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The Box: Uncanny Stories - Richard Matheson
The Box: Uncanny Stories
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What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box?  But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don’t know.  Would you still push the button?“Button, Button," Richard Matheson’s... show more
What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box?  But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don’t know.  Would you still push the button?“Button, Button," Richard Matheson’s chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis of The Box, the new film from the director of Donnie Darko.  In addition, this outstanding collection also contains many other unforgettable stories by Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. "The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of ordinary men and women caught up in forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence.”--Publishers Weekly 
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780765361431 (0765361434)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 205
Edition language: English
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Xxertz
Xxertz rated it
2.0 The Box: Uncanny Stories
BLUF: Short stories aren’t my thing, but I enjoyed the twisted humor.Button, Button: Short and sweet instant karma. I would be happy with a full-length novel on this concept. 3 Stars. (Plot: Couple gets a button that, if pushed, would award them a large amount of money in exchange for the death of s...
Book Sand Worm
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4.0 Book Review: The Box by Richard Matheson
The BasicsA collection of short fiction with a focus on horror and lots of twists and turns.My ThoughtsMatheson was a Twilight Zone writer. Among a lot of other television credits to his name from that time and on, but Twilight Zone is of particular interest here. If you don’t know, that show was fo...
Intensely Focused
Intensely Focused rated it
I liked this collection much better than I Am Legend, although I am Legend itself was an amazing story I highly recommend (so much better than the movie).This collection has a number of very good, thought provoking stories and I didn't have nearly the problem with racism and misogyny that I did in t...
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