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The Estuary
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The Estuary is a Survival Horror novel by Irish horror novelist Derek Gunn. The events of the novel can basically be summarized as “Sleepy tourist town finds submerged Nazi superweapon that creates zombies, wackiness ensues.” Surprising is the fact the novel is actually fairly subdued and subtle about its horror, the action doesn’t begin until well over a hundred pages into the novel. | |
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Dropped link to SurvivalHorror: Not a Feature - IGNORE | |
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Rescue Romance | |
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Rescue Romance: Hillary and Martin Taylor. A surprising number of other examples. | |
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The Virus | |
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The Virus: Of course. | |
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Captain Ersatz | |
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Captain Ersatz: Dave Johnson seems like he's going to be one of James Bond. Gunn manages to keep the ex-British Secret Agent this side of plausible. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: The Irish mock the American tendency to assume everyone in the world has huge piles of guns in easy access. Another bit has someone call the infected townsfolk “zombies.” While everyone is obviously thinking it, the staggering tastelessness gets him a bunch of dirty looks. | |
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Doomed Hometown | |
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Doomed Hometown: Pretty much the point of the novel for the majority of the protagonists. | |
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Most Writers Are Writers | |
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Most Writers Are Writers: John Pender. | |
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Zombie Apocalypse | |
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Zombie Apocalypse: Of the “small city is infected” variety. | |
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Heel–Face Turn | |
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Heel–Face Turn: Andrew Peters. | |
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Sacrificial Lion | |
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Sacrificial Lion: Constable Denis O'Malley is one of the most important characters in the book before making a Heroic Sacrifice. | |
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Heroic Sacrifice | |
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Heroic Sacrifice: Too many to count, apparently zombie plagues bring this out in small Irish cities. | |
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Those Wacky Nazis | |
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Those Wacky Nazis: The zombie plague is of Third Reich origins. In a rare subversion, the ludicrous nature of the bio-weapon is treated with complete seriousness and the author even includes historical figures. They might as well have been preparing to use mustard gas as opposed to a zombie plague. | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold | |
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Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Hillary is unhappy being a prostitute, wants to improve her life by taking typing classes, and is a kind and heroic figure throughout the story. | |
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"Open!" Says Me | |
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"Open!" Says Me: When a cowering Peters refuses to open a door for Constable O'Malley, Dr. Theresa Winfield, and a child named Aiden as zombies close in, O'Malley starts kicking the door, weakening it and says he'll keep it up until the door breaks if Peters doesn't let them in. | |
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Doing In the Wizard | |
| The Estuary / int_86d4f985 | comment |
Doing In the Wizard: The Nazi superweapon appears to rely entirely on scientific principles, even if they’re of the Handwavium type. | |
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Our Zombies Are Different | |
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Our Zombies Are Different: They’re alive scientific zombies who are utterly silent and aren’t necessarily killed by a bullet to the head. | |
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Asshole Victim | |
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Asshole Victim: Andrew Peters at first. | |
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Large and in Charge | |
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Large and in Charge: Mayor Jack Thornton is often thought of as "The fat man" by people who don't know him and is a brave, firm, and commanding presence. | |
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Armies Are Evil | |
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Armies Are Evil: Unintentionally invoked. The British and Irish governments simultaneously write off Whiteshead with very little fanfare, fully intending to let the entire town die without making any attempt to save its uninfected residents. | |
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Historical Villain Upgrade | |
| The Estuary / int_e16217f8 | comment |
Historical Villain Upgrade: Narrowly averted. Admiral Donitz is integral to the Nazi Zombie plot, but there’s no indications he’s aware of the exact nature of the weapon and is clearly being strong-armed into it. | |
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High Heel Hurt | |
| The Estuary / int_f3b51eba | comment |
High Heel Hurt: Hillary mentally bemoans having to walk in the high-heeled boots she uses to attract johns. | |
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High Heel Hurt / int_536d1075 | |
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Large and in Charge / int_536d1075 | |
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"Open!" Says Me / int_536d1075 | |
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Zombie Apocalypse Hero / int_536d1075 |
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