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Title: I Am Legend
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Author: Richard Matheson
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Comments for I Am Legend

• Posted on 2009-11-09
  Great Book....Not the Movie
  
  I purchased this book because I had just watched the movie. This was a good read and very short, but nothing like the movie. If you really want to have an interesting weekend, read the book and then watch the movie. I'm not even really sure why they call the movie "I Am Legend", probably just for name recognition.
  
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• Posted on 2009-11-08
  I am Legend
  
  Excellent SF by Richard Matheson. In an alternative present or near future the human civilization has been destroyed by a virus that turns people into vampires. The story focuses on Robert Neville, maybe the only human who seems to be immune. On the days he drives around the empty city looking for resources and make his house/stronghold more resistant. In the night the vampires arrive and try to break in. The story is very well written and full of suspense. And very dark. Not exactly a feelgood book.
  Mathesons' novel was made into a movie in 1970: "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston in the role of Neville. The film is very well worth watching, if just to compare with the novel. There are many differences which is interesting. (Also "I am Legend" was recently made into a film by some Hollywood studio with Will Smith as Neville. I haven't seen it but I really don't think it is as dark as the novel, or half as interesting.)
  
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• Posted on 2009-11-06
  badly written anad not worth a read
  
  This is perhaps the only book that the movie was a better. I know it was written in the early 50's, but the plot is bad and the characters suck (pun intended).
  
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• Posted on 2009-10-22
  Horror stories and novellas by Richard Matheson
  
  Brrr. Horror stories are not my cup of tea. I did enjoy the strangeness of Will Smith in the movie production of I Am Legend. Often books read after the movie give the reader a deeper understanding of the plot. So I tackled this one.
  
  In this case, it's almost a different story. I won't say anymore about this, except that the finale is quite different.
  
  This volume is a collection of the "I Am Legend" novella, and a number of short stories. Some of these stories are quite suspenseful, in particular "Mad House," "From Shadowed Places," and "Person To Person."
  
  Matheson has a written a number of books. Are they all horror books?
  
  Brrr.
  
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• Posted on 2009-09-29
  Much better than the movie...
  
  This book is very suspenseful - keeps you on the edge of your seat. I'm only part way through but can already tell it's much better than the movie. I'm not sure why they didn't just follow the book more closely. Definitely worth reading!
  
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