Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-241) and index.
Contents:
Recipe for a zombie -- Dead men working the fields. Pursuit of the flesh ; Nail in the coffin ; The professor and the bogeyman ; The big sleep ; A deathly state of mind -- Time for a revival. Reprieve from death ; The spark of life ; The dead Russians are coming ; The second coming of Lazarus ; Dr Ivie's healing fists ; Adventures in necronautics ; Emtombed in blue -- Mickey Finn and other thugs. Rotting brains ; Acid spies and secret highs ; Recruited, body and soul ; Pusher ; Mind over matter -- Remote/control. All in the brains ; Cut to the asylum ; Excising the soul ; The joy machine ; Constructing a psycho-civilized society -- The ghoulish nanny. Living larder ; Parasite puppeteers ; Thinking caps ; The knot of the problem ; Your body is a battleground -- Army of bloodsuckers. Sealed with a kiss ; Bad air in the doldrums ; Infected with rage ; A fatal game of cat and mouse ; Programmed to kill -- The human harvest. That good-for-something zombie ; In cold blood ; Butcher, faker, breast implant maker ; Lettuce heads and artichoke hearts ; Happy endings ; Dining with the dead -- Here and now.
Summary:
Could zombies actually walk the earth? Join science punk Frank Swain as he digs into the science of body and mind control, from Haitian Vodou potions to military interrogation techniques. He recounts true zombie tales from the archives, including resurrected dog heads, secret agent drugs, and remote-controlled bulls and rats. He even investigates how psychologists are shaping our thoughts in the design of city streets. Entertaining and mind-bending, this is incredible science at its best.
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