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I Am Legend
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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.
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"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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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 30/07/2020
Matheson masterpiece
A great story about the last man alive. You can feel the loneliness of the character. Moments in this book will make you cry while others will scare you to death.
Highly recommend
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Global4 out of 5 stars
- Steven Casper
- 24/01/2008
Superb!
Like a lot of reviewers, I saw the movie before I ever heard of the book. In fact, I decided to read the book because I was hoping for some clarification about some concepts and ideas that the movie hinted at but didn't explain.
Rather than reading it, I bought it on Audible and let somebody else read it to me. From the start I knew this book was not going to be the movie. Neville was definitely not the same man in the book that Will Smith portrayed in the movie. A lot of the questions raised by the movie were not answered, though many others were.
I liked that Neville wasn't some super-hero action star in the book. He was a normal guy just trying to survive in a world that didn't want or need him anymore. He was intelligent and given to learning, but he was also very dark, depressed and lonely. I pictured a Steve Buscemi in the book far more than a Will Smith.
Rather than saying if you liked the movie you won't like the book, I'd rather say that if you liked the movie, you may also like the book, just don't expect it to be the same story. The movie is only very loosely based on the book.
One more thing, when I saw the movie I thought "wow, the infected people are kind of vampiric", but they never used the word vampire, rather calling them "dark-seekers". The book was very prolific in the use of the word vampire, and I loved the history of vampirism as explained in the book much much more than the reasons given (well, sort of given) in the movie.
Summary: Great fiction, great character development. Sometimes melodramatic narration (to be expected in an audio-only reading). Got a little long-winded and obscure during some of the exposition around the disease, and yet still intriguing to the curious mind. Over all, I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anybody who can handle the darkness of a post-apocalyptic world where the protagonist is not an action-hero superstar!
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 25/04/2016
ROBERT NEVILLE, THE LAST OF THE OLD RACE
THE HABIT OF LIVING
Written in 1954, this book stands the test of time. Course if written today, the vampires would be Zombies. At least two movies have been made of this, but neither followed the book totally. The movies are good and the book is good. While this is a Horror, it is also Science Fiction. The book is entertaining and thought provoking. I highly recommend it. The narrator is excellent.
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- finhead
- 15/10/2007
five star book!
This is really a fantastic book. None of the movies based on it really do it justice. This is a very intimate telling of one man's experience with the end of civilization as he knows it. Movie adaptations always have to add more action or add new elements. What makes this novel so remarkable and memorable, however, is just how intimate the story telling is and how much I find myself caring about Robert Neville's character.
It's particularly remarkable to me how well this story holds up considering it was written in 1954. It is written in such a way as to have very, very few aspects that date the story. It is just as easy to visualize the story as happening today as I believe it would have been 50 or 60 years ago.
It is, in my opinion, a very intelligent and smartly written book and I'd recommend it wholeheartedly. The narrator is a perfect match for the material as well! I'd give it more stars if I could!
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- Mel
- 09/05/2013
'HE is Legend'
I enjoyed every aspect of this brief, well produced audible version of I Am Legend, (and especially recommend if you can pick it up when Audible has one of its special offers). Dean's narration made the listen as animated as a Columbia Broadcasting System radio presentation ala Orson Wells doing H.G. Well's War of the Worlds.
Bless Matheson for bringing us the concept of a vampire apocalypse! Because of his imagination and talent, so many of Matheson's books and stories were translated to movies and TV. Loved, loved, reading the reviews and opinions about the book vs. the multiple movie versions of I Am Legend. Either I am not so opinionated, or just easily entertained, because I thought all the book to movie interpretations were great fun ... from the Vincent Price version (which embarrassed author/screenwriter Matheson resulting in him using a pseudo-name in the end credits aka *Logan Swanson*); especially the very campy Omega Man, the vampires replaced with the *Family* of albino mutants [so bad it was good]; and finally to Will Smith's intellectualized NY version with the *Darkseekers*. As fun or as creepy, none of those versions equal the book and it's emphasis on the psychological impact of being alone.
