I Am Legend

I Am Legend

by RichardMatheson (Author)

Synopsis

An SF novel about vampires ...Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth ...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: Round cornered ed
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 01 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 0575079002
ISBN 13: 9780575079007
Book Overview: A stunning SF novel Republished by Gollancz with an introduction by Stephen King Astounding new cover treatment to make this backlist series a must-have collection The promotion includes the best-known names in SF: Philip K. Dick, Daniel Keyes, Frederik Pohl, Joe Haldeman, James Blish, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, Kurt Vonnegut and Alfred Bester as well as Richard Matheson. This really is the very best of classic SF 'I think the author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me' Stephen King 'Pulls off that difficult trick of marrying two genres, in this case horror and SF. It is by turns, scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and - ultimately - uplifting' James Lovegrove 'The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula' Dean R. Koontz

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Sci-fi fans will be spoilt for choice as Gollancz brings out 'the ten greatest sci-fi novels of all time' beautifully packaged in stylish covers with new introductions by contemporary writers. Every one is a winner. -- Lisa Tuttle THE TIMES
Author Bio
I Am Legend, first published in 1954, was Richard Matheson's first SF novel, and established his reputation as a pre-eminent figure in SF