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Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Richard Matheson Introduction: Stephen King Edition: Paperback Published: 2002-01-05 ISBN: 0312878273 Number of pages: 336 Publisher: Tor Books
Book Reviews of Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard MathesonBook Review: Great selection of Matheson's short stories Summary: 5 StarsWho doesn't remember William Shatner in the famous title story? The variety of stories included showcase Matheson's ability to write tales of terror in many different styles. These stories age well. If you didn't know better, you'd think many of them were written recently.
My only disappointment with this book is that the back cover states the collection includes the story "Duel." For whatever reason, that tale didn't actually end up in this collection.
Summary of Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard MathesonThis classic horror collection showcases the early career of one of the field's most influential and innovative writers. Much of Richard Matheson's work has found its way into pop culture: the title story became a memorable episode of television's The Twilight Zone, and horror aficionados reading "Prey" will immediately visualize Trilogy of Terror's Karen Black hunkered down with a butcher knife. But this collection's power lies in its wide-ranging exploration of style and subject and the literary skill that Matheson demonstrated right from the start of his career. Many of his stories were decidedly unconventional when published (most in the 1950s and early 1960s), and still have the power to shock or to satisfy with their graceful inevitability. Matheson is not primarily a monster writer: rather, he examines how we create monsters from our own fears and frailties, and sometimes become the monsters ourselves. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet is a must-have collection for Matheson fans and readers who like their horror spare, precise, and chilling. --Roz Genessee Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is just one of many classic horror stories by Richard Matheson that have insinuated themselves into our collective imagination. Here are more than twenty of Matheson's most memorable tales of fear and paranoia, including:
"Duel," the nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspired Steven Spielberg's first film;
"Prey," in which a terrified woman is stalked by a malevolent Tiki doll, as chillingly captured in yet another legendary TV moment;
"Blood Son," a disturbing portrait of a strange little boy who dreams of being a vampire;
"Dress of White Silk," a seductively sinister tale of evil and innocence.
Personally selected by Richard Matheson, the bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, these and many other stories, more than demonstrate why he is rightfully regarded as one of the finest and most influential horror writers of our generation.
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