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I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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Summary

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 Richard Matheson. © renewed 1982 by Richard Matheson (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Fantasy Fiction Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Scary Paranormal Dystopian Survival Zombie

Critic Reviews

“The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula.”

(Dean Koontz, #1 New York Times bestselling author)

“One of the ten all-time best novels of vampirism.”

(Fangoria)

“[A] sink-your-teeth-in vampire masterpiece. It will change the way you look at yourself and the amalgam of the world around you right now…If ever a book was made to read in one sitting, this complex horror novel is it.”

(SFsite.com)

“The incomparable talents of Robertson Dean shine as he becomes Neville, and the listener can only follow his lead ever deeper into this nightmare world. Dean has a unique voice and manages to make the storytelling a personal experience. We are there with him, panicking one minute, sighing with relief the next, aching with intolerable loneliness, then facing terrifying clashes with the vampires. This is one of those magical audiobooks that you simply have to enjoy in one session, so be sure to set aside the time.”

(AudioFile)

“In a tale that plays with the slippery slope of sanity, Dean makes the perfect choice for a narrator. His powerful performance proves chilling and haunting. As Neville teeters on the edge of sanity, Dean manipulates his tone, speed, emphasis and projection accordingly, making listeners tremble with his narration.”

(Publishers Weekly (starred audio review))
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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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It was an easie listen and had me very entertained the whole time it played

Good story

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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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