I Am Legend

Front Cover
Macmillan, 1995 - Fiction - 317 pages

The New York Times bestselling classic tale of the last man on Earth, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson--one of genre literature's most honored storytellers. Now a major motion picture starring Will Smith!

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.

By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.

How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?

 

Selected pages

Contents

I Am Legend
1
Buried Talents
160
The Near Departed
168
Prey
171
Witch War
186
Dance of the Dead
193
Dress of White Silk
212
Mad House
218
The Funeral
254
From Shadowed Places
264
Person to Person
289
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. He wrote in a variety of genres including terror, fantasy, horror, paranormal, suspense, science fiction and western. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson’s novels and stories have been made into movies including I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and Shrinking Man. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writer’s Guild awards, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Bibliographic information

TitleI Am Legend
A Tom Doherty Associates book
AuthorRichard Matheson
Editionreprint, revised
PublisherMacmillan, 1995
ISBN031286504X, 9780312865047
Length317 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Horror
Fiction / Occult & Supernatural
Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic
Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  
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