Matheson Richard M Livres Anglais : I am Legend

I am Legend

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One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the 10 Best lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson s third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. --Stanley Wiater

Good stroy, very philosophical ending, well worth the read - I first watched the movie and then, after researching about the original novel, bought the book. I was very intrigued by the story line and my expectations of the book were not disappointed.Actually, the book is much better than the movie, particularly as the ending of the book takes un unexpected turn.There are a few things that bugged me about the story though, whichn ultimately prevented me from giving this book a higher rating.Although the main character and his struggle with sanity and accepting the obvious changes of reality is wonderfully developed, the supporting characters in this book, human and otherwise, are not nearly developed enough for me to be totally convincing and inline with the first, solitary part of the book. The end, although unexpected and intriguing, seemed very rushed and unelaborated to me. Nothing during the course of the book had actually even hinted at this somewhat surprise ending.Overall it is a good read, I can recommend it for leisure time reading with an unexpected twist.

Good book - I Am Legend was a decently good book in my opinion, a little hard to follow at some points,but what do you expect reading a book about the last man on earth. It had a good story line, and a fairly good ending and i would recommend reading it. It was also very interesting with the fact that the author took real superstitions about vampires and was able to put scientific meaning behind each of them. Lastly, i don t recommend anyone to go watch the movie, seeing as it sparsely follows the storyline of the book, and has a completely different ending!! I d also recommend reading Tino Georgiou s bestselling novel--The Fates--if you haven t yet!

Don t miss this. - Horror buffs should buy this one. I think one of the best Vampire stories.




I am Legend