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Owner | Time Inc. (1961–1990) Time-Warner (1990–2001) AOL Time Warner (2001–2003) Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. (2003–2007) ZelnickMedia (2003–2007) Reader's Digest Association (2007–2013) Mosaic Media Investment Partners (2013–present) |
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Direct Holdings Global LLC, through its subsidiaries StarVista Live, Lifestyle Products Group and Time Life, is a creator and direct marketer that is known for selling books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. The current focus of the company is music, video and entertainment experiences (such as cruises) as the book division closed in 2003. Its products have been sold throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia through television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales. Current operations are focused in the US and Canada with limited retail distribution overseas.
Time Life was founded in 1961 as the book division of Time Inc. It took its name from Time Inc.'s cornerstone magazines, Time and Life, but remained independent of both. Starting in 1967, Time Life combined its book offerings with music collections (two to five records) and packaged them as a sturdy box set. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the selection of books, music and videos grew and was diversified into more genres. When record labels were no longer producing vinyl albums in 1990, Time Life transitioned to CD. In the mid-1990s, Time Life acquired Heartland Music, with the Heartland Music label now appearing as a brand. This company was subsequently sold off and is no longer associated with Time Life.
At the end of 2003 Time Life was acquired by Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C. and ZelnickMedia Corporation to become part of Direct Holdings Worldwide L.L.C. Direct Holdings Americas Inc. operates as a leader in the sale of music and video products under the Time Life brand. Since 2003, Direct Holdings US Corp is the legal name of Time Life, and is no longer owned by its former parent Time Warner, later Time Inc. in June 9, 2014. In March 2007 Ripplewood led a group that took The Reader's Digest Association private and treated Time Life as a division of RDA. By 2003 onward, a disclaimer on the copyright stated that it is 'not affiliated with Time Warner Inc. or Time Inc.,' who owns the Time and Life magazines, which this company name came from.
In 2013 Reader's Digest Association sold Time Life to Mosaic Media Investment Partners.[1] Best xcom 2 mods.
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Book series[edit]
The Time Life company was founded by Time, Incorporated, in 1961, as a book marketing division. Its name is derived from Time and Life magazines, two of the most popular magazines of the era, both owned by the company. It also was the holding company of television and radio combo stations KLZ-TV-AM-FM in Denver, WFBM-TV-AM-FM in Indianapolis, WOOD-TV-AM in Grand Rapids, Michigan, KERO-TV in Bakersfield, California, and KOGO-TV-AM-FM in San Diego, many of which were sold to McGraw-Hill in 1972; however, Time Life kept WOOD-TV, which became WOTV after the sale of the other stations, and remained owned by the company until 1984. Time Life was based in the Time Life building in Rockefeller Center.
Time Life gained fame as a seller of book series that would be mailed to households in monthly installments, operating as book sales clubs. The original publisher, Jerome Hardy, declared early on that the publisher would succeed through a strategy to 'give the customer more than he has any right to expect.'[2] Several of these book series garnered substantial critical acclaim unusual for a mass-market mail order house.[citation needed] For example, the series Library of Photography of the early-1970s featured very high-quality duotone printing for its black-and-white reproductions in its original edition, and was of course able to draw on Life's vast archive of journalistic and art photographs from virtually every major photographer; Foods Of The World featured contributions by M. F. K. Fisher, James Beard, Julia Child, Craig Claiborne and many others; and The Good Cook series, edited by Richard Olney, featured contributions from Jeremiah Tower, fe Grigson, Michel Lemonnier, and many others. Other series of high regard covered nature and the sciences, as well as the history of world civilizations. The science books are interesting as ephemera of their time. The content of these series was more or less encyclopedic, providing the basics of the subjects in the way it might be done in a lecture aimed at the general public. There was also a series on contemporary life in various countries of the world. Some other series are much less highly regarded, especially the later output as the publisher moved away from soberly presented science and history toward sensationalism, pop history, and DIY-themed books. The books, whatever their quality, are easy to find at low prices on the used-book market, due to their being published in the millions of copies. (Some of the items in this list may also be single books not in a series, but followed the same types of themes as the book series.)
