The first piece of literature comes in the form of a graphic novel that many of you may have heard of as it was made into a popular show on AMC last year. The Walking Dead is a survival horror story that pits humans clinging onto the little life they have around them against the ever-hungry world of the undead, zombies. The series is heart-felt and suspenseful. After reading a few of the book collections you come to care about the characters and wonder about their future in the quickly dying world. Check out the books before season 2 of the show adaptation comes out this Sunday, October 16th.
The Dark Tower book series comes from the twisted genius of none other than Stephen King. However, this writing does not fall under the horror category, more so a post-apocalyptic "spaghetti western". This is King's brain-child; his teenage fantasy experimental epic. It follows a gunslinger named Roland and his journey to a distant dark tower and pursuit of the mysterious Man in Black. I'll let that tease you enough to read it for yourself. The book series expands over 22 years of some of King's best writing within 7 books and a short story. There are also graphic novels printed from this and a movie(s)/television series in future talks. Fans of Stephen King's should definitely check this out.
The movie and TV series keep hitting snags in production so who knows if it'll ever get out. So far it's rumored that Javier Bardem will play Roland which is awesome.
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