Tuesday, April 28, 2009

David Allen Forbes

Today I met with a englishman named David Allen Forbes, an author and artist who was writing his second book, Castles of the Zombie War: The Continent. Mr. Forbes explained to me what castles served as during the Zombie War. Mr. Forbes likes to call zombies, Zed Heads and for this I do not know why. He first described castles as impressive homes because of the size and grandeur. There were several downfalls and upsides to living in a castle. One downfall was that disease spread around quickly because of isolation in certain areas and fires and explosions were also dangers because there was nowhere to run. The upsides to living in castles were that there was plenty of storage, high walls to stop zombies, and several other things that made advantages. In order for castles to get food, during the winter time, the people living in the castles would raid the villages and bring back the food, enough for a years supply. Mr. Forbes then told me a story about a man in Caerphilly who sought out abandoned ruins for a castle, worked throughout the coldest winter recorded, and finally helped take back the country. This was from the book Camelot Mine. Mr. Forbes mentioned that the greatest castle in Europe was the Windsor and told me about a woman named she. She stayed in the Windsor instead of leaving to go with her family because of shwoing pride and for national pride. From this interview, I would have liked to learn who she was.

2 comments:

Robert Boling said...

Very cool interview! I would have also liked to know who that woman was too.

Alex Higgins said...

I agree with what Robert said. I thought that the narrator could have asked Mr. Forbes more about this mystery woman.