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Summary: The Classic Vampire Story!
Review: This is a classic novel. One of the best vampire survival stories I have ever read. The terror that you feel for the last survivor of the human race is incomparable. I loved it.Basically the story is about the last man who has survived on the Earth while vampires have taken over. As the story winds down, the ending is one of the best you can get.
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Summary: Words Cannot Express
Review: Words cannot express how I enjoy this book, but I will certainly try. I have hunted for this book for years, ever since I saw the movie "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price. And when I finally found it, I wasn't disappointed. The book was better than the movie (of course)! Matheson draws you in with the haunting idea of the last man on earth in a world of vampires. Even though he attempts to discover the cause of the plague, many things are left unanswered, which only adds to the horror. I have read this book more times than I can count, and almost always in one sitting. As an aspiring author, Matheson has inspired me. I hope I can write a tale that will haunt readers as this one has me.
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Summary: The best of the Vampire World
Review: A spell binding read of one man's life of sorrow and loneliness, the eternal outsider. One human in a world of vampires.
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Summary: Increadible!
Review: One of the best, if not, the best book I have ever read. I will say I haven't read the great classics like "Grapes of Wrath" but this is still a really great book. It is so compelling.
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Summary: A Good Read -- If You're Not Old Enough To Vote
Review: Despite being reasonably entertaining and diverting at times, "I Am Legend" is ultimately unsuccessful. Despite its short length, it becomes quite silly and boring after a while. And the inept, juvenile redundancies! How many times must the reader be subjected to descriptions of whiskey being drunk, spilled or thrown across a room? Who does Matheson think he is, Charles Jackson? Comparatively speaking, this book is inferior to Matheson's very good "Hell House," but superior to his awful "Now You See It." As for the stories in "I Am Legend" -- they are singularly amateurish and sophomoric, and I don't know how I got through them. If they constituted the book, without the presence of the novella, my rating would fall to one star. The bottom line? Younger readers will enjoy this book, but more sophisticated and experienced ones will be less than thrilled.
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Summary: Vivid but exhausting...
Review: I had to laugh at the reviewer who said this book seems "aimed at young children." Hello! Did they read the same book that is being reviewed here - I Am Legend by Richard Matheson? Frankly, this grown up was nearly sickened by it, as I am by most good vampire tales. I read them, but I always feel a little nauseous by the end. This one was no exception. This book seemed something of a metaphor for alcoholism - or any addiction - and its attendant symptoms of isolation/paranoia. And I have to admit I didn't quite get the ending. Exactly who were the people of the new society? Nevertheless, it was fascinating. You don't forget it when it's over...there's something about it that spooks you with the feeling that it could be real.
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Summary: The End
Review: This book is very scary. This book makes you think. Just think if were the last of your kind but your not alone you with a race of blood sucking vampires that want to eat you. That will give you something to talk about. I don't know about you, but I would be hinding so they couldn't get me. I would recmoend this book to people 10 and up.
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Summary: Classic Vampire
Review: If you like vampire books then you'll love 'I am Legend'. It creates a terrifying world where one man struggles to survive alone. Hunted and hunter, he becomes the abnormal; the one different to everyone else, the one to be scared of. Enjoy!
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Summary: Highly Original Twist On the Vampire Tale!
Review: This is one of those stories you just have to read to believe, and even then you question it. It being what was written, how it was written, and the originality of the story. This is in no way your traditional Vampire tale, very reminiscent of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (although I think this story preceded the movie), except the monsters possess intelligence. The feeling of being alone is invasive on the reader and the whole thing is pulled off with an eerie, dark beauty. There isn't a happy ending folks, it is scary, it is a classic rendition of those fanged demons we all associate with long capes, coffins, and widow's peaks. It is the demonic offspring of that traditional view. And you leave the reading wishing to adopt that ugly child as your own. Essential reading for any horror fan.
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Summary: The Besieged Outcast
Review: Vampires are usually associated with supernatural or gothic fiction. "I Am Legend" was the first to go against this trend. In this novel Richard Matheson depicts vampirism as a disease and offers explanations for its symptoms. The main character is Robert Neville. He is the only normal man (from our point of view) left in the world, after a plague has turned everyone else into vampires. He spends his days growing garlic, making stakes, and killing every vampire he can find. At night he is a prisoner in his own home. He drinks himself into a stupor. He listens to classical music, which he plays to drown out the screaming vampires who gather outside his house. This is a good story because it delves into the mental anguish of isolation and the strength of human will. Even though the hero can never hope for a normal life he is determined to survive. "I Am Legend" has been filmed twice. Ten years earlier I saw the film "The Omega Man". If you really liked the novel you should probably avoid this film, as it bears only a slight resemblence to the book's storyline. For one thing, there aren't any vampires!
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