I am Legend - Richard Matheson Reviews

I Am Legend. Author - Richard Matheson I remember watching the original film 'The Omega Man', starring Charlton Heston. It was a bit poor and massively different from this book. The latest version starring will smith is slightly different from the book but closer to the mark. The ...

I am Legend was written in 1957 by Richard Matheson and has widely been regarded as one of the more intrepid and innovative vampire stories written this century. Indeed, it's popularity was spurred by a recent film adaptation of the book (although not much like the book at all) and I must say, this is why I myself picked up the book. ...

The Vampire myth has been written about for centuries. Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' was its breakout moment, but the myths existed before this. Today there are copious amount of books on the subject from straight forward horror, to romance or detective fiction. Back in 1954 Richard Matheson wrote his own take on what vampires are and rather than ...

Whe i saw the trailor i was intrigued. I like zombie movies, especially ones like 28 days later. However i had heard mixed reviews on how this one was. From most of my friends i had heard it was an enjoyable film, from the critics i heard the book was better. Seeing as i like to read, i thought I'd give the book a try first. Im pleased i ...

Science-Fiction has been around for decades and, for many at least, can spark the imagination. The 'SF-Masterworks Series' goes back some fifty to sixty years, presenting novels that are often considered 'classics', giving fans of the genre, young and old, the opportunity to read books and encounter authors they may otherwise never have come ...

Robert Neville can hear them outside once again. Night after night they torment and tease him. "Come out Robert we have something to show you", the women say. "Scared", mocks his old friend Ben Cortman. Both he knows and they know he is probably the last human alive. Isolated and alone in a world of vampires he continues ...

'I am Legend' is a horror/sci fi novel about vampires. There are hundreds of novels about vampires, some good, some bad, some terrifying, some merely comical. This one manages to be both scary and exhilarating, and, despite the fact that it was written in the 1950's and is, therefore, over forty years old, it is still a fresh and ...

Richard Matheson has a long pedigree - not many novels, though plenty of film & TV work. Born in 1926 his first published story appeared in 1950. His work has inspired films as diverse as The incredible Shrinking Man, Duel and most recently What Dreams May Come. This particular novel was published in 1954. It was filmed as The Omega Man though ...

I Am Legend is a riveting and influential story that reinvented the vampire myth as science fiction. While still depicting the horror, it shows us vampirism as a disease, its secrets having been unlocked by scientific research. The books hero Robert Neville, considered the last uninfected man on Earth, finds himself in a paranoid nightmare future ...

Having never read anything by Richard Matheson before, I wasn't sure what to expect. But the new re-release in SF Masterworks comes with glowing references by Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Iain Banks and James Lovegrove. If that's not enough to tempt you, I don't know what is! 160 pages of good reading awaits you. It is short and ...

This book is better than an Iceland Buy One Get One Free deal! It follows the life of Robert Neville, a man alone in a suburb who roams the streets during the day collecting things for his home, and killing any vampires he comes across in his travels. At night he sits at home getting drunk, trying to not listen to hordes of ...

Beat this for a premise! It is the future. The human race as we know it no longer exists. Every man, woman and child has become a vampire, comatose and in hiding from the sun by day, out en masse and in search of blood by night. However, incredibly, one individual has survived - Robert Neville, the last man alive on earth. During the hours of ...

Barricaded into his house and only daring leave during the hours of daylight, Robert Neville is the last surviving member of the human race, surrounded on all sides by those who were, formerly, his neighbours and who have now been changed into vampires. Charting Neville’s solitary life, including his encounter with a dog, terrified ...