Team Zombie Led by Justine Larbalestier: Team Unicorn Led by Holly Black:
Alydia Dawn Johnson Garth Nix
Carrie Ryan Naomi Novik
Maureen Johnson Margo Lanagan
Scott Westerfeld Diana Peterfreund
Cassandra Calre Meg Cabot
Libba Bray Kathleen Duey
Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black have an ongoing feud about which creature (unicorn or zombie) reins supreme. Something that started as friendly banter on Justine’s blog has now become a battle royal to answer once and for all the question of what creature is better. The overall merit of zombies and unicorns are being judged based on social commentary, usefulness as a plot devise in stories, mythology throughout history and the all important total coolness factor. The two authors gathered supporters for their respective causes and enlisted them to write stories featuring zombies and unicorns. This anthology resolves the question once and for all.
I highly recommend this book. I’m a member of Team Zombie; I’m even thinking of getting a t-shirt made. Putting aside that unicorns haven’t been cool since a bedeviled Tim Curry tried to kill one in The Last Unicorn (If you haven’t seen the movie you should go to Blockbuster and get it. This is Tom Cruise before he was crazy.) the idea for the book is a great one. In spite of the fact that I’m not a fan of rainbows or horned beasts I love the book. Even the unicorn stories where good. Of course the Zombie stories are better, but that’s to be expected.
This is a great book for older teens, and for zombie or unicorn lovers everywhere.
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