"I am Legend" is a horror classic. It is as timely today as it was when written 60 years ago. Then, it was fear that radiation from nuclear weapons would somehow result in mass extinction of the human species. Today, straight from the headlines, it is a virus unleashed from the jungles of Africa tha...
If this book were broken into two books I would’ve given I Am Legend 4 stars and Other Stories 2. So average 3. I Am Legend was an interesting story, though extremely mopey at times, particularly in the first half. I liked the slow reveal of the world and Neville’s back-story; the element of mystery...
It seems that there have been quite a few different publications of this extremely short novel, and the one I read had a number of other stories by Matheson in it. I'll review individually all the stories in the collection I have (the one with the image from the Will Smith movie on the cover; I'm no...
So I have to first say this isn't the first time I've come across this book. This book actually was one of my gateway books into vampire lore. I'm also pretty sure I watched The Last Man, Omega Man etc before I read this book. This edition is I am Legend plus other creepy stories. And those stores a...
Overall I think this collection of stories was good. Matheson is so skilled in writing vivid descriptions and his use of impressive diction is superb. However, I found that most of the stories had great descriptions, but not much plot so the idea was interesting but there wasn't any real story behin...
*Spoiler Alert*The only thing I really didn't like was Matheson not explaining the "pill" more. Like where did that come from? The whole ending kind of seemed rushed and a cop out, especially since the rest of the book is so detailed and engaging. I really wished he would have made this a full novel...
[Originally posted on tumblr on 18. January 2013] Another day, another book finished. ‘I Am Legend’ by Richard Matheson.Robert Neville is a glass cage of raw, violent emotions. He does the things he needs to do to stay alive about living corpses and infected people, among vampires.Or at least so I...
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson I Am Legend is a brilliant piece of vampire fiction. Richard Matheson packs 172 pages with horror, fear, loneliness, despair, anger, anguish, determination, and even a few brief moments of hopefulness. Though set in 1976, I was surprised to discover that this was ...
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