Comments on: Have yourself a zomberific Christmas

By: Liz

Liz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:22:37 +0000

This is made out of win - can't wait. About time Scrooze got a make-over and not the Disney Donald Duck one either.

Looking forward to it!

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:03:16 +0000

Mine are the slow, stumbly, relentless sort. Plus my zombie virus also infects animals. Queen Victoria, Dickens and Wells have zombiecameos. Some of the action is set in London, some in Australia, this latter on the RISK(tm) principle that Australia would be the last place in the world to succumb to the plague.

By: Harlequin

Harlequin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:42:03 +0000

I suppose the crucial question here is what type of zombie have you gone for? The traditional Romero style (Homo Necrolentulus), or the 28 Days Later infected variety? And moreover, how effective a brain-shield is a top hat?

By: Ian Sales

Ian Sales — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:23:26 +0000

On reflection, or perhaps even cogitation, it may well have been: you, sir, are aspartame. Um, maybe not. Perhaps it was: you, sir, are a start... of a new literary sub-genre. Or it might have even been: you, sir, are atar, or Zoroastrian "burning and unburning fire", not to be confused with attar, which is an essential oil extracted from the petals of roses. I confuse myself now.

By: Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:03:02 +0000

A zombie tart. Unless you were typing 'you, sir, are astarte' and your finger slipped? Could happen. As in 'you, sir, are Astarte, Queen of Heav'n, with crescent Horns;/to whose bright Image nightly by the Moon/Sidonian Virgins pay their Vows and Songs.' Was that, by any chance, what you were intending to type?

By: Ian Sales

Ian Sales — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:48:10 +0000

You sir, are a tart.

(Damn. How am I supposed to punctuate that? Is there a comma? Where does it go?)