 Ron Currie Jr. named World War Z one of his favorite apocalyptic novels and praised Brooks for illustrating " the tacit agreement between writer and reader that is essential to the success of stories about the end of the world ... [ both ] agree to pretend that this is not fiction , that in fact the horrific tales of a war between humans and zombies are based in reality . " Drew Taylor of the Fairfield County Weekly credited World War Z with making zombies more popular in mainstream society . 
 Ron Currie Jr. named World War Z one of his favorite apocalyptic novels and praised Brooks for illustrating " the tacit agreement between writer and reader <a href='null_relcl' title='1'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>essential to the success of stories about the end of the world ... [ both ] agree to pretend that this <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>not</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>fiction</mark></a> , that in fact the horrific tales of a war between humans and zombies are based in reality . " Drew Taylor of the Fairfield County Weekly credited World War Z with making zombies more popular in mainstream society . 
Ron Currie Jr. named World War Z one of his fav apocalyptic novels and praised Brooks for illustrating " da tacit agreement between writer and reader essential to the success of stories abt tdaend of the world ... [ both ] agree to pretend that dis ain't no fiction , that in fact the horrific tales of a war between humans and zombies r based in reality . " Drew Taylor of the Fairfield County Weekly credited World War Z wit making zombies more popular in mainstream society .