Yet, of some series it is known that a particular title in the series enjoyed a much smaller print run than the other volumes in the series, resulting the after-market value of that particular volume and/or the set as a whole increasing. Examples include the fourteen volume '40th Anniversary Edition' The Civil War: A Narrative and the 18-volume Voices of the Civil War series, where the volumes 'Petersburg Siege to Bentonville' and 'Shenandoah 1864' are the rarer ones respectively.
Nonspecific U.S. topic series were habitually translated into other languages (French being the most predominant, due to Time Life's desire to have bordering French-Canada served as well), and disseminated through local branches of Time-Life Books in the intended target markets. However, not rarely were these translated versions truncated for various reasons. The Dutch language versions—disseminated through Time-Life Books [International] BV, Amsterdam, the local branch for mainland Europe at the time located at Ottho Heldringstraat 5, 1066 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands—of History of the World (as 'Time Life Wereld Geschiedenis'), The Epic of Flight (as 'De Geschiedenis van de Luchtvaart') and The Enchanted World (as 'Het Rijk der Fabelen'), for example, were shy of four, seven, and nine volumes respectively in translation, whereas the German-language version of The Old West (as 'Der Wilde Westen,' and, even though American specific, translated nonetheless due to the continued popularity of the Western genre in Germany), disseminated through the Amsterdam branch as Time-Life Bücher, was shy of seven volumes.
Of at least one book series is known that it was initiated by a local branch and not by the American mother company; the 1986–89 book series Australians at War was initiated by Time-Life Books Australia for that country, and therefore relatively rare on American soil.
- American Country
- The American Indians (1992–96, 23 volumes)
- The American Wilderness (1972–77, 27 volumes)[3]
- Ancient Civilizations—historic archeological discoveries
- The Art of Sewing[3]
- Australians at War (1986–89, 16 volumes)—series chronicling Australia's participation in 20th-century warfare
- Canada, by Brian Moore and the editors of Life (1963)
- A Child's First Library Of Learning—series of educational books by Time–Life based on a Japanese series by Gakken
- The Civil War series (1983–87, 28 volumes)—not the same as The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote
- Classics of the Old West[3]—while executed in the same vein, not the same as 'The Old West,' as these are deluxe facsimile reproductions of memoirs of Old West contemporaries
- Classics of World War II (The Secret War) (24 volumes)
- Collector's Library of the Civil War (1981–85, 30 volumes)[3]—deluxe facsimile reproductions of participants' memoirs
- Collector's Library of the Unknown (24 volumes)
- Curious and Unusual Facts
- The Emergence of Man[3]
- Enchanted World (21 volumes)—best-selling Time–Life series
- Echoes of Glory (1991, 3 volumes)—set dealing with the arms and equipment of the Civil War armies, complemented with a Civil War atlas
- The Encyclopedia of Collectibles[3]
- The Epic of Flight[3]
- Eyewitness (children's series on nature, science, and civilization)
- Family Library ('How Things Work in your Home,' 'The Time-Life Book of the Family Car,' 'The Time-Life Family Legal Guide,' and 'The Time-Life Book of Family Finance')[3]
- Fitness, Health, and Nutrition
- Fix It Yourself
- Foods of the World[3]
- Fresh Ways—cookbook series
- The Good Cook[3]
- Great Ages of Man—history of each of the major civilizations of human history[3]
- The Great Cities[3]
- History of the World (1991, 24 volumes)
- Home Repair and Improvement[3]—with commercials, starring Bob Vila from 1984 to 1992
- How Things Work
- Human Behavior[3]
- The Kodak Library of Creative Photography
- Library of Health[3]
- Library of Nations
- The LIFE History of the United States[3]
- LIFE Library of Photography[3]
- LIFE Nature Library, (25 volumes)[3]
- LIFE Science Library, (26 volumes)[3]
- LIFE World Library[3]
- Lost Civilizations
- Mysteries of the Unknown(33 volumes)—best-selling Time–Life series
- The New Face of War (9 volumes)—survey of the major fields of modern warfare
- The Old West[3]
- Planet Earth Series[3]
- The Seafarers (1978–81, 22 volumes)[3]
- The Third Reich Series (21 volumes)
- This Fabulous Century[3]
- Time Frame—A survey of history by time periods instead of by civilization
- Time–Life Library of America[3]
- Time–Life Library of Art[3]
- The Time–Life Library of Boating[3]
- The Time–Life Library of Gardening[3]
- Time Life Library of Curious and Unusual Facts
- Time Reading Program[3]
- Understanding Computers
- Voices of the Civil War (1996–98, 18 volumes)—reproducing letters from participants
- Voices of Triumph (3 volumes)—African American history
- Voyage Through the Universe—series on Astronomy
- Wild, Wild World of Animals—based on the TV series
- What Life Was Like
- The World's Wild Places[3]
- Wings of War (26 volumes)—reproductions of wartime aviator's memoirs
- World War II series (40 volumes)[4]
- 100 Years of Hollywood
Time Life no longer publishes books, as its book division was closed in 2001.[5] Time Inc./Time Warner, however, continues to publish similar material through Time Home Entertainment Inc.
