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Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:35 +0000

[...] name just a few of the novels: I AM LEGEND, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, A STIR OF ECHOES, HELL HOUSE, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. To name just a [...]

By: admin

admin — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:37:05 +0000

I meant the short story “Prey” was one of his best.

By: GFS3

GFS3 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:18:08 +0000

Hi Rod:
I’m a fan of Matheson, but I don’t think “I Am Legend” is one of his best (although the new book with the extra short stories is worth the buy). I think Matheson didn’t explore the “new world” Neville finds himself in enough. The book is too internal and would have been better with more external.

Anyway, here’s my full take on it:

http://darkpartyreview.blogspot.com/2007/11/literary-sketch-richard-mathesons-i-am.html

By: RP

RP — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:42:27 +0000

Don’t hate on “The Omega Man”–Charlton Heston is 10 times the post-vampire-apocalypse sole survivor that Will Smith could ever be.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:50:41 +0000

I heard they had to reshoot the ending. But I’ll be there also Corey.

By: Corey Redekop

Corey Redekop — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:39:55 +0000

Could this be the “good” version of the book I’ve been waiting for all my life? Probably not, but it’s probably going to be stupidly entertaining, so I’ll cough up my bucks for it.

Will they keep the dog, though? I don’t know. It was the saddest thing I’d ever read, and likely a focus group will have it removed.