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I Am Legend
by: Richard Matheson

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765318749
ISBN: 0765318741
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: October 30, 2007
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Sales Rank: 9239
Studio: Tor Books

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Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.

An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.

By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn....

Richard Matheson’s classic novel has now been transformed by Warner Bros. into a major motion picture starring Academy Award nominee Will Smith. Directed by Francis Lawrence (“Constantine”), the film opens nationwide in December 2007.

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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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- Unique like the movie, but not the same
After seeing the movie, I wanted to know more, so I picked up the book. I discovered this is actually a short story & was totally different than the movie.

Like a lot of books, the story starts out in the present. However, Matheson did not delve into the past's details & when he did, it wasn't quite the chronology I was expecting -- which sets this novel apart. Also, I think Matheson portrayed the main character wonderfully! I love that he was so rough & flawed, but this also made the character more real to me. I also enjoyed the sporadic dialogue the main character had with HIMSELF -- the dialogue kept the book from being monotonous. Thought-provoking read with enough emotional & scientific-based depth to keep me interested.

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- A disappointing read
I just finished reading I Am Legend and must say it was a disappointing read. Although it is a very short novel, I had to put it down a couple of times and come back to it later because it did not grab and keep my attention. I must say the treatment of loneliness and depression is quite well done but the rest of the plot and frankly the quality of writing is not what I expected. At least three or so times I noticed repetition of phrasing that seemed more like flawed writing than something done on purpose. Nagging questions come to mind while reading the book on the line of; why don't the vampires do this or why don't Neville do that? The ending evokes a lot of unsatisfied questions of "why" itself.

I decided to buy the novel after I heard the new movie was based on the book. I researched the book superficially by searching on the open Internet for reviews and many of those mentioned how influential ... Read More

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- I am in Awe of This Story!
I originally bought this book well in advance of the movie version (staring Will Smith) release, but never got around to reading it (it got buried in my ever growing mountain of books to read). Needless to say, I saw the movie and heard the opinion of many, many, many people with regards to its flaws (mainly dealing with deviation from the source material). I admit I enjoyed the movie and I've also seen the 1971 version with Charleton Heston, so I have always been rather puzzled about the avid dislike some people seem to hold for the movie versions of this book. Having finally sat down yesterday and read through it, I can now honestly say I see why. I'm not about to jump on the bandwagon, but I can see why. For me, the movie version(s) are radically different stories, they diverge from the book on many points and frankly, I don't consider them the same story. The movie versions are built on the same bones...but they ... Read More

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- Vampires...the end of everything
Here is the story of Mr. Robert Neville, the sole witness and only survivor of the end of the world. One good day, people started to rise from the grave and turn into vampires. Our main character isolates himself in his house with everything he needs to survive.

By night he stays in, tormented by the screams and memories of his past life, by day he hunts the devils. Kill them in their sleep.

Richard Matheson left his mark in the vampire genre with "I Am Legend", its one of the best vampires novels ever.

It leaves you with a hollow feeling in the chest (the same feeling I got when I saw almost 25 years ago the original Planet of the Apes).

The way he describes the solitude of Robert Neville, his desperation it's just incredible. The fact that a new species (vampires) had organized and now rules the earth it's just the final touch of desperation to the trama. Robert Neville ... Read More

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