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Zombies at the Door: Planning for the Inevitable
*Get ready for a funny Advice & How-To guide to the coming Zombie Apocalypse using humor and practical knowledge together to help you survive*We all know it can happen, will happen. Be prepared and have a laugh at the same time. This basic manual will make sure you are ready to face the zombie hordes and walk you through where to meet, find weapons and food, and set up camp. It may even give you hope as you huddle in the bathroom stall at the mall.Seriously though, don't go to the mall!Learn the glow stick technique to distract zombies or how a paper bag might save your life or at least keep you from seeing the bitey end that's coming. Are dentist offices safe? Can the game of baseball stop the zombies from attacking? Is petroleum jelly something you should have in your zombie kit? Find out now. *Add to the knowledge you've gained from Max Brooks, A. R. Wise, Bryan James, Laurence Sutton, Karim Theos, and many more while you laugh at your own lack of preparation*
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 19, 2011
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About the author
Charlie Pulsipher
7 books84 followersCharlie Pulsipher began creating visual stories as soon as he could hold a crayon. Poems came in high school. College developed into short stories. Then hotel management sucked all the joy out of everything, until his first novel finally came to light. There was no stopping him after. He writes constantly and creates cardboard sculptures the rare times he finds a break.
He has been writing professionally since 2010, working as a copywriter, ghostwriter, and author. He became an established artist in 2019 with his first show featuring his intricate cardboard creations. His velociraptor impression is probably the coolest thing about him though. So, say hello.
He has been writing professionally since 2010, working as a copywriter, ghostwriter, and author. He became an established artist in 2019 with his first show featuring his intricate cardboard creations. His velociraptor impression is probably the coolest thing about him though. So, say hello.
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April 14, 2012
Quick and very helpful book. Explains how to prepare for the inevitable zombie apocalypse in clear, funny words. This book was amusing, and a quick read, it also had some good suggestions for how to prepare for any disaster (Ex. Having a first aid kit and an emergency plan are good suggestions for any disaster.) Overall just a fun and goofy book, but it could save your life!
December 31, 2016
Sometimes you just need to read something funny - this fits the bill. My rating 4.5.
Very funny! Just read the blurb and you can’t miss the tongue-in-check humor. Actually, the prep info is nicely set forth and would be helpful for other (more likely) disasters like losing power due to hurricanes, tornadoes or blizzards. Just remember – don’t go to the mall! And plan ahead for an escape route just in case you are out shopping at a mall when a catastrophe strikes (and sadly, nowadays, that could happen more often than we’d like to think).
Zombie books often bring fear and stress. There is a little of that in this one, but along with that there is a big dose of laughter. The book includes stick drawn illustrations that made me chuckle. This is a very fun read and perfect for a “Z” in Alphabet Challenge at the end of the year. Pick it up and get some grins; share it with friends so you will have some other survivors as companions (or bait?). I hope to read something else by Mr. Pulsipher as I enjoyed the style.
Very funny! Just read the blurb and you can’t miss the tongue-in-check humor. Actually, the prep info is nicely set forth and would be helpful for other (more likely) disasters like losing power due to hurricanes, tornadoes or blizzards. Just remember – don’t go to the mall! And plan ahead for an escape route just in case you are out shopping at a mall when a catastrophe strikes (and sadly, nowadays, that could happen more often than we’d like to think).
Zombie books often bring fear and stress. There is a little of that in this one, but along with that there is a big dose of laughter. The book includes stick drawn illustrations that made me chuckle. This is a very fun read and perfect for a “Z” in Alphabet Challenge at the end of the year. Pick it up and get some grins; share it with friends so you will have some other survivors as companions (or bait?). I hope to read something else by Mr. Pulsipher as I enjoyed the style.
