Gary Fleck
Gary Fleck is the thinking zombie of David Wellington's Monster Island, a medical student who is undead and still himself. The novel began as an online serial in 2004 and was printed in 2006. Booklist called it a fantastic zombie novel, while the Washington Post reviewed it harshly.1
When did it first appear?
2004Serialised online from August 2004; print edition 2006
What the sources say
An undead medical student who keeps a high level of consciousness and self-control, unlike the other zombies1
The story is set in Manhattan a month after New York falls to the dead1
The living protagonist enters the city with East African child soldiers to find AIDS medication1
First published as a free online serial in 2004, then in print in 20061
The first book of a trilogy, followed by Monster Nation1
Sources
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Same era: 2000 to 2009
Zombies of World War Z (novel)World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006)
InferiHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
Solanum zombies (The Zombie Survival Guide)The Zombie Survival Guide (2003)
Zombies of Pride and Prejudice and ZombiesPride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009)
Blackwing undead (Death Troopers)Death Troopers (2009)
PhonersCell (2006)