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Mar 24, 2020 · Apocalyptic novelist Max Brooks is something of an expert on planning for pandemics and other disasters. The author, whose books include World War Z, Germ Warfare and the forthcoming Devolution, has toured the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has reviewed government response plans related to various emergency situations — all in the course of research.
Jun 21, 2024 · That’s the question at the heart of author Max Brooks most recent novel, Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre. The story follows a small town, told through one woman’s journal, as they struggle to survive dwindling resources after a natural disaster. And when they find a predator is hunting them, things quickly ...
Mar 16, 2020 · Culture. “You can’t scare a virus”: World War Z author Max Brooks on pandemics, fear, panic, and hope. As the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic spreads around the globe, “our biggest enemy is ...
Apr 20, 2020 · Max Brooks, author and son of Mel Brooks, wrote the zombie apocalypse novel "World War Z" in 2006 after researching pandemics. ... Brooks is still writing books that deal with societal collapses.
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Mar 24, 2020 · But, he adds, "we have been disastrously slow and disorganized from Day 1." Brooks says the notion that the U.S. government was blindsided by the pandemic is "an onion of layered lies." "What ...
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Jun 6, 2020 · The World War Z author talks about how science fiction turned him into a disaster expert, Donald Trump, and growing up with parents Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft
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Aug 15, 2017 · MAX BROOKS: Well, I think growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s was pretty apocalyptic because, you know, if you remember, the '80s tried to very much emulate the '50s except for things like crack and AIDS and gangs. GROSS: (Laughter). MAX BROOKS: We did have the good old 1950s resurgence of nuclear warfare. GROSS: (Laughter).