The next best thing to experiencing something yourself is to hear people talk about their interests, sharing their experiences and stories. And the best stories are those that come from passion - striving to overcome obstacles on your way to succeeding in your chosen field, funny anecdotes, hardships endured. "Release The Geek" is our weekly forum to chat to people who are geeky about something - they could be successful, semi-so, or on their way to achieving a level of it but they've all got one thing in common - passion. Can't replicate it. And we want to share their experiences, their hurdles, their stories with the greater geek populace (or anyone who would care to).
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Episode 12 - SA Zombie Apocalypse Geekery with Lee Herrmann
Lee Herrmann was born and raised in South Africa and current Pretoria resident. He has always had a fascination with zombies and has numerous contingency plans for the eventual apocalypse. Therefore, while he waited, it made sense to write a book about zombies in South Africa, which has resulted in the Journal Of A South African Zombie Apocalypse (find a review here)
He currently works in a near-zombie environment as a Content Manager for a big corporate firm in Johannesburg and has had a varied writing background including copywriting, writing for web, radio and magazines. He is also the author of the mystery title The Manservant Mysteries.
Lee will be making an appearing at the Zombie Compound at GeekFest this weekend, being held in Johannesburg just near the Lion Park, but today he took time out to chat to us about a bunch of things including
- his initial rejection of Adam West as Batman
- where the best place to head would be in the forthcoming apocalypse
- and how deep declarations of love can be the highest honour in a relationship ... and a certain signal that you won't be making it out alive.
You can find out more about the Journal on its Facebook page or it pick it up at Amazon, and you can find out more about Lee via the Twitter Machine (@JOSAZA2) or via his website.