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  • "It'll make you laugh and cringe"

    -- USA Today

    "A-
    Infused with both wit and sensitivity, Nuzum's storytelling shifts effortlessly between history and anecdote without losing sight of its subject."

    -- Entertainment Weekly

    "Chatty, breezy and often hilarious: an enjoyable reminder that it’s best not to take things like the ‘blood-sucking undead’ too seriously."

    -- Kirkus Reviews

    "When a book begins with someone attempting to drink their own blood, you just can't help but get sucked in"

    -- AOL

    "A blast."

    -- Columbus Dispatch

    "Oddly respectful as well as hilariously irreverent."

    -- School Library Journal

    "Well-researched and informative, and manages to skillfully straddle the fence between sincerity and hilarity."

    -- Canton Repository

    "Hilarious."

    -- Akron Beacon Journal

    "The Dead Travel Fast is a quick, enjoyable read. Most importantly, and many, many apologies for the pun, it doesn't suck."

    -- DCist

    "For anyone who harbors a love for Dracula, this book is an excellent look at what makes vampires so prevalent in today’s culture."

    -- UR Chicago Magazine

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Appearances

Upcoming in person:

Saturday, September 27, 2008, 1:00 pm: Reading: Akron Kings of Non-Fiction (reading with Michael Weinreb, David Giffels, Chuck Klosterman), Akron-Summit County Public Library, Akron, OH.

Thursday, October 30, 2008: 7:30 pm: Reading, signing, and nonsense. Barnes and Noble Georgetown, Washington, DC.

Friday, October 31, 2008: 7:30 pm: Reading. Wooster Public Library, Wooster, OH.(No book sales at this event.)

Saturday, November 1, 2008: 10am to 4pm: Signing, Buckeye Book Fair. Ohio State University, Wooster, OH.

Saturday, November 8, 2008: Reading and signing, Wordstock, Portland, OR.

What is this?

  • This is the companion Web site to the book The Dead Travel Fast by Eric Nuzum.

    The Dead Travel Fast is a book about vampires, death, chickens, fear, things that smell bad, the love of a good woman, and germs…but mostly it’s about vampires.

    There is all kinds of stuff here directly or tangentially related to the book. New stuff is added semi-regularly. Enjoy.

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