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What is The Box : Uncanny Stories about?
What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box? But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don't know. Would you still push the button? Button, Button,'' Richard Matheson's chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis of The Box , the new film from the director of Donnie Darko . In addition, this outstanding collection also contains many other unforgettable stories by Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come . ''The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of ordinary men and women caught up in forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence. --Publishers Weekly From Publishers Weekly Both longtime fans and readers who have never encountered horror and suspense author Matheson ( I Am Legend ), winner of Stoker and World Fantasy lifetime achievement awards among many others, should enjoy this collection of a dozen stories originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In the standout title story, later adapted as a Twilight Zone episode, a disco
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- Author
- Matheson, Richard
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780765361431
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.38 / 5 (899 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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