I was blown away by the quality of the narration, and found it cool to hear so many recognizable voices like Alan Alda and Rob Reiner, but I was also left sort of cold. I found the Mist to be pretty much an over produced multicast audio drama which is something to his day that I still can’t seem to get into. I remember that first day, when I was still unsure about audiobooks, I had chosen two to listen to Stephen King’s The Mist, and the original abridged version of World War Z. It was that same year when I transferred jobs, and began transitioning from a more print intensive reader to an audiobook listener. I first read World War Z when it was originally released in Hardback, in 2006. While Zombie fiction has been around for years, the Zombie Apocalypse subgenre has really hit its stride over the past 10 years. I’m not really sure if you can call a book that is less than 10 years old a true classic, yet, if you could World War Z would be a great example. Just beware, if you will only settle for the absolutely completely 100% Unabridged version, than you may be disappointed. This does not affect my ratings, because I still enjoyed this production and believe you will to. For me, who hadn’t read the original in almost 7 years, I didn’t notice the cuts, but for some hardcore fans of the novel, this may not be the case. This audiobook is based on the new Movie Tie In Version of the book. After checking things out, I learned that while all the characters from the original novel appear in this novel, parts have been removed making this not a truly Unabridged audiobook. Note: There seems to be a lot of questions about whether this edition truly is Unabridged. This updated Complete version is a delight, full of wonderful performances from a variety of actors who capture the international feel that the Abridged version sorely lacked. Quick Thoughts: World War Z is a brilliantly conceived and executed novel full of small bits of wisdom, stories of heroism and villainy, and one of the best accounts on the true cost of war that I have ever read, despite being a fully fictional account. Read by A Full Cast (See Full Narrator Credits After Review) World War Z: The Complete Edition: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
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