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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.
Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.
Chapter 1. The year is 1976—one year after a deadly plague sweeps the world, killing virtually all human beings. After their deaths, the world’s human beings rise from the grave and become vampires: sensitive to light, garlic, and mirrors, dormant during the day, and impervious to bullets.
‘I Am Legend’ is a horror and science fiction post-apocalyptic novel that answers the question: “What happens if the world is taken over by vampires?” With the jaw-dropping realistic description of events and an in-depth depiction of the range of emotions felt by Robert Neville, ‘I Am Legend’ holds its place as a sci-fi terror ...
Oct 30, 2007 · 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.
I Am Legend, science-fiction novel written by American author Richard Matheson, published in 1954. In Los Angeles in 1976, Robert Neville is perhaps the last human alive. After the outbreak of a pandemic the year before, everyone else on the planet has been turned into a vampire.
Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel tells the story of the evil Count Dracula, a vampire who sucks the blood of his victims. The book is credited with sparking a revival of interest in the vampire legend; Matheson’s book then reinterprets vampires in a more futuristic, scientific context.
I Am Legend. Richard Matheson. 4.00. 131,729 ratings5,756 reviews. 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.
Oct 30, 2007 · I Am Legend. Richard Matheson. Macmillan, Oct 30, 2007 - Fiction - 317 pages. Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has...
May 14, 2011 · I Am Legend. Richard Matheson. RosettaBooks, May 14, 2011 - Fiction - 162 pages. Winner of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award for best vampire novel of the century: the...
