| I Am Legend REV and Revised Edition Contributor(s): Matheson, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765357151 ISBN-13: 9780765357151 Publisher: Tor Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Mathesons horrifying tale, the basis for two classic horror films, comes to the big screen once again on December 14, in a new motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Will Smith. Somehow immune to the plague that swept the planet, Robert Neville is the last human survivor in what is left of New York City--and maybe the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Media Tie-in - Fiction | Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-apocalyptic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 760 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.1" W x 6.7" (0.35 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.... |
Contributor Bio(s): Matheson, Richard: - Richard Matheson is The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels, Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," based on his short story, along with several other Twilight Zone episodes. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. Matheson died in June, 2013, at the age of eighty-seven. |