All others are infected and turned into vampires. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom (, “Full circle. ["Full circle. Refresh and try again. There was a pandemic (seems familiar in times like ours at the moment). Some regard it as THE classic horror story. Please try again. The premise is simple: after a nuclear war, a mutation sweeps across the globe. To see what your friends thought of this book. A long bench covered almost an entire wall, on its hardwood top a heavy band saw, a wood lathe, an emery wheel, and a vise. This book was an awesome look at the degradation of a man's sanity as he lives three years in near isolation while keeping vampires at bay. It's a short book (story) this one, but a great read, from the 1950s. I would have just given up and let myself get caught! He passed slowly through the dim silence of the living room, turned left into the small hallway, and left again into his bedroom. Robert Neville is in a battle against the world, or so it seems to him. In a few days, jagged pieces of the silver-backed glass would start to fall off. He’d burned them down to prevent them from jumping on his roof from the adjacent ones. In some of the reviews that I previously read, they mention how the book is nothing like the movie. When another human crosses his path, he passes along all the information he has, hoping it is not a Trojan Horse sent to trick him. I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson that was influential in the modern development of zombie and vampire literature and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. [Did anyone else struggle to visually imagination Robert Neville as being a blonde haired, blue eyed Caucasian instead of Will Smith? Encouraged by my reading group to try this piece by Richard Matheson, I was soon pulled into the world of vampires and a massive plague (how fitting!) . The sky was darkening and it was getting chilly. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. You read how more and more got infected, how they were buried (this will give you nightmares). The unused nails he threw into the rubble next door. but he is not alone. Today only one plank was loose. Trying to survive, and wondering what caused everyone to change and/or die - which sets him on the road of research and a big surprise, [ - one of them being Ruth (who I pictured looking like Noomi Rapace for some reason. Many of his friends and neighbours have succumbed to these blood sucking beasts, but there must be more to. When it got too oppressive, he snapped on the air-conditioning unit and suction drew away the worst of it. Please try again. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. However, there is no denying its influence, nor its simple charm. He does resea. I really liked that one, and I (wrongly) assumed that since they had used the original title from the book that both movies were based on, that it stayed closer to the original source material. It's an apocalyptic novel. Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel I Am Legend blends science fiction and horror into a pulp classic. He stepped off onto the lawn and walked down to the sidewalk. It had made the house a gloomy sepulcher, but it was better than having rocks come flying into his rooms in a shower of splintered glass. It was really interesting the whole way through with a MC that really had to work hard to figure out how to get out of this situation. Now it was a room entirely functional, and since Neville’s bed and bureau took up so little space, he had converted one side of the room into a shop. [his main character Robert was a very good coincidence - it means "of shining fame" (Germanic). I don't think I would have lasted long as the last person alive. In his own mind, Robert Neville is a legend for cracking the code, though the reader may feel otherwise. The AC was too high and I was freezing but couldn't bare to pull my eyes away from this story long enough to ask him to turn it down. In the beginning it had made him sick to smell garlic in such quantity; his stomach had been in a state of constant turmoil. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . Except for Robert Neville; mankind's lone survivor. Something went wrong. The vampires of this story are quite zombie like, I thought. Robert Neville is the last uninfected man still alive. It showed a cliff edge, sheering off to greenblue ocean that surged and broke over black rocks. After the 'plague' finished in 1975, Robert Neville seems to be the only human left immune and alive. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (Graphic Novel). He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. He hardly noticed it at all. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. He picked out two lamb chops, string beans, and a small box of orange sherbet. It ranks with, Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. At some time a woman who calls herself Ruth, enters his dreadful life. Excellent horror/science fiction novella. Garlic always worked. He punched holes in each clove half, then strung them all together with wire until he had about twenty-five necklaces. After violent attacks, the planks were often split or partially pried off, and he had to replace them completely; a job he hated. Completely different from the movie (The 2007 version), I wish they would have gone with this story instead. He looked up and down Cimarron Street, the cool breeze ruffling his blond hair. Now the smell was in his house and in his clothes, and sometimes he thought it was even in his flesh. His house surrounded by vampires, Neville must try to negotiate his way around in order to ensure he has the necessities to fend off the attack. I mean, there is very little to connect the book to the movie starring Will Smith. Start by marking “I Am Legend” as Want to Read: Error rating book. When he was finished stringing the garlic cloves, he went outside and nailed them over the window boarding, taking down the old strings, which had lost most of their potent smell. He sat down and looked at the red second hand as it swept slowly around the clock face. I just finished reading this book. That’s what was wrong with these cloudy days; you never knew when they were coming. So, it wasn't until he began chasing, abusing and kidnapping a woman in the name of science (everything in this book was tunnel-viewed 'i. