Comments on: THE VETERAN by J. Michael http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/ Stories of the zombie apocalypse. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:15:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zombob http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-8474 zombob Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:22:44 +0000 http://talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/#comment-8474 What if this was early in the war -- wasn't there a "Battle of Brooklyn" or something like that? The military tried standard tactics to contain Z at one/some of the bridges in New York City? Everybody (all the live bodies, at least) got mauled? What if this was early in the war — wasn’t there a “Battle of Brooklyn” or something like that? The military tried standard tactics to contain Z at one/some of the bridges in New York City? Everybody (all the live bodies, at least) got mauled?

]]> By: David http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-58 David Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:26:43 +0000 http://talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/#comment-58 I think if you blow a body apart and/or shred it with schrapnel, it would then be easier to put a bullet into the skull. Anything to disable and slow down an advance. Napalm would also work. Burn everything to ash. I think if you blow a body apart and/or shred it with schrapnel, it would then be easier to put a bullet into the skull. Anything to disable and slow down an advance. Napalm would also work. Burn everything to ash.

]]> By: Andrew Burke http://www.talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Andrew Burke Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:53:35 +0000 http://talesofworldwarz.com/stories/2007/08/23/the-veteran-by-j-michael/#comment-57 i think that you are a very entertaining poet and you draw images very well. one point that i would bring up is the ineffectiveness of bombs on zombies. explosives generate a pressure wave and heat in addition to the initial shock and bits of shrapnel/debris. each of these things are less-than-effective on zach. unless this is nuclear. not a big point but i avoided it in a few stories of mine. i think that you are a very entertaining poet and you draw images very well.

one point that i would bring up is the ineffectiveness of bombs on zombies.

explosives generate a pressure wave and heat in addition to the initial shock and bits of shrapnel/debris.

each of these things are less-than-effective on zach. unless this is nuclear.

not a big point but i avoided it in a few stories of mine.

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