Why read this book when we know the story almost ad nauseam - in hundreds of incarnations? Because 'MATHESON is legend'. Give a quick look at his Wiki profile.... The Legend of Hell House, What Dreams May Come, Somewhere in Time, A Stir of Echoes, I Am Legend, Steel, Duel (yes directed by Spielberg), The Night Stalker, Twilight Zone episodes (including intro and closing every show), Star Trek episodes. If you are still unconvinced of his genius - remember the Zuni fetish doll that chased Karen Black around her NY apartment with a carving knife?....Matheson's creation! And the piece de resistance....Nightmare at 20,000 Feet -- William Shatner looking out the window from his airline seat at a gremlin tearing the steel and wire cables from a rear jet engine. I think I'd rather see vampires at my door.
It's not so much an issue of *holding up to time* as to how many times it has been done; but read with the knowledge that this was the first...wow. What a legacy--what a legend!
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- Jeffrey veals
- 06/08/2018
Richard Matheson is Ahead of his Time
HEADER: It seems that when I like a book, I get "helpful" votes and when I don't like a book, I get "not helpful" votes. I don't understand this and I never will, but just know that I'm not going to like every book you're going to like. Also, if you happen to love the book and I dislike it, that doesn't mean my review didn't help you. Did it not give you an alternate perspective? Thanks---J. Veals
Unfortunately, I saw the Will Smith version of this movie before I was able to listen to and read this book; however, I was able to separate the two and make it so this book was something completely different, despite enjoying the Will Smith version.
The story follows Richard Neville who barricades himself in his house each night when the blood-thirst, plagued group around his house, taunting Richard to let his guard down. During the day, he makes his way to infecteds' lairs and kills them in order to lower the population of the sick.
I'm not going to compare the movie to the book, but I am going to say that the title of the book and movie makes A LOT more sense in the novel. When I was watching the film, the 'I Am Legend' thing just was like an... "eh..." thing for me, but when I heard the last bit of the book, it was like "OHHHHH!!!!" Mr. Matheson is seriously one of my favorite sci-fi/horror authors of the time and currently, because his novels can stand up with today's scary books in so many ways. 'Hell House' is the other book by Mr. Matheson that makes me think of him as one of the GREATS!
So, I give the book a B+ in my grading scale and Robertson Dean, the narrator, was pretty good so I'll give him a solid B. It's definitely NOT THE MOVIE! So, even if you've watched 'I am Legend' with Will Smith, I'd suggest you listen or read this book. You can totally see how different the two really are!
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- Harv
- 08/07/2009
My favorite Science Fiction Novella of all-time..
I bought Matheson's masterpiece as a young teenager in the early 60s, on a family vacation trip.. sat on a deserted beach, alone, and read it cover-to-cover.. been waiting for an audio version for eons.. and grabbed Audible's the other day.. the narration is FANtastic, and of course, 100% true to the book, unlike the three filmed versions.. the 50s low-budget Vincent Price film, "The Last Man on Earth" is probably the truest to the book.. the 70s "Omega Man" with Charlton Heston is a joke.. the 2007 correctly-titled Will Smith version isn't bad, but so far from Matheson's original work as to almost be an entirely different character and story, especially the ending.. but I suppose the producers giving it the usual Hollywood mega-million $ CGI-laden, "blowin' up a lot of stuff" treatment for contemporary movie audiences with the attention span of a gnat was not unexpected.. but transmogrifying Robert Neville from a suburan El Lay everyman trying to do his best to maintain his sanity and survive alone in an insane world, to a high-ranking military Doctor in NYC made NO sense to me at all.. the newest film removed the whole ambience of the book, radically changed / ripped out / added characters.. it's just not Matheson's original.. so this novella still has never been properly filmed to stay true to the book, and probably never will be..
As a five hour plus audio book, I found it very tough to pause / bookmark and come back to it later.. I wanted to listen to it all the way through.. it did not disappoint except in one small (?) aspect.. had I produced it, I would have used a female narrator to read Ruth's lines..
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- Darwin8u
- 09/10/2012
Interesting, Zombi-pocalyptic/Vampire Robinsonade
Not your mamma's vampire story. Actually, if your mamma was reading in the mid-fifties, this actually might have actually been your mamma's vampire story. Matheson was writing Stephen King novels when Stephen King was a just a wee Maine boy dreaming of them. This is annteresting, zombi-pocalyptic/vampire robinsonade. Not brilliant, flawed in parts, but still a very very good first novel.
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- Thomas
- 10/11/2007
Thrilling and intense
I was very surprised with how thrilling and intense this book was. Not your typically vampire tale, this one really explores the emotional drain on our hero of simply being alone...the last person on earth. It's a great mixture of excitement, thrills, and emotion. I highly recommend this book!