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This is a fantastic, extremely well written book with a very serious message. How events turn out in the end surprised me. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me.” ―Stephen King, “Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.” ―The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that.” ―Brian Lumley. But after sundown he’d better be home behind the locked doors, because they always come knocking after dark. On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never sure when sunset came, and sometimes they were in the streets before he could get back. Er ist das Erstlingswerk des Autors. Normalcy was a majority concept, the standard of many and not the standard of just one man. At least I have the ability to say it was a mildly entertaining, if not regurgitated zombie movie. The reader spends the whole story (Which is really only 170 pages) following the last man on earth as he fights for his survival against vampires (and yes, they are vampires). I just re-read this after watching some of the movies based on it. In comparison with some of the 'vampire' drivel being served up today, this little novel is indeed legend. This time, it wasn't on purpose! When he finds an uninfected dog, his attempts to befriend it are almost pathetic & truly heart-wrenching. Neville uses this knowledge to work on some sort of defence, in hopes that it will allow him the chance to push back and take his life into his own hands. He checked each window to see if any of the boards had been loosened. These he held against the whirling emery stone until they were as sharp as daggers. This was a very cool book. It was all very depressing and it made him resolve to find a better method of disposal. A disgusted hiss passed his clenched teeth. Many of his friends and neighbours have succumbed to these blood sucking beasts, but there must be more to this existence. Some regard it as THE classic horror story. Robert Nevile is the last human in town, maybe on earth. he thought. He's not anywhere like Will Smith, lookwise, English-German man in late 30s with blue eyes, blond going bald (and later with a beard). In the beginning he had hung these necklaces over the windows. In diesem Buch geht es um eine tragische Liebesgeschichte. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. Neither movie was anything like this book And this book was bad. Both the tank and the hothouse were undamaged today. The book plotline is so different from the movie, I didn't really have a hard time with it. Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (Richard Matheson: Collected Stories) Science. Next he moved over to the uneven stacks of cans piled to the ceiling. But I went into reading. This is another one of those times when there are people who if they could would give this book far more than the allowed 5 while if I were rating it on "enjoyment alone" I'd be looking to give it negative stars. With a shrug, he moved back across the lawn and into the house, locking and bolting the door behind him, sliding the thick bar into place. There was a problem loading your book clubs. They could not be more correct. Robert Neville sat down with a sigh and began to eat. It helped to fill the terrible void of hours. This was creepy and sad too. Six-twenty-five today. When he had enough bulbs, he went back to the house and dumped them on the drainboard of the sink. I realize this is one of the "classics" of science fiction (or science fantasy)and I don't care. Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2018. I am legend.”, ["And suddenly he thought, I'm the abnormal one now. Absolutely disturbing modern classic! Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2017. He sat in the living room, trying to read. As he flicked the wall switch, the light flickered, then flared into normal brilliance. Once the room had been warmly decorated, but that was in another time. It was a quarter to five. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2020. But from a distance they’d thrown rocks until he’d been forced to cover the broken panes with plywood scraps. It's going to be difficult, but I will refrain from including him in this review. Now he spends each night barricaded into his house, surrounded by all the traditional anti-vampire weapons – garlic, crosses, mirrors – while a growing horde of vampires gathers outside howling for his blood. By day he goes about his business: repairing his fortified house, stringing garlic necklaces, sharpening stakes, collecting supplies from what he can scavenge in town. ", Absolutely disturbing modern classic! As soon as the light was gone. