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 enlarge | Author: Daniel Waters
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 16987
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Library Binding
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 142310921X
EAN: 9781423109211
ASIN: 142310921X
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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 A Differently Biotic Book July 7, 2008
I picked up the book due to the cover alone, without previously knowing of its existence. Once started, I couldn't put it down, and it's not the sort of book I'd normally read. It provoked some interesting ideas and the ending was startlingly bittersweet. The blog that you can actually visit online is a great touch as well.
I look forward to more from this author.
Zombies In Love June 15, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
The popularity of zombies is on the rise. In fact, the fans of the walking dead may be soon encroaching on the number one spot held by vampires. I don't know why this is happening, it's as mysterious as the reasons for the zombies climbing from their graves to start searching for a brain buffet in all the movies (and yeah, yeah, I get that some kind of gas was released in the Living Dead movies and in Raccoon City, but come on. Really?).
Zombies moved back into horror fiction with a much more sure step than they've had in a long time. But now they're launching into teen romance fiction. In a way. GENERATION DEAD by Daniel Waters is a mixed bag, and I'm going to be all over the place while describing my reading experience for you. It just refuses to lie down and die to be reborn into a familiar zombie novel of movie tradition.
The cover of the dead cheerleader with blackened eyes seized me at once. I mean, once you get that image in your head, it's not going to easily go away. Neither will the romantic triangle between Phoebe, Adam, and Tommy, the "differently biotic" boy Phoebe falls for.
Phoebe was one of the Goth girls at school. She enjoyed being different, and the dressed-in-black thing really worked for her. Looking like the living dead really worked for her. It even earned her the name Scarypants from Pete, the novel's villain of sorts. Of course, the look really lost its appeal when dead kids started showing up and coming back to school. The author does an excellent job of catching a teen girl's feelings and confusion throughout the novel. Phoebe comes to life on the pages almost at once.
Adam is the football jock and Phoebe's next door friend. As it happens, he's just discovering that the friendship he's always had with Phoebe runs much deeper. That realization is stymied by his own shyness, the fact that he is a member of the Pain Crew on the football team and he shouldn't go for Goth girls, and Phoebe's sudden crush on Tommy Williams.
Tommy is a pioneering wonder among the zombies. He's articulate and he writes, blogs even. He also goes out for the football team and causes all kinds of tension in the school and the city.
The story revolves around these three characters and how they sort out their lives. However, the author throws in great support characters like Margi, Phoebe's best friend, and others.
Teens these days seem to be almost shockproof to so many changes in their lives. If the living dead did claw their way from their graves and decide to go to school instead of the brain buffet, I would be very surprised if teens didn't act exactly as Waters portrays them in this novel. They split almost immediately into groups that supported the zombies and those that stood against. But mostly they were curious.
I could make a lot of comparisons to cultural differences being played out in the pages, of Waters building his zombies up to comment on race, religion, and economics - the usual dividers among populations, but I won't. I don't think he wants the book to go that deeply into global problems. I believe he just wants to talk about the teen world, get into their heads, and tell a story they'll have a ball with wondering "what-if"?
I also have to admit that you're going to have to push yourself to get through the first fifty pages or so. The book progresses slowly but that's so the characters and all their complications can be set into place. Once that's done, Waters engages fully with the story and keeps things moving.
This is a book for the teens. Some parents of teens or those who want a trip back through the teenage years will enjoy it as well, but the junior high and high school readers should eat this one up. There's no real explanation for why the zombies came back to life, or why only American teens were affected, and I was disappointed slightly in that. But the characters are real, facing situations with genuine emotion, and I believe that the target audience is going to feel that and enjoy the read.
Meet the Living Dead June 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Get ready for the next sensation: waking up after you've died.
It started with one strange case, and now it's happening to more and more American teens. But having a second chance doesn't make living, or whatever their existence is called, any easier for these "living impaired" or "differently biotic" teens. They face much discrimination, fear, and hatred, and they don't have any legal rights either. That means anyone who hates them enough can destroy them - and the differently biotic won't be able to come back after their second death.