November 29, 2011
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We’ve all been there, at a party; dinner; gathering; book club meeting, and the topic of the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse has come up (I use the word inevitable because hundreds of movies, tv shows, books, video games, theorists, historians, geeks, and nerds can’t ALL be wrong right…right?!). I know my family has lively discussions about what we’d do if faced with an apocalyptic event at least once a week (I kid you not).
And admit it, we ALL have thought about what we’d do if the ZA (short for Zombie Apocalypse, duh) started tomorrow and we ALL have a plan. They might not all be good plans, but they’re plans nonetheless. Now, I want you to take a moment and think about the plan you’ve come up with, all the details about where you’d go, what you’d bring, what you’d do…can you visualize the plan? Good! Now, I want you to toss that plan aside and read Charles Pulsipher’s Zombies At The Door, Planning for the Inevitable.
In this incredibly funny, smart guide Pulsipher maps out exactly what a person needs to do in order to survive when zombies come a’zomby’ingß in the words of Pulsipher himself-“It’s a word, I swear!”.
Pulsipher has created a straightforward, well thought out plan that will have you LOL’ing and will probably safe your life someday. All the most important bases are covered- Where To Go, What To Bring, Weapons, Zombie Anatomy-and, really, this is a guide that would work in any apocalyptic or catastrophic event.
You’ll learn priceless and must-know information such as:
· Screaming = Bacon
· Don’t go the mall
· Swords are awesome (not just when zombies are around, but all
the time)
· Seriously, don’t go to the mall
· The higher up you can get, the better
· Baseball is boring
· Zombies no likey fire… or in Zombiese- Brains good. Fire bad.
· DO. NOT. GO. TO. THE. MALL!!!!
MY FINAL THOUGHTS: Zombies at the Door, Planning for the Inevitable is a humorous, highly entertaining read. It’s laugh out loud funny and informative at the same time, which is about as rare as a vegetarian zombie. If you’re looking for a great book to add to your Incase Of A insert your most feared/expected/longed for (weirdo) Apocalypse/Natural Disaster/Catastrophic Event Kit or simply looking for an awesome, super quick read, then this book is for you. A MUST read!
We’ve all been there, at a party; dinner; gathering; book club meeting, and the topic of the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse has come up (I use the word inevitable because hundreds of movies, tv shows, books, video games, theorists, historians, geeks, and nerds can’t ALL be wrong right…right?!). I know my family has lively discussions about what we’d do if faced with an apocalyptic event at least once a week (I kid you not).
And admit it, we ALL have thought about what we’d do if the ZA (short for Zombie Apocalypse, duh) started tomorrow and we ALL have a plan. They might not all be good plans, but they’re plans nonetheless. Now, I want you to take a moment and think about the plan you’ve come up with, all the details about where you’d go, what you’d bring, what you’d do…can you visualize the plan? Good! Now, I want you to toss that plan aside and read Charles Pulsipher’s Zombies At The Door, Planning for the Inevitable.
In this incredibly funny, smart guide Pulsipher maps out exactly what a person needs to do in order to survive when zombies come a’zomby’ingß in the words of Pulsipher himself-“It’s a word, I swear!”.
Pulsipher has created a straightforward, well thought out plan that will have you LOL’ing and will probably safe your life someday. All the most important bases are covered- Where To Go, What To Bring, Weapons, Zombie Anatomy-and, really, this is a guide that would work in any apocalyptic or catastrophic event.
You’ll learn priceless and must-know information such as:
· Screaming = Bacon
· Don’t go the mall
· Swords are awesome (not just when zombies are around, but all
the time)
· Seriously, don’t go to the mall
· The higher up you can get, the better
· Baseball is boring
· Zombies no likey fire… or in Zombiese- Brains good. Fire bad.
· DO. NOT. GO. TO. THE. MALL!!!!
MY FINAL THOUGHTS: Zombies at the Door, Planning for the Inevitable is a humorous, highly entertaining read. It’s laugh out loud funny and informative at the same time, which is about as rare as a vegetarian zombie. If you’re looking for a great book to add to your Incase Of A insert your most feared/expected/longed for (weirdo) Apocalypse/Natural Disaster/Catastrophic Event Kit or simply looking for an awesome, super quick read, then this book is for you. A MUST read!
