John and I often have conversations about the biology and ecosystems of zombies. There is a modern model of infection (Mira Grant, 28 Days / Weeks, Walking Dead) which I am now going away to think about in light of what you've said. It's a model where the zombie is the helpless tool of a virus which seeks to find new hosts - the merest scratch can turn you, or we all have it in some form or other and will turn on death, or some of us are immune and we need to find out why and how.
Which adds the concept of meme-as-virus to your theory - political awareness, religious conversion, disruption of bread and circuses - all these could trigger a zombie uprising.
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John and I often have conversations about the biology and ecosystems of zombies. There is a modern model of infection (Mira Grant, 28 Days / Weeks, Walking Dead) which I am now going away to think about in light of what you've said. It's a model where the zombie is the helpless tool of a virus which seeks to find new hosts - the merest scratch can turn you, or we all have it in some form or other and will turn on death, or some of us are immune and we need to find out why and how.
Which adds the concept of meme-as-virus to your theory - political awareness, religious conversion, disruption of bread and circuses - all these could trigger a zombie uprising.