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Summary: Better than Dracula
Review: It's refreshing to see a "vampire novel" that isn't populated by the dandified, aristocratic undead of the Bram Stoker - Anne Rice vein. In "I am Legend" the bloodsuckers are either 1) wholly mindless and driven by bloodlust; or (2) calculating, mechanical schemers bent on a new world order. Thanks to Hollywood (see Interview with a Vampire, The Hunger, any Hammer or Universal Dracula movie), the vampire has become something of a priss: They live in castles, are fabulously wealthy, wear tuxedos, etc. "I am Legend" sucks the life out of those images and replaces it with something insidiously vile and monstrous. While I was reading this book, especially the last two chapters, I felt like Matheson was trying to invoke the terror and warped idealogy of Nazi Germany. Anyone agree?
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Summary: I AM LEGEND...A LEGEND IN ITS OWN TIME
Review: What would you do, if a mysterious plague swept throughout the world, literally killing everyone off, but leaving in its place something new, something frightening, something downright horrible, while leaving you alive, immune and seemingly alone? What would you do, if the undead now walked the earth looking for you, the last man alive...the last vestige of the human race? What if what they wanted was the taste of your blood on their lips? Just what on earth would you do? These are the questions that faced Robert Neville. It is he who is Legend. How he answers them is what makes this a book to remember and a classic within its genre. It is a book of profound hope and despair. It is a book which demands to be read. Read it. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: Epic Horror
Review: It inspired NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. It changed the way we see vampires (no longer counts in castles), and practically invented zombies (no longer voodoo victims). It even made a young Stephen King pick up a pencil and begin scrawling out horror stories. I AM LEGEND is without a doubt one of the most powerful, influential and important horror tales ever woven. Like Stoker, Poe, Bierce, Shelley, Lovecraft and Stevenson, Matheson's work is mandatory reading for any true fan of dark literature. No movie could ever (despite two attempts so far) capture the brillant terror of this book, and no other books by Matheson, although all of them are excellent (Hell House, 7 Steps to Midnight, ect.), are as good as this one. It is more then worth the money, for it is a book you will read more then twice! If you enjoy King, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, William Peter Blatty or Ramsey Campbell, you will shriek for Matheson,... and vice versa.
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Summary: Incredible!!!!
Review: Remember when you were a child and a girl or a boy said, "I wouldn't kiss you if you were the last person on earth." How would you feel if you were the last perosn on Earth? Meet Robert Neville, for he could awswer that question...for he is that last man on Earth. What happened to make him the last man on earth? Simple, we're all Vampires. Neville has to try to survive as the last man on Earth. He alone must stand aganist the vampires.... I really liked the char of Neville. I found it interesting that he would go through the vampire myth on what is the best defense aganist them. One by one, he sees which is the fact and what is the fiction. It was also intereseting how he wanted to know "how" the vampires were created, and what makes them a vampire. I found the dog a powerful char. It's hard to explain why I say that, because I don't want to give anything away. This was a very good novel and one of the most interesting vampires books that I've read. If you get his book, you won't be sorry. Just so you know, I am Legend is a short story of 170 pages.
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Summary: Whoa
Review: i found this old weird looking 1950's paperback of my dad's and read it, it was getting on in the day, and reading this book as the sunset neared, i grew very edgy. i was alone in my sister's apartment reading about this unbelievable world and setting. i just can't believe how mattheson can write cliffhangers, my favorite part was him describing the protanganist's favorite hobby was looking for his undead neighbor to kill him. also amazing when the protaganist was experimenting with killing the undead and he realizes his watch had stopped.... jesus just the best. my commentary doesn't do it justice, but he painted a mood so hopeless and dreary..... i will leave it at that.
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Summary: Book misrepresented as a full novel!
Review: Although the title story of this book was good enough, it left me deeply disappointed when I reached the end (after only 170 pages!) On no spot, except a small area on the back cover (which many readers avoid to prevent spoilers) does it state that this is not a full novel, but an anthology of short stories. I felt especially sore after investing my twelve dollars on this softcover collection. I will not say that "I am Legend" was not a good story in and of itself, but when a reader anticipates another several hundred pages and turns the page and realizes the story had already ended, there is a sense of being cheated. Praise for the author's "short story", but shame on the publisher for misrepresenting it's product and tricking the consumer!
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Summary: Horror Extrordinaire!
Review: Rarely do I pay attention to the fanfare on a books cover, but Dean Koontz is right on the money calling I Am Legend "the most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula." A scientific twist on the vampire myth, with a great ending. Read this and you'll see why Matheson is the well from which so much modern horror flows. Matheson makes you feel like you're the last normal person in a world overrun with vampires. I don't know what was the bigger reason in my tearing through this in one night...the page-turning suspense or me looking for an excuse to not turn out the lights that night! Also check out the short stories "The Near Departed," two-and-a-half pages that will cut you like a razor's edge, "The Funeral," a comic twist on the vampire genre, and "Prey," basis for the terrifying tiki doll with a vengeance story from the old "Trilogy of Terror" movie (I had almost gotten over my phobia of tiki dolls that movie gave me until I read this!).
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Summary: Classic
Review: If it werent for Jaws, the genre that we know today would not existed. And if it werent for I am legend,by Richard Matheson, Stephen King and Clive Barker would be writting god knows what. Cause I Am Legend, a book about a guy who is trapped in a world of vampiers is amazing, storyfull, scary, paranoic and it has everything that a good novel needs. Bram Stokers Dracula is still the best vampire novel, but I Am Legend is right behind it. Thank you Richard for this great book (i think even vampires enyoed it :))
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Summary: Matheson is Legend
Review: From the claustrophobic beginning, to the exciting & unexpected ending this book delivers. A central character you get to care about & set-pieces that are crying out to be shot on film ( the encounter with the vampires while racing back to his home in the station wagon had me gripped!). The Omega Man is a very poor indicator of the impact and excitement of this novel. Cannot recommend it high enough. A thoroughly deserved 5 stars!
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Summary: A Must read for all Vampire fans
Review: I was excited to purchase this book after long being out of print. I read it in one day. I thought this was an excellent post-apocalyptic vampire story. It is not a scary book, but a good one. You can sure see why Matheson was the inspiration for authors like Stephen King and Dean Koontz. Although not five stars, I would highly recommend reading it. You will especially like this if you enjoyed the movie "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston. It was based on this novel.
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