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The Living Dead named to PW’s “Best of the Year” list

Publishers Weekly has announced their 2008 Best Books of the Year, which includes The Living Dead. Here’s what they said:

“The Living Dead, Edited by John Joseph Adams: This superb reprint anthology runs the gamut of zombie stories, with entries by a plethora of renowned and outstanding authors from all sides of the genre.

This honor was extended to only 7 books in the “SF/Fantasy/Horror” genre. See PW’s website for the complete list, including non-genre bests.

Discussion

  • Roger

    3:02 pm Nov-4-2008 Reply

    Congratulations John!

  • Charles Tan

    6:23 pm Nov-4-2008 Reply

    Congrats!

  • Michael Kellar

    5:38 pm Nov-25-2008 Reply

    I anticipated not liking this book as: 1) Most horror anthologies I have read this year have been disappointments, and 2)I generally regarded zombie fiction as lacking in depth & potential. But what a surprise! While there were a few splatter punk level tales, on the whole this book was filled with variety & surprises. Some writers have given far more thought to the concept of what it might mean for zombies to exist that could have been anticipated. A wild, varied, and quite entertaining anthology.

  • John Joseph Adams

    2:28 pm Nov-27-2008 Reply

    Thanks, Michael!

About JJA

John Joseph Adams is the bestselling editor of many anthologies, such as Wastelands, The Living Dead (a World Fantasy Award finalist), By Blood We Live, Federations, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Barnes & Noble.com named him “the reigning king of the anthology world,” and his books have been named to numerous best of the year lists. He is also the fiction editor of the forthcoming science fiction magazine Lightspeed, and is the co-host of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. John lives in New Jersey and is represented by Joe Monti of Barry Goldblatt Literary.

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