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Amazon.com ReviewOne of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. --Stanley WiaterFrom Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Robert Neville has witnessed the end of the world. The world's population has been
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Richard Matheson
- Publisher
- Tor Books; Tom Doherty Associates
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312865047
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.99 / 5 (1,276 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- I Am Legend: the Last Man on Earth (2007)
- I Am Legend: the Last Man on Earth (1995)
- I Am Legend (free ebook) (1997)
- I Am Legend (2007)
- Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The N (1954)
- Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The N (2007)
- I Am Legend: And Other Stories (2019)
- I Am Legend (1954) (1954)
- I am Legend: and Other Stories (1970)
- أنا أسطورة [Arabic] (2007)
- I am Legend: and Other Stories (1995)
- I am Legend: and Other Stories (1997)
- I Am Legend: And Other Stories (2007)
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