Music[edit]
Time Life added music in 1967, selling box sets and collections through Time–Life Records. During the 1960s and 1970s, the collections released by Time–Life Records catered to a conservative adult audience, with genres including classical, jazz, swing and orchestral music; and the music of operas and Broadway theatre. On occasion, Time Life offered popular music (generally pre-1955 music, as opposed to pop and rock music airing on contemporary hit radio stations in the United States at the time) in box sets. Although there were television advertisements, Time Life advertised most of these sets in magazines, specialty catalogs and direct mail.
In the early 1980s, Time Life began branching out, offering a series of albums focusing on country music. The first series was 1981's 'Country Music,' with volumes focusing on a particular artist and featuring eight or nine tracks per album. Twenty volumes were issued, with many of country's greatest artists of the time (Charley Pride was the first artist featured) getting their own album. But until the mid-1980s, Time–Life did not feature a rock music-intensive series for customers, preferring to cater to older adults with conservative music tastes.
Pop music enters the picture[edit]
Time Life's first successful foray into rock music came in 1986, with a series called 'The Rock 'n' Roll Era.' Each volume in that series—like similar series that followed—focused on a particular year (in this case, 1955 through 1964—the early, pre-Beatles years of rock music), a stylistic trend or particular artist influential in rock music. Each volume had 22 tracks, and was said to contain the original hit recording by the original artist (although this wasn't always true on early pressings of the early albums in the series). The songs themselves represented the most important and popular songs from the period or subject featured. An essay published by Both Sides Now Publications noted that Time-Life's move into rock music came at a time when much of the adult audience Time-Life catered to grew up during the rock-and-roll era and, as such, the new series was consistent with its goal of catering to an adult audience.[6]
'The Rock 'n' Roll Era' series was a big success, and by the time the final volume was issued in the early 1990s, more than 50 different volumes (including two Christmas albums) had been released. This paved the way for more country and pop music-intensive series, including 'Country USA,' 'Classic Rock,' 'Sounds of the Seventies,' 'Sounds of the Eighties,' 'Your Hit Parade' (a series featuring popular music of the 1940s through early 1960s) and 'Super Hits.' Like the earlier series, each volume issued had its own paperback booklet containing liner notes and information about the songs, with the addition of placement on various Billboard magazine charts.
Like the earlier box sets featuring other musical styles and genres, the country and pop music series were advertised in magazines, catalogs and direct mail. By this time, some of these collections were advertised on television: either commercials or 30-minute infomercials. The television advertisements used slogans (e.g., 'Relive your high school days ..'), clips of songs included in each volume (along with a scrolling list of other titles), a commercial spokesman (usually a performer or legendary disc jockey relevant to a given series, such as Rick Dees for a 1970s-intensive collection and Ralph Emery for a country music series) and testimonials from customers attesting to the quality and value of the albums, to pitch a given series. Key selling points of these collections are that each track was digitally transferred to the desired format using the original master recordings, as opposed to being 're-records'; and that the most popular and requested songs by customers could be found in a single collection (as opposed to a customer having to purchase many albums to obtain just a few desired tracks).
Customers were given a choice of which format they wanted their box set: either vinyl albums (through 1990), 8-track or cassette tape, or compact disc; today's box sets are offered only as compact discs.
