King dedicates Cell to Richard ( I Am Legend ) Matheson and George ( Night of the Living Dead ) Romero. The different approach offers a more science-fictional justification for the hordes of shambling, aggressively hungry onetime humans. Supernatural factors are the most widely cited, involving voodoo rituals, sometimes invoking other magical and religious systems. Novels that offer explanations for their zombie apocalypses tend to fall into two broad categories. Others try to provide at least some context. Some authors choose to duck the whole question of what brought on the gory mess. The current flood of zombie novels was just gathering steam when Cell by Stephen King was unleashed upon us all.Īnd yet, finding a genuinely original trigger mechanism for yet another outbreak of flesh-eating mayhem was already one of the significant challenges facing anyone who dared venture into this long-popular horror sub-genre.
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