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Those curious about scientific attempts to control the minds and bodies of others will relish this accessible, informative, and anecdote-rich account... Unsettling and fascinating. Publishers Weekly<br><br> Frank Swain's gripping book, How to Make a Zombie, reads like a non-fiction version of a Stephen King novel -- you'll stay up all night reading it with goose bumps and the lights on. This story of life, death, and the grey areas in between, and the scientific (and pseudoscientific) attempts at resuscitation, resurrection, and immortality, is the best account I've read of what has to be humanity's biggest fear (death) and the lengths we have gone to in order to circumvent its finality. I read it straight through in one sitting, and so will you. Michael Shermer, New York Times bestselling author of The Believing Brain and columnist, Scientific American<br><br> Swain serves up a ghoulish treat -- the real-life zombies of science and nature! Packed full of bizarre research and jaw-dropping tales, his book succeeds in being simultaneously entertaining, informative, and slightly unnerving, since it turns out that the zombies are, quite likely, you and I. <br>Alex Boese, bestselling author of Elephants on Acid and Electrified Sheep<br><br> From attempts to reanimate animals from death to mind control experiments and brain-hacking parasites, this delightfully macabre book explores the reality of zombie mythology. Science punk Frank Swain has pulled off a masterful feat in this broad-ranging and fascinating book. Braiiiins! <br>Dr Lewis Dartnell, Research Fellow, University of Leicester, and author of Life in the Universe

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Frank Swain is the founder of SciencePunk, the popular SEED ScienceBlogs site devoted to the weird and wonderful fringes of science. A frequent writer for Wired and the Guardian, he has a history of climbing buildings, managing burlesque shows, and generally being a force for good - and the scientific method. He lives in London, and this is his first book.

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