While most of Time Life's box sets and releases were critically hailed, there were also some minor faults pointed out by critics. For instance, several early pressings of the early volumes in 'The Rock'n'Roll Era' series contained stereo re-recordings of the original hits (something that would be corrected on later pressings, either with the correct original recording or a replacement track). Sometimes, the most popular songs of a given time period were omitted, frequently due to licensing issues. Examples included The Beatles and The Rolling Stones for the Classic Rock and 'Super Hits'/'AM Gold' series; and Prince, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson on the main Sounds of the Eighties series.
Through 2010, several different series Time Life had offered were available on a subscription basis, either by calling a 1-800 number or sending a completed postcard-sized card and payment to Time–Life. Purportedly, the customer would get a specific volume (as advertised on TV or in a magazine) first, before receiving a new volume roughly every other month (on the format of their choice); customers and had the option of keeping just the volumes they wanted. In time, each volume was also offered for individual sale.
Several of the series – especially the pop, rock, country and rhythm and blues series – had retail versions for sale, released after the entire series was issued. Typically, these were sold at discount stores, often grouped in three-CD sets of 12 tracks each and having the most popular of the series' tracks, and cover artwork and naming loosely based off the subscription/catalog-exclusive titles. Additionally, the 'Classic Country' series had special 15-track single-CD versions of several of its volumes issued for retail sale (in addition to budget 3-CD sets).
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Saguaro Road Records[edit]
In 2008 Time Life launched Saguaro Roads Records as an in-house music recording label.
Under this label, albums have been released with Adam Hood, Blind Boys of Alabama, Bo Bice, Brandy and Ray J, Collin Raye, Dion, Edwin McCain, Hank Williams (estate), Jim Brickman, Joan Osborne, Lonestar, Marc Cohn, Mark Chesnutt, Patty Loveless, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Tanya Tucker, The Grascals, Angie Stone, Waylon Jennings and Don McLean.
Since its launch Saguaro Roads Records has had seven Grammy nominations. Notable releases include Patty Loveless's Mountain Soul II which one a Grammy for best Bluegrass Album in 2010, Hank Williams: The Complete Mother's Best Recordings which was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Historical Album category in 2010, Joan Osborne's Bring it on Home which was nominated for Best Soul album in 2012, The Beatles' 'First Recordings: 50th Anniversary Edition' which was nominated for Best Album Notes in 2012, and The Blind Boys of Alabama's Down in New Orleans which won a grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album.[citation needed]
List of series[edit]
The following list shows many of the collections the company has released, but is by no means exhaustive.
- 60s, The
- '60s Country
- '60s Music Revolution
- '60s Gold (discontinued)
- 70s Collection, The (discontinued)
- '70s Country
- '70s Music Explosion (discontinued)
- 80s Collection, The (discontinued)
- '80s Music Explosion (discontinued)
- 90s Collection, The (discontinued)
- 100 Classics for Relaxation
- AM Gold (discontinued; was first issued as 'Super Hits')
- Beethoven Collection, The
- Best of Soft Rock
- Big Bands
- Billboard #1 Hits of the 70's
- Blues Legends (discontinued)
- Blues Masters (discontinued)
- Bobby Jones Presents Ultimate Gospel
- Body and Soul
- Body Talk (discontinued)
- British Invasion, The
- Classic Bluegrass (discontinued)
- Classic Country
- Classic Drive (discontinued)
- Classic Love Songs of the 60's
- Classic Radio Hits (discontinued)
- Classic Rock (discontinued, was a collection of mid- to late-1960s music)
- Classic Rhythm and Blues
- Classic Soft Rock
- Classic Love Songs of Rock 'n' Roll (2016)
- Classic Love Songs of Rock 'n' Roll (discontinued)
- Classical Power
- Contemporary Country (discontinued)
- Country Jukebox
- Country Music Explosion
- Country Music Hall Of Fame Presents Classic Country
- Country Music Of Your Life
- Country USA (2011)
- Country USA (discontinued)
- Country's Got Heart
- Dick Clark's Jukebox Gems
- Disco Fever (discontinued)
- Easy 80's
- Easy Listening Classics
- Edge Of The 80s (discontinued)
- Emotion Collection, The (discontinued)
- Fabulous Fifties, The (discontinued)
- Faith Hope & Country
- Flower Power
