How to ride out the zombie apocalypse

Scientists determine the nation’s safest places to ride out a zombie apocalypse - The Washington Post:

A “realistic” zombie outbreak, as Alemi calls it, both conforms to popular interpretations — and breaks them. For instance, densely populated regions are just about the worst place to be, a fact assumed in any number of zombie flicks. But unlike the movies, which often depict diffuse saturation and numerous locations simultaneously affected, a true outbreak wouldn’t work like that. It would take hours, days, months and even years to spread into every underpopulated nook and cranny of the United States.

Noted utopian longs for Vampires vs. Zombie genre fiction ...

Other worlds are possible: science fiction authors roundtable | Red Pepper: 

Kim Stanley Robinson: "These stories [vampire and zombie] are trying to think about globalisation and the destruction of the planet’s ability to support us, without much political framework for critique or change. Thus vampires are obviously capitalists, zombies are obviously workers, or the precariat, meaning all of us; and yet we don’t have a thriving ‘Vampires versus Zombies’ genre. That absence may indicate the political ignorance of this strain of fiction, but also a general lack in our culture, either of understanding or of political courage."

Capitalists are obviously vampires but I'm not sure it's as clear cut that vampire fiction is about capitalism? If nothing else, I found a new (to me) portmanteau that seems particularly useful.

Well, here's the first look ... World War Z - Official Trailer (HD)

World War Z

Long time coming, and looking more action-centric than the book ...

Tiny Flies Make Zombees

Tiny Fly May Help Explain Honeybee Die-Off - Parasite's eggs prove fatal to the bees:

(AP) – Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honeybee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' bodies and causes them to abandon hives. Scientists say the fly deposits its eggs into the bee's abdomen, causing the infected bee to exhibit zombie-like behavior by walking around in circles with no apparent sense of direction.

World War Z movie could be (un)dead

Brad Pitt's World War Z Could Be (Un)Dead if Paramount Can't Find a Partner -- Vulture:

Image via World War Z

World War Z, Brad Pitt’s movie about a global undead apocalypse, may be dying (or is it re-dying?) unless Paramount can find a co-financier. The film currently has a price tag of more than $125 million, and the studio is fervently searching for a partner to share the risk. Our sources tell us that if they can't find one, it's likely that Paramount will pull the plug on the adaptation of the Max Brooks book, which was to be directed by Quantum of Solace's Marc Forster and star Pitt, who would also produce.

Zombies are nuts about brainz

Terry Border Makes Everyday Objects Come Alive (18 pics) - My Modern Metropolis

Via Facebook pal Matt B.

Like Catnip for Zombies, We Are

Raleigh Philosophical Society: Raleigh is brainy

I say "we," but technically I'm in Durham. I'm assuming the braininess permeates the Triangle.

Zombification

“War of the Worlds Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies” : Slice of SciFi: Not interested in this but thought if I could be the final judge of what the next and last public domain book to be injected with zombies, what would it be? I'd do Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League of Zombies. What would you do? (Feel free to reframe your pick.)

Zombified Spiders

Spider "Resurrections" Take Scientists by Surprise: Great. Zombie spiders. Just what I needed to give me nightmares after Mrs. C-Dog found that Black Widow in the backyard yesterday.

Zombie Haiku

ThinkGeek :: Zombie Haiku:
"Brains, BRAINS, BRains, brains, BRAINS.
BRaiNS, brains, Brains, BRAINS, BRains, brains, BRAINS.
BRAINS, BRains, brains, BRAINS, brains."

Reanimator

Zombie dogs. Dig the photo. Nice puppy.