Better Off Undead

by Alan Dean Foster, Robert A. Hoyt, Devon Monk, et al.

Book Overview

Eighteen original stories about the ?lives? of the undead From vampires to mummy con artists, this lively collection explores the many forms the undead can take in stories that range from the chilling... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756405122
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: DAW
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.7" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

lighthearted gallows humor

This eighteen new story anthology focuses on a variety of different "Undead" species and not just vampires as mummies, fossils, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures. The collection is divided into four major categories: Afterlife, Spirit, Flesh and Undead. Each section contains at least four entries. All the contributions are well written even as they run the gamut from humorous satire to ironic frightening lampoon. This reviewer's overall favorite section is the Afterlife as Sarah A. Hoyt, Dave Freer, Laura Resnick, and Esther M. Friesner provide revenant and irreverent glimpses of life in the beyond. As amusing is Jay Lake's ode to diets "Two All Beef Patties" (just avoid meat for a while). Readers will enjoy the look into whether one is BETTER OFF UNDEAD or not depends on what form you take (and the paranormal the reader likes best) as the rotting flesh of zombies leaves a lot to be desired especially if you are the clean up crew. This is lighthearted gallows humor with a tongue in cheek (that is if it has not rotted away) in which none of the authors take being undead graveyard seriously as even the Mummy is a con artist. Harriet Klausner