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by Richard Matheson
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Lora Hates Spam
Lora Hates Spam rated it 5 years ago
by Richard Matheson Vampires have taken over the world and only one human, Robert Neville, is left, trying to survive night after night while the local vampires taunt him and try to lure him out of his fortress. This is a post-apocalyptic story that reminds me of zombie stories, where a lone survi...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 5 years ago
The reader suspects that Matheson has issues. Big ones. With women and anger, primarily. But, as the Spouse pointed out, the first two thirds of "Legend" are brilliant. Neville teaching himself science in order to figure out the world he now lives in, that's quality stuff. His own obtuseness, howeve...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 6 years ago
I tried to get into it, but Robert Neville in "I Am Legend" kind of sucks. You feel sorry for him for losing his wife and daughter, but then Matheson will have him talk about how the vampires that are women are trying to seduce him and a few times he has to talk himself out of going outside to them....
carolesrandomlife
carolesrandomlife rated it 7 years ago
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books.This was good! I really didn't have this book on my radar until recently. Sure, I saw the movie with Will Smith but I honestly wasn't all that impressed with it. I knew that the movie was based on a book but didn't really feel the need t...
YouKneeK
YouKneeK rated it 8 years ago
I had to crawl out from under a rock to read this book. I actually didn’t know the first thing about it beyond that it was supposed to be some sort of classic science fiction story. If I had known what it was about, I might have saved it for another time. I’m now realizing that the cover I shelve...
Cody's Bookshelf
Cody's Bookshelf rated it 9 years ago
Synopsis: Robert Neville has witnessed the end of the world. The entire population has been obliterated by a vampire virus. Somehow, Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of everything that has happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him constantly. He must...
CDRBill
CDRBill rated it 9 years ago
First let me say if you saw either of the I am Legend or Omega Man movies, you owe it ro yourself to read this book.This book is the start of the whole apocalyptic zombie/vampire genre and in my opinion the best. Nothing since has matched it for not only the horror of the plot but also the humanity ...
Fiction Fantastic
Fiction Fantastic rated it 9 years ago
I don't know if I'm just biased because I saw the movie first, but this wasn't as great as I expected. It was an enjoyable enough read though.
markk
markk rated it 10 years ago
I came to this book in a roundabout fashion, which was through the films. I had seen "The Omega Man" years before, and I watched "I Am Legend" when it was in the theaters, but it was only after I saw the first film adaptation, 1964's "The Last Man on Earth," that I finally decided to read the novel....
Imogen's Typewriter.
Imogen's Typewriter. rated it 10 years ago
I think this book is one of my favourite books. I'd put it in my top five books and it's so re-readable, every time I read it, I get something different from it. Of course, it's Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend.'It has a few flashbacks but this book is mainly split into 3 times between 1976 and 1978....
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