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I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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The basis for the film starring Academy Award nominee Will Smith, I Am Legend is a classic of horror and suspense.

In I Am Legend, a terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville’s blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?

Richard Matheson’s chilling tale is a white-knuckle ride into a world of darkness and terror.

©1954, 1982 by Richard Matheson; (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Fantasy Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary Paranormal Dystopian Survival Zombie Classics
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"One of the ten all-time best novels of vampirism." ( Fangoria)
"The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula." (Dean Koontz)
"I think the author who influenced me most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me." (Stephen King)
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100 times better than the film. Really wished they had of stayed true to this original story.

An amazing story told by an amazing narrator

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Everything was amazing the voice was fitting it’s like you can feel the character like Neville a must read it’s unfortunate that’s none of the movies stayed 100% true to the book honestly will be reading again

Amazing

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I am one of those people who had the movie too firmly in my brain to appreciate this. I wish I had tackled it with a clean slate. Enjoyed the style of the writing... but I think I liked the path that the movie took more than that of the book/ audiobook.

I liked the movie better (insert shame)

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Felt dated.Like the film it could do with a re write. Vampires, garlic and wooden stakes are no match for a zombie.

This genre has moved on a lot since the 1950s

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Brilliant performance, really sucked me in and got me hooked. Weird choice of cover though, as the movie has little to do with the story told in the book.

Amazing performance by Robertson Dean

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