Skunk Hunter, yes I am a photojournalist/writer in the Marines Corps.

As for those two books, both are brilliant. I do prefer the audio version of WWZ though. It sounds like you are listening to a reporter's voice recorder notes, and it has a pretty solid cast of actors.

Me and some Marines made our own versions of the Lobo a few years back during a deployment, but we ended up with some very useless pieces of metal. I am interested to see what they look like in the movie when it comes out.