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Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction

4 reviews
Richard Matheson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1997

A must for horror/vampire fans
This novel brings together works of so many amazing talented writers: Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Anne Rice, Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Algernon Blackwood, Joyce Carol Oates...just to name a few! Be on the lookout for "Count Dracula" by Woody Allen; whether you love him or hate him, this short story is a hoot! This one lets you sink your teeth into some quick, sometimes chilling, ...

Abu and the 7 Marvels

2 reviews
Richard Matheson, William Stout

Gauntlet Press, 2002

OUTSTANDING FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT!!!
Richard Matheson (author), William Stout (illustrator) and Gauntlet Press (publisher) have created a thoroughly entertaining and clever book about Abu, a woodcutter, who in order to marry the beautiful Princess Alicia, must find the seven marvels and return a token from each to Alicia's father, the Sultan Kasim El-Haroud. Abu's quest is aided(?) by a crotchety genie and hindered by the Grand ...

Shadow On The Sun

3 reviews
Richard Matheson

Berkley, 1994

Took me by surprise....
Unlike Richard Matheson's other novels of frontier fiction (Journal of the Gun Years, The Gunfight), Shadow on the Sun is a horror novel set in the Old West. The book begins with an Indian agent negotiating peace between Apaches and the U.S. Government, before introducing a supernatural creature out of Indian legend bent upon survival whatever the cost. As a result, I got two stories for the ...

Dystopia: Collected Stories

4 reviews
Richard Christian Matheson

Gauntlet Press, 2000

The "complete, authoritative" Richard Christian Matheson
I just received the book from the publisher yesterday, and couldn't get to it fast enough. This omnibus short-short horror story collection from RCM contains the complete contents of his 1987 collection "Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks" (Scream Press), as well as selections from recent short horror story collections, and a few brand-new tales as well. As I had already read "Scars," I ...

The Link

3 reviews
Richard Matheson

Gauntlet Press, 2006

Oh, what might have been!
Robert Allright, whose most recent book bears the title THINGS WITHOUT EXPLANATION, has spent his entire life pursuing the paranormal, and has become an expert on topics such as telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, faith healing, psychic crime solving, out of body experiences, and various super- and preternatural occurrences and manifestations. Thus, it's no surprise when he is ...

Completely Doomed

3 reviews
Robert Bloch, Richard Matheson, ...

IDW Publishing, 2007

A THROWBACK TO 1970'S HORROR MAGS
The bronze age of comics is the most overlooked of the various comic book eras. It doesn't have the historical significance of the Golden Age, the panache of The Silver Age's rejuvenation of comic books, or the gritty realism of the Modern Age. But one thing that the Bronze Age could boast, that none of the other eras could, was the great black & white horror magazines of the 70's. Because ...

Somewhere in Time/What Dreams May Come: Two Novels of Love and Fantasy

8 reviews
Richard Matheson

Dream Press, 1991

This book will open your eyes and heart to deeper truth.
This book has no equal. "What Dreams May Come" will consume you, and take you to a place that you have ONLY "dreamed" of. It touches so many issues that many find so dear to their souls (love, compassion, God, and the power of the spirit). If you read one book this year, make this the one. You will never think the same way about death. A person who is beyond hope because of some dreaded ...

Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts

3 reviews
Richard Matheson

Gauntlet Press, 2004

An essential for any Kolchak fan.
What a book! Mark Dawidziak, author of all things Kolchak (a series companion, an original novel, AND a comic book adventure), collects together, for the first time anywhere, the three teleplays written by Richard Matheson that introduced the world to the rumpled reporter hero that is Carl Kolchak. The first is an adaptation of The Night Stalker, the story that started it all. A serial killer ...

Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master

3 reviews

Tor Books, 1997

Review of Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master
Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master Edited By Richard Matheson and Ricia Mainhardt TOR Books, 1995, 382 pp.; $24.95 (hc) Review by Scott David Briggs Although Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master has been in release for some time, it is certainly a volume that should not go unnoticed, just as its subject should not, and will not, go unremembered, and thus this review. I only ...

