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TRIVIA OF THE DEAD
Some zombie movie trivia courtesy of Glenn Kay’s ZOMBIE MOVIES: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE:
The five highest-grossing zombie films of all time in the U.S.:
1. FREDDY VS. JASON — $82.6 million
2. DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) — $59 million
3. DEATH BECOMES HER — $58.4 million
4. PET SEMATARY — $57.5 million
5. RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE — $51.2 million
Five movies in which zombies use machine guns:
1. QUATERMASS 2
2. NEON MANIACS
3. ZOMBIE 4: AFTER DEATH
4. LAND OF THE DEAD
5. GRINDHOUSE
Three movies in which zombies rip or bite off victims’ nipples:
1. LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
2. BURIAL GROUND
3. BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR
Two movies that feature zombie chickens:
1. SHANKS
2. SUGAR HILL
R.I.P. TONY HILLERMAN
The native Oklahoman and author of scores of Navajo-set mysteries featuring tribal policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee died yesterday of pulmonary failure at age 83.
MAKING A DENT
You only thought Lester Dent was through! Hard Case Crime reports it has discovered — and next year will release — an unpublished novel called HONEY IN HIS MOUTH by the Doc Savage creator. Editor Charles Ardai calls it “It’s one heck of a page-turner.”
‘ROAD’ CONDITIONS
Michael Chabon’s old-fashioned swashbuckler GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD is now available in paperback. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author shared with publisher Del Rey the “dashing dozen” books and stories that inspired this adventure:
• CAPTAIN BLOOD by Rafael Sabatini
• the Kull stories by Robert E. Howard
• the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber
• AGAINST THE DAY by Thomas Pynchon
• the Brigadier Gerard stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
• THE CHINESE BANDIT by Stephen Becker
• THE ICE SCHOONER by Michael Moorcock
• THE ENGLISH PATIENT by Michael Ondaatje
• THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre Dumas
• FLASHMAN AT THE CHARGE by George McDonald Fraser
• the Jirel of Joiry stories by C.L. Moore
• KING SOLOMON’S MINES by H. Rider Haggard
WHO WANTS HOT LINKS?
• Get M.J. Rose’s thriller THE REINCARNATIONIST as a free e-book, now through Halloween!
• Enter for your chance to win a trip to the 2009 New York City Comic-Con from Random House’s Strange Lands newsletter.
• See photos from Thomas Disch’s remembrance, celebrating the life of the noted sci-fi author who committed suicide on July 4.
• Indie cartoonist Ivan Brunetti talks about his excellent new collection AN ANTHOLOGY OF GRAPHIC FICTION, CARTOONS & TRUE STORIES: VOLUME 2.
• Take the guesswork out of gifting with Giftlit.com, which sells book bundles for every kind of friend and family member.
• Have a character in Sandra Ruttan’s next novel named after you, provided you win her contest.
• What has 150 chapters and 100 actors? Deadbooks.com, a “hyper-serialization” of a multimedia sci-fi/horror series that’s pegged as “a revolutionary mashup of storytelling techniques.” —Rod Lott
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