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Max Brooks

Max Brooks is the author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, published by Crown Books.

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NIGHMARE SCENARIO

How Famine Could Come to America

When the sale goes through, a Germany company will control a big chunk of the seed market. Germany wouldn’t blackmail us. But what if the Germans sold to someone who would?

Max Brooks

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UH OH

Robot Wars Will Not Be Against Robots

While much of the worrying by humans about robots has focused on a war against robots, little is given to thinking about war by those displaced by robots.

Max Brooks

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The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks

An original short story from Max Brooks, bestselling author of World War Z, that follows two vampires in a worldwide battle for resources between the subdead and a human-like race—the vampire version of An Inconvenient Truth .

Max Brooks

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