Soy Leyenda

3 reviews
Richard Matheson

Minotauro, 1999

I AM LEGEND...A LEGEND IN ITS OWN TIME...
What would you do, if a mysterious plague swept throughout the world, literally killing everyone off, but leaving in its place something new, something frightening, something downright horrible, while leaving you alive, immune and seemingly alone? What would you do, if the undead now walked the earth looking for you, the last man alive...the last vestige of the human race? What if what they ...

Shock 1

2 reviews
Richard Matheson

Berkley, 1979

One of the best horror/sci-fi books of short stories
I can't believe this is out of print! My dad owns this book, and it is one of the best collection of horror/sci-fi short stories out there. You can really see its influence on others, like Stephen King's "Night Shift" - another great book of short stories. Richard Matheson is one of the most underappreciated authors of the horror genre. If you pay attention to any of the sci-fi anthology ...

I Am Legend

1 review
Richard Matheson

Bantam, 1964

I AM LEGEND...A LEGEND IN ITS OWN TIME...
What would you do, if a mysterious plague swept throughout the world, literally killing everyone off, but leaving in its place something new, something frightening, something downright horrible, while leaving you alive, immune and seemingly alone? What would you do, if the undead now walked the earth looking for you, the last man alive...the last vestige of the human race? What if what they ...

Duel & The Distributor

1 review
Richard Matheson

Gauntlet Press, 2004

Duel and the Distributor
Excellent reading for all the "Duel" movie fans. "The Distributor" is also wonderful and fun reading. Also, a must for any Dennis Weaver fan.

Collected Stories

1 review
Richard Matheson

Scream Press, 1993

Richard Matheson plus lots of other greats!
Wow! This is not only a collection of Richard Matheson's best short stories, but it also has stuff ABOUT Mr. Matheson by other great writers like Ray Bradbury and Jack Finney! If you collect Richard Matheson, you gotta get this one!!

Dystopia (Deluxe signed numbered edition)

1 review
Richard Christian Matheson

Gauntlet, 2000

Classic short fiction
No one writes short stories like Richard Christian Matheson. Often,they are very short and experimental,as well as masterful exercises in subtle brevity. Matheson's prose is beautiful,and this only adds to the horror. The brilliant "Red" is here,as well as "Shutterbugs" "Region Of The Flesh" and a few pieces that aren't actually stories but are worth reading anyway,like "Things To Get" and the ...

Darker Places

1 review
Richard Matheson

Gauntlet Press, 2004

Absolutely amazing!
Darker Places is a spectacular collection of never before published stories by Matheson. While reading, I found myself asking "Why?" Why were these stories never released? Why did he hold back on us? Luckily I don't have his phone number, so I couldn't call and ask. But boy, did I want to! This collection is definitely an excellent read! The first few stories have an animal theme, as the main ...

Born of Man and Woman

1 review
Richard Matheson

Ashgate Publishing, 1991

Born of Man and Woman
Richard Matheson is an incredable author. He has writen many great stories. One of these was Born of Man and Woman. He was noted by Stephen King as the author who influenced him the most as a writer. Ray Bradbury said that he is one of the most important authors of the 20th century. The short story, Born of Man and Woman, is one of his less popular works but certainly one of his greatest. In ...

I Am Legend - Hell House

1 review
Richard Matheson

QPBBC, 1997

I Am Legend-Hell House
Fast paced. I couldn't put I Am Legend down. Hell House is my favorite haunted house story. It is not appropriate for young adults, or children. Both stories far outshine the movies based on them, and the movies are great for that era.

The Incredible Shrinking Man

2 reviews
Richard Matheson

Tor Books, 2008

Great Writer, Great Deal!
Matheson is one of my favorite writers; many of his stories have been made into horror films, Star Trek scripts and episodes of the Twilight Zone. I was interesting to read the book after watching most of these same stories, rewritten, as film scripts. The Incredible Shrinking Man delves deeper into the Scott character, his family life, how an average man would react to suddenly facing a ...

I Am Legend

2 reviews
Richard Matheson

Nelson Doubleday, 1954

TO BE OR NOT TO BE...
What would you do, if a mysterious plague swept throughout the world, literally killing everyone off, but leaving in its place something new, something frightening, something downright horrible, while leaving you alive, immune and seemingly alone? What would you do, if the undead now walked the earth looking for you, the last man alive...the last vestige of the human race? What if what they ...

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