September 10, 2012
This was a very short read. Had I known that, I probably would have went without a copy. Regardless, it arrived last week and I had it finished this weekend with only a few minutes of reading here and there.
Although some amusing and innovative ideas were given on surviving the zombie apocalypse, it really didn't do a lot for me. I suppose this felt like a less serious and much shorter version of the Zombie Survival Guide.
OK. I am not really concerned with an uprising of the living dead. If it happens, I guess I'll have as much chance as anyone else with my particular skill sets. I like reading about zombies and watching zombie films. I just hoped for a bit more with this book.
All in all, it's entertaining. I just wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't a zombie completist or looking for much.
Although some amusing and innovative ideas were given on surviving the zombie apocalypse, it really didn't do a lot for me. I suppose this felt like a less serious and much shorter version of the Zombie Survival Guide.
OK. I am not really concerned with an uprising of the living dead. If it happens, I guess I'll have as much chance as anyone else with my particular skill sets. I like reading about zombies and watching zombie films. I just hoped for a bit more with this book.
All in all, it's entertaining. I just wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't a zombie completist or looking for much.
September 6, 2012
This book was free on Amazon and thought it sounded funny. It was fairly entertaining. It is very short (66 pages in my kindle app on my phone). It is a good idea. I think it has probably been done better elsewhere, but I still enjoyed it. The funniest part is the beginning. It has a very comical voice. Then it kind of goes into lists, which require immense comedic talent to make funny.
It was good enough to make me pick up another funny survival guide.
It was good enough to make me pick up another funny survival guide.
January 14, 2012
I have a sense of humor. I do. I just don't think this book is funny. Aside from the fact that I was totally distracted from his use of "your" instead of "you're" in the first paragraph, I thought this was a book my 8 year old could have written. It's about the same level. Yes, I know I shouldn't expect any different from a book of this genre, but I was hoping for a more mature kind of humor.
August 29, 2012
I thought it was fun and funny. This was written by a friend of my husband's - although I didn't know it when I found it loaded onto my Kindle. I love that it has a very useful 72-hour kit and first aid kit guide at the end.
January 5, 2012
funny. Enjoyable quick read
August 17, 2016
Loved this quick witty read. I will have to remember to re-read this guide ever so often to brush up on my zombie preparedness.
May 29, 2012
A short, sweet and hysterically funny read! There are some good preparedness tips mixed in with all the humor as well. Draws you in from the first page. A very enjoyable read!
July 1, 2012
quick and helpful tongue in cheek, preparedness manuel :) handy to have in the run up to the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
July 1, 2012
Hilarious! Written as a survival guide, this was a very fast read. Have to read more by him.
August 1, 2012
Very cute -- and informative! Nice to have on hand for when the inevitable happens. Now all I need is a guide to surviving a velociraptor apocalypse, and I'll be good to go!
November 18, 2012
Hilarious and humorous beyond words......yet surprisingly sensible also. To read "Zombies at the Door" is to be prepared for the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse.
July 9, 2019
This book is a perfect how-to guide on the zombie apocalypse that is pending. It is a great reference guide for what to do when the worst happens. There are also several good pointers to keep in mind in case of any mass tragedy or environmental event where you might not want to go outside ever again. Or at least for awhile. I mean. I don't want to go outside now, but I have to in order to go to work and have the funds to stockpile goods. This is the prepper guide I suggest for everyone, even the beginners.
July 30, 2013
Full of common information that I have seen over and over again, this was just a shorter, crappier version of the Zombie Survival Guide, and wasn't even that funny. At only 66 pages I finished reading it in one sitting, maybe 2 hours.
Unless you are a 10 year old and this is your first zombie book, or you are like me and must own everything related to the living dead, I would pass on this book.