And the narration was really superb.
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- Brad
- 19/10/2008
Dark. Awesome.
A quick listen, I got through the whole thing on a short road-trip. The narration suits the mood very well, the readers gruff voice bringing Neville to life and building the suspense of the story. I've never seen the movie (as some others have mentioned) but I've heard this original story has a much more interesting philosophical twist at the end and makes for a much darker and more interesting conclusion.
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- Robbie
- 05/05/2008
Wish they would make a movie from this book!
Yeah, yeah... I like Will Smith. He's fun to watch! I also admit to having enjoyed the movie, for what it was... a popcorn, eye candy, special-effects extravaganza. But, it was NOT "I Am Legend".
Anyway, as for this audiobook, I say BRAVO! I enjoyed the slow pacing and the vocal performance was perfect. Don't download expecting a novelization of the movie, it's far, far different.
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- matraque
- 08/08/2009
Mehr als ein simpler Vampirroman
Was geht in einem Menschen vor, der allen Grund zur Annahme hat, er ist der letzte Mensch auf Erden und der von toten wie lebendigen Vampiren belagert wird? Richard Matheson hat einen Psychothriller verfasst, der die Höhen und Tiefen dieses Menschen, Robert Neville, verfolgt. Brilliant gelesen von Robertson Dean, der mit dem Helden mitfiebert, flucht, kämpft hofft und verzweifelt und so uns Hörer in diese postapokalyptische Welt hineinzieht.
Inzwischen habe ich mir auch die Verfilmung des Themas mit Will Smith angesehen und möchte darauf hinweisen, dass abgesehen von den verwendeten Namen und einer ähnlichen Ausgangssituation (Hör)buch und Film nichts miteinander zu tun haben. Da der Buchheld mit seinen Gegnern kommunizieren kann, ist das Original ein Psychothriller und der Film dagegen ein actionreicheres Geballer gegen hirntote Zombies mit einem Ende, welches dem Buch in keiner Weise gerecht wird. Trotz Kenntnis des Films lohnt es sich daher das Buch zu lesen/hören um einen tieferen und spannenderen Einblick in Mathesons Meisterwerk zu erhalten.
Fazit: Zu Recht ein zeitloser Klassiker, den man mit diesem Hörbuch wirklich miterleben kann.
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- Normen Behr
- 27/02/2010
Unterhaltsam ... bis auf die "Wissenschaft"
Was dieses Hörbuch besonders hervorhebt ist die Intensität, mit der Robertson Dean liest. Zwar ist er kein Meister des Stimme-Verstellens für verschiedene Charaktere (gut also, dass "Legend" dies von Natur aus nicht häufig fordert), doch gelingt es ihm auf beachtenswerte Weise, Robert Nevilles Panik oder Verzweiflung oder Hass oder Hoffnung nuanciert zu vermitteln.
Freilich aber muss auch der Leser sich mit dem hanebüchenen Unsinn herumschlagen, der das erste Buch Mathesons von jeher wie Bleigewichte nach unten zieht: Mathesons Bemühungen, den Vampirismus wissenschaftlich zu erklären und Nevilles Suche nach Ursprung und Gegenmittel, gehen derart daneben, dass man sie nur durchsteht, wenn man sie als Nebeneffekt eines Erstlingswerks belächelt.
Das Hörbuch ist zu empfehlen für alle, die sogar die unsägliche Verunstaltung durch Will Smith gut fanden und die ein grundsätzliches Faible haben für Vampire und Zombies; vor allem der mutige und überraschende Schluss hebt dieses Werk aus dem Einheitsbrei dieses Genres.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 15/09/2023
Besser als die Verfilmung
Film kann man schauen, hat jedoch nicht viel mit dem Buch gemeinsam. Das Audiobook lohnt sich definitiv. Geschichte ist sehr simpel, nicht überladen mit Unlogik und kurz gehalten, dadurch natürlich auch keine grossen Plot Twists, ist aber in Ordnung. Das Ende finde ich gelungen. Sprecher macht seine Sache recht gut (würde gar nichts runterladen, das mich nicht anspricht!), für mich 1 Stern Abzug wegen meinem persönlichen Geschmack. Ray Porter ist bisher unschlagbar.
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