World War Z, by Max Brooks, is a novel presented as a collection of oral histories recorded by a UN agent after a global zombie war. The book is divided into eight chapters that focus on different stages of the crisis, from initial warnings and the ensuing panic to the eventual turning of the tide and total war. Through individual accounts from diverse survivors worldwide, the novel depicts the widespread social, political, religious, economic, and environmental consequences of the zombie plague, offering a comprehensive and terrifying vision of a world brought to the brink of collapse.
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio narration of The War of the Worlds was broadcast. This event was later referenced in a review of the World War Z audiobook, with comparisons drawn between the gripping storytelling and the evocative listening experience.
In 1984, Studs Terkel published The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two, which later inspired Max Brooks to write World War Z in the style of an oral history.
In 2003, Max Brooks released The Zombie Survival Guide, a fictional survival manual that served as a precursor to World War Z. The guide laid the groundwork for the zombie "laws" that would be followed in World War Z.
In 2006, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, a zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by Max Brooks, was published. The novel presents a collection of individual accounts recorded by a UN agent after a global conflict against a zombie plague, detailing the experiences of survivors and the resulting social, political, and environmental changes.
In 2007, Random House published an abridged audiobook version of World War Z, directed by John McElroy and produced by Dan Zitt. It featured Max Brooks and other actors voicing the characters in the novel.
In 2007, The World War Z audiobook won the Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance and was nominated for Audiobook of the Year.
In 2007, the audiobook version of World War Z, performed by a full cast including Alan Alda, Mark Hamill, and John Turturro, won an Audie Award.
In 2009, the production of the World War Z film was delayed due to a complete rewrite of the script by Matthew Michael Carnahan.
By November 2011, World War Z had sold one million copies across all formats.
In 2012, Max Brooks stated that the World War Z film adaptation had very little in common with the original novel, other than the title.
On May 14, 2013, Random House Audio released World War Z: The Complete Edition (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Oral History of the Zombie War. It contains the entirety of the original, abridged audiobook, as well as new recordings of each missing segment, featuring twenty additional actors.
In June 2013, the film adaptation of World War Z was released, after significant rewrites and changes to the original script.
In 2019, a video game adaptation of World War Z, based on the 2013 film, was released by Saber Interactive.
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