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. He worked in silence, lips pressed into a hard line, a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, his eyes staring at the bit as it gnawed away the wood and sent floury dust filtering down to the floor. Neville walked into the kitchen and dumped the groceries on the table, his eyes moving to the clock. Robert Neville is the only human left in his neighbourhood and possibly in the world. Richard Matheson may be the most underrated genre writer ever. He said: "When it comes to this story, there is no movie; there is just the book". At the table he sliced himself two pieces of bread and poured himself a glass of tomato juice. So true. It was tiresome, monotonous work, and it filled the air with hotsmelling wood dust that settled in his pores and got into his lungs and made him cough. He tossed the hammer on the living-room couch, then lit another cigarette and had his midmorning drink. Influencing great modern horror writers like Stephen King, it's one that will stick with you. He poured a little water into a small pan and clanked it down on a stove burner. He boards up his house, stocks up on canned goods, and researches a way to combat this disease. He lathed them out of thick doweling, band-sawed into nineinch lengths. Yet he never seemed to get ahead. I Am Legend is a classic horror story. Influencing great modern horror writers … To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It's some months since a devastating plague swept through humanity, killing many and turning the rest into vampires. Doweling was getting harder to find, too. All others are infected and turned into vampires. So, it wasn't until he began chasing, abusing and kidnapping a woman in the name of science (everything in this book was tunnel-viewed 'in the name of science' and dismissed any other possibilities and ways of thinking) that I let my imagination take over the plot. I can highly recommend reading it. The generator was at it again. 1. He does research on the bacterium that transforms humans into vampires. In the back yard he checked the hothouse and the water tank. It's truly a chilling book. As he pushed open the front door, he looked at the distorted reflection of himself in the cracked mirror he’d fastened to the door a month ago. Completely different from the movie (The 2007 version), I wish they would have gone with this story instead. Four-thirty. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering, ["Full circle. Four fifths of the way through and the only thing on my mind was how incredibly boring and one-dimensional Robert Neville is. It tells the tale of (seemingly) the last "human" alive on earth, Richard Neville, surrounded by zombie hordes. Summary Analysis Neville wakes up in his house. Ben Cortman, colleague and neighbour who reminds him on Oliver Hardy (the comedian) shouts every evening he should come out. Yet again, I've been breaking the rules. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published I still remember the exact moment I started and finished this book nearly 10 years ago. I turned the first page of "I Am Legend" with zero knowledge of what Hollywood did to it because a friend of mine gave me an important warning. He boards up his house, stocks up on canned goods, and researches a way to combat this disease. The air thickened with the musky, pungent odor. Please try again. I loved this book! As he lathed, he listened to records over the loudspeaker he’d set up in the bedroom—Beethoven’s Third, Seventh, and Ninth symphonies. By day, the vampires go into a coma-like sleep and Neville uses this time to fight back the only way he can – by killing as many of them as he can find. Hollywood has a long-standing tradition of adapting horror novels into frightening films. You would think that someone forced into solitude and surrounded by death and insanity would have a wonderfully colourful and twisted mind - if you're going to have a book revolving around a single character, make him a really good one. The world is in ruins. Great plot, great prose, compelling and several movie adaptions! Trying to survive, and wondering what caused eve, Los Angeles, about 22 years into the future (Jan. 1976 - Jan. 1979 in this book; copyright 1954, which really shows in some of the book's views). Twenty minutes to six. Grief, Loneliness, and Depression. When you look at a list of his books-, Los Angeles, about 22 years into the future (Jan. 1976 - Jan. 1979 in this book; copyright 1954, which really shows in some of the book's views). In another hour they’d be at the house again, the filthy bastards. Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019. After a few minutes he took a long, slow breath and went back into the house. Otherness. But Robert doesn't want to turn into one of them. A virus has turned everyone on Earth into a vampire. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. A novel that has been both heavily criticized and revered, I Am Legend straddles an uneasy line between Horror and Science Fiction. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The book plotline is so different from the movie, I didn't really have a hard time with it. The name already shows what he is to the human-like vampires (for the feral type he's just blood-source really). I nearly didn't buy this book until I realised that the 2007 film starring Will Smith was only loosely based on Richard Matheson's novel, which is all together a much darker creation. It was the last damned mirror he’d put there; it wasn’t worth it. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. But how could he find it when they never gave him a chance to slow down and think? I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for all of the Will Smith jokes. Unable to add item to List. He walked around the house in the dull gray of afternoon, a cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, trailing threadlike smoke over his shoulder. He’d put garlic there instead. He knew he should burn up the paper plates and utensils too, and dust the furniture and wash out the sinks and the bathtub and toilet, and change the sheets and pillowcase on his bed; but he didn’t feel like it. Then he went back into the kitchen, turned his chops, and switched off the heat under the string beans. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2020. By this time the water was boiling and he dropped in the frozen string beans and covered them, thinking that it was probably the electric stove that was milking the generator. It was so cool figuring it out beside him. Isn’t that amazing?

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