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Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of I Am Legend, a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times.
- Hell House
In 1973 the novel was made into the film The Legend of Hell...
- Richard Christian Matheson
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- Dead of Night
Based on: Second Chance by Jack Finney: Written by: Richard...
- The Beardless Warriors
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I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by...
- The Shrinking Man
The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel by American...
- Hell House
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.
Richard Matheson has written novels and short stories, as well as screenplays for both film and television. He has sometimes written under the pen name, "Logan Swanson". His prose has often been adapted for the screen by others and sometimes by Matheson, himself.
- February 20, 1926
- June 23, 2013
Jun 26, 2013 · Richard Matheson, whose novels, short stories, screenplays and teleplays drew the blueprints for dozens of science fiction and horror movies and television shows, died on Sunday at his home in...
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While on holiday, Scott Carey is exposed to a cloud of radioactive spray shortly after he accidentally ingests insecticide. The radioactivity acts as a catalyst for the bug spray, causing his body to shrink at a rate of approximately 1⁄7inch (3.6 mm) per day. A few weeks later, Carey can no longer deny the truth: not only is he losing weight, he is...
The story is told in a fractured timeline style, beginning with Carey's exposure to radiation and then shifting between his minuscule form trapped in the cellar of his home and looking for food while battling the spider; and the time and events leading up to his finding himself there. The novel is arranged in 17 chapters, with occasional segments d...
Author Richard Matheson says he was initially inspired to write the story from a scene in the comedy film Let's Do It Again. "I had gotten the idea several years earlier while attending a movie in a Redondo Beach theater. In this particular scene, Ray Milland, leaving Jane Wyman's apartment in a huff, accidentally put on Aldo Ray's hat, which sank ...
The novel raises questions of what it means to be a man in 1950s white middle class suburban America, and the fears associated with not acting like a man, as imagined through the fantastical idea of slowly shrinking in height. As Scott Carey shrinks, he experiences estrangement with his own body, and in his relationships with people around him. As ...
Dave Pringle reviewing The Incredible Shrinking Man for Imagine magazine, stated, "Enjoy the believable domestic details which follow as the protagonist finds he is no longer a man to his wife and ends up as a scurrying insect beneath her feet. It is like Kafka transposed to an Ideal Homeselling."
Review by The Editor (1956) in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1956Review by P. Schuyler Miller (1956) in Astounding Science Fiction, November 1956Review by Damon Knight (1956) in Future Science Fiction, #31, Winter 1956-1957Review by Villiers Gerson (1957) in Fantastic, February 1957- Richard Matheson
- 1956
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) [ 1] or Logan Swanson was an American author and screenwriter. He mostly wrote in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. Two of his books are I Am Legend and Bid Time Return. He wrote several television episodes for The Twilight Zone .
Jun 24, 2013 · Author Richard Matheson, whose injection of humanity into science-fiction tales engaged audience for more than five decades, has died. Matheson's work included The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend,...
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