- Folk Years, The (discontinued)
- Giants of Jazz (discontinued)
- Glory Days Of Rock 'n' Roll (discontinued)
- Great American Songbook
- Gold And Platinum: The Ultimate Rock Collection (discontinued)
- Golden Age of Country
- Golden Age of Pop
- Great Composers
- Great Men of Music
- Greatest Love Songs of the '70s
- Grooves (discontinued)
- Guitar Rock (discontinued)
- Hard & Heavy (discontinued)
- Heart Of Rock 'n' Roll, The (discontinued)
- Heart Of Classic Rock, The
- History Of Rock 'n' Roll, The (discontinued)
- Instrumental Favorites
- It All Started with Doo Wop (discontinued)
- Jukebox Memories
- Lifetime of Country Romance
- Lifetime of Romance (discontinued)
- Legendary Singers
- Legendary Voices
- Legends Of Country
- Legends: The Ultimate Rock Collection (discontinued)
- Living the Blues (discontinued)
- Living the Gospel (discontinued)
- Magic of Love (discontinued)
- Malt Shop Memories
- Midnight Soul
- Modern Rock (discontinued)
- Motown Collection, The
- Mozart Collection, The
- Music of Your Life
- Opry Video Classics
- Party Rock
- Pop Goes The 70s
- Pop Memories of the 60's
- Pop Revolution (discontinued)
- Power of Love
- Power Of Love, The (1996) (discontinued)
- Prom Night
- Pure Rhythm and Blues
- Quiet Storm
- Rhythm & Blues
- Rhythm-Grooves (discontinued)
- Rock Collection, The (discontinued)
- Rock & Romance
- The Rock 'n' Roll Era (discontinued)
- Rock 'n' Roll Era (2013)
- Rock 'n' Roll: Legendary Years (discontinued)
- Romancing the '60s
- Romancing the '70s
- Romantically Yours
- Singers & Songwriters US version
- Singers & Songwriters Europe Version
- Smooth Soul
- Sock Hop Collection, The
- Solid Gold Soul US version (discontinued)
- Solid Gold Soul Europe Version (discontinued
- Songs 4 Ever (discontinued)
- Songs 4 Life (discontinued)
- Songs 4 Worship
- Songs For Lovers (discontinued)
- Soul Of The 60s
- Soul Of The 70s
- Soul Story (discontinued)
- Sounds Of The 70s (discontinued)
- Sounds Of The Sixties (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Seventies, List of Time Life Records (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Eighties (discontinued)
- Sounds of the Nineties (discontinued)
- Spirit Of The 60s (discontinued)
- Superhits
- Superstars of Country (discontinued)
- Superstars of the '80s
- Sweet Soul of the '70s
- Teen Years, The
- Timeless Music Collection, The (discontinued)
- To The Moon, a 6-record set: a documentary with accompanying book about the early space program, the space race, the missions to the moon and the first moon landing, published soon after Apollo 11 completed its mission to the moon. (discontinued)
- Ultimate Love Songs
- Ultimate Oldies but Goodies Collection, The (discontinued)
- Ultimate Rock Ballads
- Ultimate Seventies (discontinued)
- Uptown Saturday Night (discontinued)
- We Love the Nightlife
- Woodstock Collection, The
- Your Hit Parade (discontinued)
Video[edit]
Time Life's video business has been growing quickly since 2000. Starting with documentaries including Growing Up Wild and the re-release of World at War, the company has more recently branched into nostalgic television shows. Time Life is able to leverage their music industry knowledge and contacts to release television shows previously held back because of expensive music rights clearances. Their collections are known for having extensive bonus features, liner notes and packaging. Television show releases from Time Life include
- CMA Awards Live (performance compilations)
- Get Smart (complete series)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (complete series)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (complete series)
- The Real Ghostbusters (complete series)
- Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin' to Lost Galaxy (first seven seasons)
- The Ultimate Carol Burnett Show Collection (50 Episodes, plus the special Carol + 2 and the 1972 version of Once Upon a Mattress)
- China Beach (complete series)
- Mama's Family (complete series)
- The Dean Martin Variety Show (select sketches and episodes, by agreement with NBCUniversal and the estate of Greg Garrison)
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (complete series)
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (Season 3)
- The Best of Soul Train (Highlights from the '70s)
- The Wonder Years (complete series)
- The Hee Haw Collection (select episodes and sketches)
- The Best of The Muppet Show (complete series) produced by Jim Henson Home Entertainment
- NOVA (1974-1985)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'RDA Sells Its Direct To Consumer Business - Folio:'. 2 July 2012.
