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Monster Island (novel)
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"Zombie Island" redirects here. For the Scooby Doo movie, see Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
.
Monster Island is a novel
of the zombie apocalypse
horror
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
one month after New York City
has been completely overrun by the undead
.
A former UN
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
in Somalia
, enters the zombie
-infested island with a band of East Africa
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
medication
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
and self control unlike other zombies.
The second novel, Monster Nation
, is a prequel
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island's touches of dark humor, but felt that he displayed selective memory at times in composing the narrative.
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
.
Monster Island is a novel
of the zombie apocalypse
horror
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
one month after New York City
has been completely overrun by the undead
.
A former UN
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
in Somalia
, enters the zombie
-infested island with a band of East Africa
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
medication
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
and self control unlike other zombies.
The second novel, Monster Nation
, is a prequel
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island's touches of dark humor, but felt that he displayed selective memory at times in composing the narrative.
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
.
Monster Island is a novel
of the zombie apocalypse
horror
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
one month after New York City
has been completely overrun by the undead
.
A former UN
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
in Somalia
, enters the zombie
-infested island with a band of East Africa
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
medication
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
and self control unlike other zombies.
The second novel, Monster Nation
, is a prequel
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island's touches of dark humor, but felt that he displayed selective memory at times in composing the narrative.
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon franchise...
.
Monster Island is a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
of the zombie apocalypse
Zombie apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature that customarily has a science fiction/horror rationale. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization....
horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
Plot introduction
Monster Island takes place in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
one month after New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
has been completely overrun by the undead
Undead
Undead is a collective name for fictional, mythological, or legendary beings that are deceased and yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as vampires and zombies...
.
A former UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
Warlord
A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war...
in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, enters the zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-infested island with a band of East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
medication
Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
and self control unlike other zombies.
Release details
- 2004, USA, Brokentype e-book
- 2005, USA, Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN 1-56025-850-0, Pub date 28 March 2006, paperback
About the trilogy
Monster Island is the first in a trilogy of online serial novels.The second novel, Monster Nation
Monster Nation (novel)
Monster Nation is a serial novel by David Wellington. It concerns the opening days of a zombie apocalypse and the end of the world.The novel was originally serialized online. It is a prequel to Monster Island.-Plot:...
, is a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
Monster Planet (novel)
Monster Planet is a serial novel by David Wellington. It is the third and final novel in the author's Monster series of zombie apocalypse horror.-Plot introduction:Monster Planet takes place twelve years after the events in Monster Island...
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
- [Gary asks] “I can’t be the only one, though. You found me from a distance, you must know if there are others like us.”
- Mael nodded. "A few...There’s a boy in a place called Russia. Very promising. Struck down in a hit and run. He suffered for months with machines pumping his heart for him but his parents wouldn’t let the doctors pull the plug. Another one here in your country. In California...A yoga teacher hiding out in an oxygen bar..."
Critical commentary
Booklist called Monster Island "a fantastic zombie novel," and wrote, "There are many layers to this zombie apocalypse, and this book just gets things rolling."In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
External links
Footnotes
"Zombie Island" redirects here. For the Scooby Doo movie, see Scooby-Doo on Zombie IslandScooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon franchise...
.
Monster Island is a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
of the zombie apocalypse
Zombie apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature that customarily has a science fiction/horror rationale. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization....
horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
Plot introduction
Monster Island takes place in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
one month after New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
has been completely overrun by the undead
Undead
Undead is a collective name for fictional, mythological, or legendary beings that are deceased and yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as vampires and zombies...
.
A former UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
Warlord
A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war...
in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, enters the zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-infested island with a band of East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
medication
Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
and self control unlike other zombies.
Release details
- 2004, USA, Brokentype e-book
- 2005, USA, Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN 1-56025-850-0, Pub date 28 March 2006, paperback
About the trilogy
Monster Island is the first in a trilogy of online serial novels.The second novel, Monster Nation
Monster Nation (novel)
Monster Nation is a serial novel by David Wellington. It concerns the opening days of a zombie apocalypse and the end of the world.The novel was originally serialized online. It is a prequel to Monster Island.-Plot:...
, is a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
Monster Planet (novel)
Monster Planet is a serial novel by David Wellington. It is the third and final novel in the author's Monster series of zombie apocalypse horror.-Plot introduction:Monster Planet takes place twelve years after the events in Monster Island...
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
- [Gary asks] “I can’t be the only one, though. You found me from a distance, you must know if there are others like us.”