Most people are terrified of the differently biotic, but Phoebe is actually attracted to their leader, Tommy Williams. This makes Phoebe's best friend Margi uncomfortable because of what happened to their other friend Colette. Phoebe's other good friend Adam is just realizing his deeper feelings for Phoebe, and he doesn't quite know how to deal with the fact that Phoebe likes Tommy. Add in Pete, a football player who hates the differently biotic with a passion, and you have the incredible novel Generation Dead.
Daniel Waters proves himself to be an exceptionally talented writer with this debut. This story is fast-paced and incredibly unique, and I was impressed with how Waters took on the philosophical topic of death (or undeath, in this case). I liked how each character's past influenced the decisions they made and the mysteriousness that surrounded others. I can honestly say Generation Dead was one of the best-written and most unique stories I have ever read.
Generation Dead was an incredibly amazing novel, and it has the potential to be made into a series, which I hope happens. I most definitely recommend this novel to anyone and everyone, especially fans of the Twilight series and other vampire novels. I suggest everyone run to the nearest bookstore on May 6 before Generation Dead gets sold out.
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Even zombies need love June 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Phoebe a semi goth girl is on the frontlines of a new phenomena sweeping the nation... dead teenagers coming back to life. That's right due to (Scientists haven't figured out but they think it has to do with preservatives in food) American teenagers are rising from the dead as zombies, going back to school, hanging out, and even trying out for the football team.
You would assume that friends and parents alike would be happy that their children and family members get a second shot right? Wrong, while some are estatic there are others who believe that once you're dead, you should stay dead.
Daniel Waters is a genius. I say this because it is easy to see the parallels in our society in regards to homosexuality and even racism. Waters takes these hard issues that most people would rather ignore, and in a humorous way that makes the reader want the zombies to win, tackles the underlying issues head on.
For those of you who don't want to face the issues mentioned above, then read the book as it is, about zombie teenagers who are just looking for love and acceptance, I promise you you will still love the book and fall for the characters.
Bravo Daniel, may you write many more books with equal parts humor and tenacity.
Best Book May 31, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm 12 3/4. I really LOVED this book. I found it very funny, a bit scary, and very suspenseful. It was a love story and a scary story too. I give this book 5 out of 5 stars because I was addicted to this book. The cover was intriguing as well as the title. I though it was really cool when Tommy Williams, a differently biotic or zombie, said he had a website. I went to go see if the website was real and I was astonished to find it was really his web page! I think this book would more interest girls than guys, but then again I don't know. I though this was a sad book too at some parts.
There is a lot of death involved. I think this book has opened up my mind more. Generation Dead really makes you think about what would happen after death and how would it feel if you came back. The book also says "Cool your different form other high school students. Be different, stand up, tough it out, and be there for the ones you want to protect." I think Generation Dead was such and amazing book that it should be a whole school reading book. I loved it that much. I wish there was a sequel.
So Generation Dead is about this goth high school girl named Phoebe. Phoebe is attracted to a differently biotic (zombie) boy named Tommy Williams who lives with his normally biotic (not a zombie) mother Faith Williams who helps him all the time. Phoebe thinks Tommy is really brave for trying out for football. Phoebe learns to trust Tommy. When Faith learns that Phoebe's parents don't know and Tommy asks her to prom... What will Phoebe's parents think when they learn... Also what about her best guy friend Adam. Adam likes Phoebe more than a friend, but still hasn't told her. Or what about Margi Phoebe's other best friend. Will she feel sad when Phoebe starts to hang out with Tommy more than her, and what about how Margi feels about zombies? Margi and Phoebe had a friend who died a summer or two ago, and now she's come back is Margi alright with this and what about Phoebe? Will Margi loose it and drop out of the 'club' that talks with differently biotic kids? Ever since the differently biotic teens have been coming back there are a mysterious white vans about killing differently biotic kids again, every where from Springfield Massachusetts to the coasts of California. Will one of Phoebe's friends be a target to some cruel people or will Phoebe be the one hurt in the end???...
Read the AMAZING, OUT OF THIS WORLD, FANTASTIC BOOK Generation Dead by Daniel Waters to find out.
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