- ^Hatch, Denny. 'The Rise and Fall of Time-Life Books'. Target Marketing. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadFrom a list of 'Other Publications' on the copyright page of 'The Commandos,' the final volume of the Time-Life Books Series 'World War II'
- ^'World War II Time-Life —Series—LibraryThing'. www.librarything.com.
- ^Hatch, Denny. 'The Rise and Fall of Time Life Books (2,310 words)'. Target Marketing. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^'Time-Life Music Story'. www.bsnpubs.com.
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Following his none-too-soon reunion with his friends at the safe house, Zed is hoping things can finally fall into a stable routine, but in post-virus Austin, things are far from stable. On a mission to raid the ammunition bunkers at Camp Mabry, Zed and Murphy spot a group of the newer, naked infected, who are exhibiting some s..more
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Jul 18, 2014Veronica rated it it was amazing Shelves: male-lead-series, series-good, zombies, series-waiting-on-rest
Another great book by Booby Adair. We are once again thrown into the midst of the Whites who seem hell bent on fooling all of Zeds best laid plans and while he does finally catch up to his friends, his good luck is bound to run out. I think my favorite part of this book was the constant bantering between Zed and Murphy. The author has really created a dynamic relationship with these two characters and I am always finding myself laughing at something they say. This book is not all smiles & lo..more
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I'm hooked on these books. I enjoy the characters, Murphy and Zed are so funny even when faced with tough situations, they still manage to make me laugh. I love the writing and can't stand when people pick on little facts about the writing, just read the book and enjoy the story! 'empty clips..oops, did I say clips? Old habit.' Love your sense of humor Mr. Adair!!!
I'm hooked on these books. I enjoy the characters, Murphy and Zed are so funny even when faced with tough situations, they still manage to make me laugh. I love the writing and can't stand when people pick on little facts about the writing, just read the book and enjoy the story! 'empty clips..oops, did I say clips? Old habit.' Love your sense of humor Mr. Adair!!!
As with the rest of this series, the story is interesting and the characters are well written, but it reads like an ongoing perhaps permanent story much like a zombie serial. No ending, no single antagonist and no climax. Bobby Adair is a great author, I am not sure I want to keep reading a series with no ending.
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I love the slow burn series, can't wait for the next one!!!!!!! great action, drama, and love, a great combination of everything that makes a book worth reading.
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I love the slow burn series, can't wait for the next one!!!!!!! great action, drama, and love, a great combination of everything that makes a book worth reading.
by far the best zombie series I have read. bobby Adair has done it again. I hate those bald whites as much as zed does. I love zed and Murphy friend. they have each other back. will be waiting on book 6. read it people you won't regret it!
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Aug 06, 2014John Merryman rated it really liked it
Zed is the Indiana Jones of the post infection world. Having a trusty side kick like Murphy along for the ride helps. Bobby, hurry up and finish book 6.
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Still nice writing and some very wild action. Characters die in this as in every of the previous volumes. It's a brutal world and mistakes are costly.
Zed is one very screwed up person, who while loyal has the arrogance of a fifteen year old but refuses to admit it. This is despite having it pointed out several times. He drags Murphy by his friendship into ventures that are barely thought out and justified with lies. Yet he's still surprised that his actions might contribute to others dyin..more
Dec 31, 2018Mkittysamom rated it it was amazingStill nice writing and some very wild action. Characters die in this as in every of the previous volumes. It's a brutal world and mistakes are costly.
