find anything particularly surprising in Philip Nutman's Wet Work but you will have a good time in a familiar landscape.

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Summary: One Choice Book.......4 thumbs up....ok....2 thumbs up
Review: KILLER...I would say this book, is D best I ever read...I just picked it up cause of the cover..Yeah, i judged it by its cover...and I was right....

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Summary: Good Zombie reading
Review: Let me start by saying this book is a classic for any zombie fan but I have always been a George Romero fan and these zombies were not what I expected.

In this book there is different stages of dead if that makes sense. Some of the dead in this book can drive cars and function almost normally, but others are less intelligent and have hard times doing basic tasks. The whole scenario of a comet passing over and killing the immune system of the living and bringing the dead back to life was really cool but it wasn't totally original. Watch the movie NIGHT OF THE COMET and you will know what I am talking about. The book was a little short and very bleak at the end. It leaves no hope for humanities survival, but a great book all in all. I recommend this book highly but only 4 out of 5 to me.

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Summary: Good Zombie reading
Review: Let me start by saying this book is a classic for any zombie fan but I have always been a George Romero fan and these zombies were not what I expected. In this book there is differnet stages of dead if that makes sense. Some of the dead in this book can drive cars and even cut jokes with each other. The whole scenerio of a comet passing over and killing the immune system of the living and bringing the dead back to life was really cool but it wasnt totally original. Watch the movie NIGHT OF THE COMET and you will know what i am talking about. The book was a little short and very bleak at the end. It leaves no hope for humanities survival, but a great book all in all. I recommend this book highly but only 4 out of 5 to me.

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Summary: Zombies driving cars, making phone calls,....come on!
Review: Let me start out saying that I was very excited about this book (I'm a huge zombie fan). Anyway, the idea of a comet and all is kinda cool (the comet emitts errie light and radiation on Earth which animates the dead and destroys our immune system...thus we die from a common cold and return as zombies).
Sounds promising, but once you start reading, you're like....."come on, Zombies don't drive cars, they don't make phone calls, put on new clothes, organize ambushes using guns, using walkie talkies and say 'Over and Out' or 'Body patrol, come and bag our food". These are just some of the problems with this book.
Another problem,...why does the author describe all the sex in his book with corny phrases like "His throbbing member" or "Her Dripping wet womanhood"??? Just read it..you'll laugh. Some parts are cool, but this is more of a police/military/cia story than a traditional Zombie story. I read the entire book hoping that it would get better...boy, was I wrong. Wait until you read the ending involving our "Zombie President" and his choices to activate nuclear war heads. Come one!!

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Summary: Zombies driving cars, making phone calls,....come on!
Review: Let me start out saying that I was very excited about this book (I'm a huge zombie fan). Anyway, the idea of a comet and all is kinda cool (the comet emitts errie light and radiation on Earth which animates the dead and destroys our immune system...thus we die from a common cold and return as zombies).
Sounds promising, but once you start reading, you're like....."come on, Zombies don't drive cars, they don't make phone calls, put on new clothes, organize ambushes using guns, using walkie talkies and say 'Over and Out' or 'Body patrol, come and bag our food". These are just some of the problems with this book.
Another problem,...why does the author describe all the sex in his book with corny phrases like "His throbbing member" or "Her Dripping wet womanhood"??? Just read it..you'll laugh. Some parts are cool, but this is more of a police/military/cia story than a traditional Zombie story. I read the entire book hoping that it would get better...boy, was I wrong. Wait until you read the ending involving our "Zombie President" and his choices to activate nuclear war heads. Come one!!

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Summary: Amazing...
Review: Simply put, one of the best pieces of horror fiction I have ever read.

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Summary: THE BEST NOVEL OF EPIC TERROR, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION.
Review: THIS IS A DARN FINE BOOK. I READ IT IN ONE SITTING (SOMETHING I HAVE NOT DONE W/ ANY OTHER NOVEL BEFORE OR SINCE), ON A PLANE TRIP FROM SEATTLE TO NEWARK, AND LET ME TELL YOU - IT IS STILL MY ALL TIME FAVORITE NOVEL. ZOMBIES, HEROES, THE UNITED STATES OF HELL - MOST IMPRESSIVE. I HAVE SINCE LOST MY COPY, AND I HOPE THIS EXCELLENT WORK GETS REPUBLISHED SOON SO I CAN OBTAIN A NEW ONE. PHIL NUTMAN, 5 STARS, AND IF I WERE A FILMMAKER, I'D HAVE TO DIRECT YOUR BOOK. A KILLER. THANKS FOR THE EXPERIENCE. THIS IS A FINE PIECE OF WRITING; IT HASN'T BEEN TOPPED.

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Summary: great
Review: THIS IS WHAT A HORROR FAN WANTS IN A HORROR STORY. THER IS A LOT OF BLOOD AND VIOLENCE AND CHARACTERS YOU CAN REALLY PULL FOR AND CARE ABOUT. I ONLY WISH THIS BOOK WAS BIGGER, A LOT BIGGER BECAUSE IT ENDS WAY TOO SOON AND THIS NUTMAN GUY ISN'T TOO PROLIFIC. AFTER READING THIS BOOK I WAS TERRIBLY DISAPPOINTED TO DISCOVER THAT THIS IS APPARENTLY THE ONLY BOOK OF HIS IN THE HORROR GENRE THAT YOU CAN GET. I ALSO WONDER WHY THIS BOOK HASN'T BECOME A MOVIE. IF HOLLYWOOD EVER GETS TIRED OF RECYCLING OLD T.V. SHOWS AND SHAKESPERE STORIES THIS LITTLE GEM IS WAITING FOR A PRODUCER WITH BALLS TO MAKE IT. MR. NUTMAN IF YOU EVER READ THIS THIS I FOR ONE WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE BOOKS BY YOU.

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Summary: Due To Public Demand, "Wet Work" To Be Reprinted.
Review: Two-and-a-half years after it went out of print, plans are underway to republish my first novel, "Wet Work." And the reason is due to the consistant support and encouragement of fans and new readers alike. Used copies are extremely hard to find, and based on the numerous weekly requests I receive, the novel is likely to have a much larger audience than it did first time around (and that's saying something considering it sold in excess of 80,000 copies over two printings within eighteen months.) So, at some point in the not too distant future, the world's first (and hopefully last) apocalyptic-zombie-espionage-police procedural novel will return in both a limited edition and an illustrated mass market trade paperback. To all my readers -- a deep thank you for your continued support and encouragement. Philip Nutman