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I Am Legend (Paperback)

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Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780312865047

Publisher: Orb Books

Publish Date: 10/1/1997

Buy.com Sku: 30046767

Item#: RDW5WV

Buy.com Sales Rank: 1753

Dimensions (in Inches) 8.75H x 5.5L x 1T

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. Every man, woman, and child in the world has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. Now available in an Orb Books paperback edition, this classic novel is universally regarded as one of the most frightening and influential vampire novels ever written.

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Written in 1954 and set in 1976, this novel tells the story of Robert Neville, the last human on Earth after everyone else has become infected with a virus that turned them into vampires. At night he fends off the attacking hordes of his former neighbors, and by day he searches for their lair with an eye to destroying them. A seminal novel in the science-fiction genre, I AM LEGEND was one of the first to bring gothic horror elements into modern-day life. Stephen King has said that no author has influenced him as much as Richard Matheson.

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Richard Matheson

Few writers have found acceptance in as many varied fields as Richard Burton Matheson. He has been successful as a horror writer, as a science fiction writer, and in mainstream romance fiction. He has also written westerns, film scripts--including many Roger Corman films and Spielberg's debut, DUEL--and television scripts, for shows like THE TWILIGHT ZONE and STAR TREK. Matheson's fiction writing career began in 1950 and, throughout the rest of that decade, he wrote numerous short stories, some of which were collected in BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN and I AM LEGEND. The latter was centered on the grim title story in which a man discovers that he is the only human left in a world overrun by vampires. It has been filmed twice, as THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) and THE OMEGA MAN (1971). THE SHRINKING MAN (1956), a cautionary tale about the dangers of the nuclear power, was filmed in 1957 as THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, with a screenplay by Matheson. He concentrated on film and television in the '60s; his next novel, HELL HOUSE, was not published until 1971. It was also adapted for the silver screen, as THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE. Matheson had another hit with BID TIME RETURN (1975), the gentle romantic story of a man who travels back in time to meet an actress with whose photograph he has fallen in love. The novel won the World Fantasy Award and was made into the cult film SOMEWHERE IN TIME with Christopher Reeve--for film buffs, it also featured William H. Macy in his first cinematic role. His 1978 novel, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME followed in the style of BID TIME RETURN, and also won a devoted following--it was filmed in 1998, starring Robin Williams. In 1984, Matheson won the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. His work in horror fiction helped to earn him the Bram Stoker Life Achievement Award in 1991. In the late 1990s, new editions of much of Matheson's work were reissued and this, coupled with the continued adaptation of his stories to film and television, will keep his name current among the fans of the many genres in which he excels.

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5 of 5 Couldn't stop reading! Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Amy from Canton, Ga

This book is very very good!!! It is so well written and captivating, I couldn't put the book down until I was finished.

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5 of 5 Great book Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Nick from Bismarck, ND

This is a great book! I can't wait for the movie to come out. The short stories that follow "I Am Legend" are also really well written. The only minor downfall of this book was that it left me wanting more, the scene that he develops in his book makes me really wish there was a Part II.

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