Zed is one very screwed up person, who while loyal has the arrogance of a fifteen year old but refuses to admit it. This is despite having it pointed out several times. He drags Murphy by his friendship into ventures that are barely thought out and justified with lies. Yet he's still surprised that his actions might contribute to others dyin..more
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Oh Dang Another Cliffhanger
Murphy and Zed go on an adventure for some “rare” supplies and it finally rains in the desert. Except it’s not just a little rain.it’s a flood! Loved this one. Murphy and Zed are a great team, I love their banter! Murphy is the “smiling” guy and Zed is more pessimistic but he also has a philosophy degree. when they switch outlooks on life. and take them for a test drive, I think both of them are surprised in the end! There was also a good deed and it helped to wash..more
Murphy and Zed go on an adventure for some “rare” supplies and it finally rains in the desert. Except it’s not just a little rain.it’s a flood! Loved this one. Murphy and Zed are a great team, I love their banter! Murphy is the “smiling” guy and Zed is more pessimistic but he also has a philosophy degree. when they switch outlooks on life. and take them for a test drive, I think both of them are surprised in the end! There was also a good deed and it helped to wash..more
Apr 17, 2019Rutherford, Sarah rated it really liked it
I'm simply captivated by this series--and was so engrossed that I couldn't put it down in order to 'render unto Caesar',otherwise known as filing my taxes. I've found the characters Zed and Murphy to be an ideal pairing from the very first episode and am so disappointed that both our heroic figures have lost their lady loves to the Whites in such an appalling fashion. To watch helplessly as they meet their demise has to inform their actions throughout the remainder of the series.
Kudos to Bobby..more
Kudos to Bobby..more
Jun 18, 2019Christine Bishop rated it it was amazing
A great addition to the story!
Slow Burn 5 is another great book in this series! Zed and Murphy are holed up on the river boat with the other survivors and just when you think they have a safe place the bottom falls out and their pushed back into the world with nowhere to go. This book had so very tough pages to read through, but Zed and Murphy weather the storm and keep on moving forward. I’m excited to see what’s in store for them in book 6!
Slow Burn 5 is another great book in this series! Zed and Murphy are holed up on the river boat with the other survivors and just when you think they have a safe place the bottom falls out and their pushed back into the world with nowhere to go. This book had so very tough pages to read through, but Zed and Murphy weather the storm and keep on moving forward. I’m excited to see what’s in store for them in book 6!
Nov 08, 2017Tiffany Tinkham-Graves rated it it was amazing
Another Great Continuing Story
Book 5 of 9 of the slow burn series continues the story of Zeb and his newly found friends and their battle of survival. After a virus hits and turns everyone into zombies Zeb and his friends have to try to survive them and natural disasters as well.
Book 5 of 9 of the slow burn series continues the story of Zeb and his newly found friends and their battle of survival. After a virus hits and turns everyone into zombies Zeb and his friends have to try to survive them and natural disasters as well.
Okay
Uh, I'm disappointed in this book. A lot of fun nothing happened.
The Hilton for pain that I am, I'm gonna push through to the next one.
I must admit the humor was good, but a disaster every time Murphy and Zed leaves is redundant. I know the next book is already written so wish me luck.
Otherwise, I really like ever other book in this series.
Uh, I'm disappointed in this book. A lot of fun nothing happened.
The Hilton for pain that I am, I'm gonna push through to the next one.
I must admit the humor was good, but a disaster every time Murphy and Zed leaves is redundant. I know the next book is already written so wish me luck.
Otherwise, I really like ever other book in this series.
Feb 07, 2018Jamie Lynn McClay rated it it was amazing
5 books into the series..
Frankly it started off a bit slow for my taste but after book one it really picked up the pace and I am invested in the characters. Hopefully the rest of the series stays true to that as well.
Frankly it started off a bit slow for my taste but after book one it really picked up the pace and I am invested in the characters. Hopefully the rest of the series stays true to that as well.
Surprises
Surprises galore in this continuing saga. Adventure, action and more twists. Zed the lead character is impulsive but quick on feet combined with luck to weave an intriguingly novel.
I highly recommend this book.
Surprises galore in this continuing saga. Adventure, action and more twists. Zed the lead character is impulsive but quick on feet combined with luck to weave an intriguingly novel.
I highly recommend this book.
So good I am reading this series
Again, as I have said with the other books in this series, a great read.
Apr 02, 2019Prenscella Hardwell rated it it was amazing
Great series!
I like words. Slow Burn 5 had lots of those. Go buy it! You will love this series it's amazing.
I like words. Slow Burn 5 had lots of those. Go buy it! You will love this series it's amazing.
My favorite series!
