I Am Legend

Unabridged
Author: Richard Matheson
Narrator: Robertson Dean
Genres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: September 2007
Length: 10 hours
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Overview

A terrible plague decimates the world, and those unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is somehow the last living man on Earth.

Selected Reviews

COMPTON!

by Derek Dean
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Pretty Damn Good

by Nathan B
  • Book Rating: 3/5

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Reviews (4)

COMPTON!

Written by Derek Dean on November 20th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I liked this book, I talk about this book. The book made the movie suck. People who read will always be upset at the movie version. I liked this book because it's about as close to understanding how you would internally deal with a Vampire outbreak.

Pretty Damn Good

Written by Nathan B from Riverton, UT on November 19th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Pretty good book. One of those you can relax, not think a whole lot and enjoy.

Tedious

Written by tom on November 13th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 2/5

Ok I get the plot. human vs vampires. Same thing over and over and over. Good/evil Alive/dead Day/Night............enough already.

Origin of modern vamp-zombies

Written by Skyler on October 17th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

For being written in 1954, this book has aged well. Its the personal struggle of the last person left "alive" in a post-nuclear war Los Angeles. While probably not everyone's cup of tea - this is the beginning of the modern vampire and zombie books and films. I am Legend has been made into 3 different films - each true to different parts of the book.

Selected Reviews

COMPTON!

by Derek Dean
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Pretty Damn Good

by Nathan B
  • Book Rating: 3/5

More...

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Author Details

Author Details

Matheson, Richard

Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, Richard Burton Matheson first became a published author while still a child, when his stories and poems ran in the "Brooklyn Eagle". A lifelong reader of fantasy tales, he made his professional writing bow in 1950 when his short story "Born of Man and Woman"? appeared in "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"; Matheson turned out a number of highly regarded horror, fantasy and mystery stories throughout that decade. He broke into films in 1956, adapting his novel "The Shrinking Man" for the big-screen "The Incredible Shrinking Man."