Comments on: Zombie Alert http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/02/08/zombie-alert/ A Blog by Mark Chadbourn about folklore, mythology, legend and his writing. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: MarkC http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/02/08/zombie-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-260 MarkC Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:38:15 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/02/08/zombie-alert/#comment-260 More than any other genre, horror has to be contemporary because what we're scared of is tied in to the way we see the world. For too long, authors were influenced by the horror boom of the 80s, re-writing what was scary then, long after society had moved on. Now we're starting to get a new crop of writers coming through who once again are plugging into the zeitgeist. I also think publishers are very good at making money out of spotting a gap in the market... ;-) More than any other genre, horror has to be contemporary because what we’re scared of is tied in to the way we see the world. For too long, authors were influenced by the horror boom of the 80s, re-writing what was scary then, long after society had moved on.

Now we’re starting to get a new crop of writers coming through who once again are plugging into the zeitgeist.

I also think publishers are very good at making money out of spotting a gap in the market… ;-)

]]> By: Ariel http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/02/08/zombie-alert/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Ariel Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:45:30 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/02/08/zombie-alert/#comment-258 Interesting to read the various theories as to the reason for the sudden upsurge in interest... what's your take on it? Interesting to read the various theories as to the reason for the sudden upsurge in interest… what’s your take on it?

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