At $10 on Amazon.com, Zombies at the Door, Planning for the Inevitable was highly over priced.
The jokes were just plain stupid and the hints the author gives for surviving a zombie apocalypse will end up getting you eaten.
Over all, I would pass on this book, or if you can get it for very cheap, pick it up just to own it, not to use it when the hordes are at your front door, because if you do decide to follow the advise, you will end up being zombie food and I will be the first one to laugh in your half eaten face and put a bullet in your rotten brain.
Unless you are a 10 year old and this is your first zombie book, or you are like me and must own everything related to the living dead, I would pass on this book.
At $10 on Amazon.com, Zombies at the Door, Planning for the Inevitable was highly over priced.
The jokes were just plain stupid and the hints the author gives for surviving a zombie apocalypse will end up getting you eaten.
Over all, I would pass on this book, or if you can get it for very cheap, pick it up just to own it, not to use it when the hordes are at your front door, because if you do decide to follow the advise, you will end up being zombie food and I will be the first one to laugh in your half eaten face and put a bullet in your rotten brain.
December 2, 2014
This outré how-to manual was an amusing way to kill an hour while I waited for my computer to factory restore. It turned a stressful situation laughable, and for that I say "Thanks, Charlie"!
Now, if you're a serious zombie nut (I'm being overly cautious here, so as not to offend the people who gave this a one star review, as they probably didn't understand the dry, oftentimes whimsical, satire depicted in these pages) then this book is NOT for you... Just keep on building your reinforced compounds in the wilds of Montana, or Waco, and stockpiling food and machetes(because REAL zombies only die if you be head them)... Okay, I'm way off track here. If you enjoy tongue-in-cheek wit, satire, puns, and queer little doodles, then this book is for you. You're smart enough to know who you are!
Now, if you're a serious zombie nut (I'm being overly cautious here, so as not to offend the people who gave this a one star review, as they probably didn't understand the dry, oftentimes whimsical, satire depicted in these pages) then this book is NOT for you... Just keep on building your reinforced compounds in the wilds of Montana, or Waco, and stockpiling food and machetes(because REAL zombies only die if you be head them)... Okay, I'm way off track here. If you enjoy tongue-in-cheek wit, satire, puns, and queer little doodles, then this book is for you. You're smart enough to know who you are!
October 12, 2015
I received Zombies at the Door as an ARC version from the author. The gifting did not determine the review/rating, which reflects my honest opinion. This little "self-help" book was a fun break from my normal reading. Some of the survival info translates to any major emergency (although, I'll admit wielding an axe or machete may be outside the limits of my abilities). The author was kind enough to include emergency kit information in this reading. Be prepared, be very prepared. This is good for a smile.
March 24, 2015
Entertaining!
This book was a funny and entertaining guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse. It was a quick read and had me chuckling at some of the commentary. The illustrations were hilarious. If you are looking for a quick and funny read about what to do in case of a zombie invasion... grab this book.
This book was a funny and entertaining guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse. It was a quick read and had me chuckling at some of the commentary. The illustrations were hilarious. If you are looking for a quick and funny read about what to do in case of a zombie invasion... grab this book.
May 2, 2013
I would classify this as more of an essay; it was very short. It was entertaining in spots, but, certainly, no "Zombieland." Really a primer for what to be prepared for in case of zombie attack. Glad I didn't pay for it.
April 12, 2013
A short, funny read!
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July 23, 2013
a very funny take on protecting yourself from zombies
January 5, 2014
a short read,humorous and actually makes some sense and could posslbly be helpful in the event you have zombies at your door.
April 12, 2014
A self help book everyone needs. Full of helpful information on what to do in a Zombie epidemic
July 28, 2015
I liked that this book doesn't take itself seriously and contains information that can be useful in any kind of emergency.
June 4, 2016
A quick and mildly entertaining read.
July 25, 2013
Great title and cover. Not the funniest book I've read.
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