Love it
By the end of this book I am super glad I already have the sequels purchased. I have stayed interested throughout every book so far and have grown more and more attached to the characters. I can't wait to see what happens next.
By the end of this book I am super glad I already have the sequels purchased. I have stayed interested throughout every book so far and have grown more and more attached to the characters. I can't wait to see what happens next.
Another great book. Zed and Murphy are wonderful. Very exciting.
Dec 30, 2015Katie Harder-schauer rated it really liked it
Like the previous 4 books in the series, I listened to the audio of this book. I feel like Murphy's voice has changed slightly in the last two books, it seems to have a stronger Southern drawl than was present in the first three books. The drawl would not be out of place, but it's something I'm pretty sure I would have noticed sooner.
I feel like these stories are all starting to blend together a little; basically I can't remember exactly what happened in which book, which means the books are fit..more
I feel like these stories are all starting to blend together a little; basically I can't remember exactly what happened in which book, which means the books are fit..more
Nov 02, 2015David rated it really liked it
I'll get my gripes out of the way first. TORRENT, like the previous book in the series, no longer feels fresh. It's formulaic: Zed goes out, maybe alone, maybe not. Disaster strikes, and he gets separated from his friends. He works his way back to them. Rinse and repeat.
That said, I'm still invested in the formula, and TORRENT stirred in the most exhilarating and intense scenes yet. Better still, Zed and Murphy, the dynamic duo readers fell in love with way back in the first book, are once again..more
That said, I'm still invested in the formula, and TORRENT stirred in the most exhilarating and intense scenes yet. Better still, Zed and Murphy, the dynamic duo readers fell in love with way back in the first book, are once again..more
Oct 01, 2014Rachael Ashak-Benson rated it it was amazing
5 STARS - GREAT TO BE BACK WITH OLD FRIENDS!
I was thrilled when I stumbled across Book 5; I didn't realize it had been released. The download took way too long!.. I couldn't wait to return to the river, to rejoin the moment-to-moment survival with Zed, Murphy, and company.
Complaint and praise... the book was way too short. I feel like the totality of these pages were half a book at best. I felt like I had just gotten my teeth back into the saga when I was swiping the last few pages. Bummer..more
I was thrilled when I stumbled across Book 5; I didn't realize it had been released. The download took way too long!.. I couldn't wait to return to the river, to rejoin the moment-to-moment survival with Zed, Murphy, and company.
Complaint and praise... the book was way too short. I feel like the totality of these pages were half a book at best. I felt like I had just gotten my teeth back into the saga when I was swiping the last few pages. Bummer..more
Dec 04, 2014Shannon Hooks rated it really liked it
This is book five of the series. If you like zombie books, I highly recommend this series.The premise for the this series is: people are infected with the virus and become sick. Some don't make it, some become full out zombies with no rational thought except basic functions such as eating and sex, others become slow burns. Zed the main character in the book is a slow burn. He's white like the other zombies, but acts like a normal person. His temperature runs higher than a normal unaffected perso..more
An incredible read, lots of action with plenty of zombies that greatly out number the survivors. The characters are well developed, the story has a realistic plot and is set in the great state of Texas.
There is plenty of gallows humour as well as pathos as not all characters survive, but the feelings of loss, grief, victory and having survived yet another battle are quite realistic. Not just ' 'another' Zombie story but one which is memorable both in its action but in its emotional cost to the..more
There is plenty of gallows humour as well as pathos as not all characters survive, but the feelings of loss, grief, victory and having survived yet another battle are quite realistic. Not just ' 'another' Zombie story but one which is memorable both in its action but in its emotional cost to the..more
I just can't seem to get enough of this series! Absolutely great writing and strong characters make for a strong story line that keeps you reading. Zed, Murphy and his friends are trying to find a 'safe' home so they can relax and gather themselves to see what they need to survive in a world turned upside down. They need ammunition, guns, food, clothing etc. but the only ones that can safely go out is Zed and Murphy and those two just keep getting into trouble. The way Mr. Adair writes gets you..more
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Aug 14, 2012Tim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Another in this amazing series. My comments on the Poultry volume equally apply to this one. If you see it, buy it.
There are 27 in the set!
There are 27 in the set!
Another in this amazing series. My comments on the Poultry volume equally apply to this one. If you see it, buy it.
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