- Mael nodded. "A few...There’s a boy in a place called Russia. Very promising. Struck down in a hit and run. He suffered for months with machines pumping his heart for him but his parents wouldn’t let the doctors pull the plug. Another one here in your country. In California...A yoga teacher hiding out in an oxygen bar..."
Critical commentary
Booklist called Monster Island "a fantastic zombie novel," and wrote, "There are many layers to this zombie apocalypse, and this book just gets things rolling."In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
External links
Footnotes
"Zombie Island" redirects here. For the Scooby Doo movie, see Scooby-Doo on Zombie IslandScooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is a 1998 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon franchise...
.
Monster Island is a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
of the zombie apocalypse
Zombie apocalypse
A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario of apocalyptic literature that customarily has a science fiction/horror rationale. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization....
horror
Horror fiction
Horror fiction also Horror fantasy is a philosophy of literature, which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten its readers, inducing feelings of horror and terror. It creates an eerie atmosphere. Horror can be either supernatural or non-supernatural...
sub-genre by David Wellington, published in serial
Serial (literature)
In literature, a serial is a publishing format by which a single large work, most often a work of narrative fiction, is presented in contiguous installments—also known as numbers, parts, or fascicles—either issued as separate publications or appearing in sequential issues of a single periodical...
online in August, 2004 and in print in April, 2006.
Plot introduction
Monster Island takes place in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
one month after New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
has been completely overrun by the undead
Undead
Undead is a collective name for fictional, mythological, or legendary beings that are deceased and yet behave as if alive. Undead may be incorporeal, such as ghosts, or corporeal, such as vampires and zombies...
.
A former UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
employee named Dekalb, whose daughter is being held by a warlord
Warlord
A warlord is a person with power who has both military and civil control over a subnational area due to armed forces loyal to the warlord and not to a central authority. The term can also mean one who espouses the ideal that war is necessary, and has the means and authority to engage in war...
in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
, enters the zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-infested island with a band of East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
n child soldiers in order to retrieve precious AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
medication
Medication
A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.- Classification :...
. After surviving numerous zombie attacks, the group encounters Gary Fleck, an undead medical student
Medical school
A medical school is a tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches medicine. Degree programs offered at medical schools often include Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Bachelor/Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, master's degree, or other post-secondary...
who has managed to retain a high level of consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
and self control unlike other zombies.
Release details
- 2004, USA, Brokentype e-book
- 2005, USA, Thunder's Mouth Press ISBN 1-56025-850-0, Pub date 28 March 2006, paperback
About the trilogy
Monster Island is the first in a trilogy of online serial novels.The second novel, Monster Nation
Monster Nation (novel)
Monster Nation is a serial novel by David Wellington. It concerns the opening days of a zombie apocalypse and the end of the world.The novel was originally serialized online. It is a prequel to Monster Island.-Plot:...
, is a prequel
Prequel
A prequel is a work that supplements a previously completed one, and has an earlier time setting.The widely recognized term was a 20th-century neologism, and a portmanteau from pre- and sequel...
and tells the story of the origins of the epidemic and its rapid spread across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The third novel, Monster Planet
Monster Planet (novel)
Monster Planet is a serial novel by David Wellington. It is the third and final novel in the author's Monster series of zombie apocalypse horror.-Plot introduction:Monster Planet takes place twelve years after the events in Monster Island...
, describes the results of the global outbreak.
In Monster Island, Mael, a reanimated bog mummy, makes reference to the two other characters later in the trilogy:
- [Gary asks] “I can’t be the only one, though. You found me from a distance, you must know if there are others like us.”
- Mael nodded. "A few...There’s a boy in a place called Russia. Very promising. Struck down in a hit and run. He suffered for months with machines pumping his heart for him but his parents wouldn’t let the doctors pull the plug. Another one here in your country. In California...A yoga teacher hiding out in an oxygen bar..."
Critical commentary
Booklist called Monster Island "a fantastic zombie novel," and wrote, "There are many layers to this zombie apocalypse, and this book just gets things rolling."In a review that was chiefly positive, Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
praised the book's visceral impact, describing the plot as "inventive and exciting". They also commended Wellington for his knowledge of New York and the Monster Island
The Washington Post gave the novel a strongly negative review, criticizing it for a lack of background information on the origin of the zombie menace, as well as what the reviewer considered to be nonsensical or absent motives for many characters' actions.
External links
Footnotes
