Do yourself a favor and read this classic

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	• I Am Legend Richard Matheson Tor Books, 2007 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 522 reviews view larger image
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Do yourself a favor and read this classic

WOW!!! I saw the movie and was intrigued to read the original novel and i'm glad I did. The authot does an amazing job of putting you inside the mind of a man who has literally been alone for months. As cheesey and over-done as the whole vampire genre is, for a book that was written in 1954, Matheson added a new perspective to the classic myth by scientifically explaining what and how vampires come to be. The book is action-packed like the movie yet is very different in events that take place; for example, in the movie Robert had the dog from the beginning of the movie whereas in the book he finds the dog walking around the neighborhood one day. The ending is also amazing! Very surprising and totally different from the movie. In the movie he's called a legend because he discovers the vaccine for vampirism........in the book he's called a legend for a completely different reason!

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A Legend

I bought the book because of the movie. I thought it might have extra detail into the depth of the character Robert Neville, a character I really I liked. However, while the book is quite good as literature, it is quite different from the movie; a fact I knew but I just did not know how different. In the book, our Robert is not a scientist or in the Army and the true origin of the vampire-creating disease is not given. He does however try to figure out as best he can what has happened. He also grapples with his loneliness and the human side of being alone, more so than in the movie. In the book he is not accompanied by a his trusting dog Sam. Robert Neville is essentially not the same as in the movie; which is fine because that was the way the movie makers wanted it. So even though the movie is based on the book, you have to look at each work different, and don't judge one by the other. With the version of the book I received there were also some short stories by the author which I did not expect. I liked the book and it was/is good but I preferred the movie. After you read and see you might think different.

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Look forward to the movie!

Wow, I didn't realize how long ago this book was written! I cannot wait to see the movie! I have to say, I am a vampire book hater. I just don't get into them. I wanted to read this before the movie (because the movie caught my eye!) I picked this up and THEN realized it was about vampires...I was skeptical to even try reading it. However, the book was actually pretty interesting! It is mainly a man's struggle with vampires, when he fears he's the only man left! How crazy difficult would that be? We find out, his daily lifes struggles in "vampire dealings" and what is going through his mind as he tackles these unfavorable problems. I actually enjoyed this short story and look forward to see where the movie takes this. I can't say that I read ALL the other short stories in the book, but I AM LEGEND was worth it!

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Matheson the Genius

Who else could create something so masterful? I have always wanted to contct him in some way to tell him how remarkable he is. I could go on and on about this book. This not about vampires but about the human condition. Should we remain as we are are or turn to something that might be greater

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