I Am Legend
by Richard Matheson
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Author: Richard MathesonEdition: Paperback
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Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: For me, The Best Vampire Story Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I am one of those who will admit to have liked the Omega Man film in the '70s. I was mildly initially dissapointed with Will Smith's "I am Legend" because of the ending, but was sold on the alternate version on the DVD. When I reviewed the film, a woman asked me if I had read the book and I had not. I asked my dad about the book as he has a huge library, and he offered me his first edition paperback from the '50s (with the $.035 price on the cover), I was excited, but ended up turning down the offer, as I didn't want to break the aged binding. This week I finally got a new copy and read it. It is a completely different story than either of the films, for example, Robert Neville is not an Army Doctor, he is in fact a factory worker. And there are actually vampires in the story, not just vampire like people.
The short version is this, this is a very good story (if a bit sad), it was written as a sci-fi, but the future of the book is 1976, and the tech was a bit out of date even for '76, but what can you do? It was published in 1954. If you have an afternoon to spend on a good novella, give "I am Legend" a try.
Summary of I Am Legend
Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.
How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?
One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. --Stanley Wiater
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