![]() Written in 1954, I Am Legend been made into a movie three times, and like all such classics, you really should read the original to appreciate what Hollywood got right and (mostly) wrong. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors-including Stephen King and Dean Koontz-who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. 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. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. 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. ![]() 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). 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. Start with the original vampire apocalypse, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Vampire lovers, reclaim the night! Throw off the chains of shitty YA romances, cast off your sparkly blinders, and see these creatures for what they really are: literary representations of humanity's oldest fears. One-sentence summary: A plague turns everyone on Earth into vampires except for one man.
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