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i reread this today in one sitting. its actually very poignant, moving tale of a man battling himself. anyone here read it? still waiting for a decent movie adaptation though. |
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who is it by? |
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richard matheson. i'm surprised no one on here has read it, much less heard of it. |
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Didn't they turn it into The Omega Man with Charlton Heston? |
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Oh. DECENT movie adaptation. Heh. |
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i read some of matheson's short stories, they were really good. |
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I have read it. It's legendary in horror circles, but I didn't take to it that much. The mix of science fiction and horror was good enough but I wasn't really drawn into it. 6/10 |
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i see it as being less a sci fi or horror novel and more about the human condition. its an interesting scenario, and i like how it approaches vampirism in a purely scientific way. |
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i see it as being less a sci fi or horror novel and more about the human condition. its an interesting scenario, and i like how it approaches vampirism in a purely scientific way. |
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Best thing I've ever read by Matheson was a short story called Mad House about a guy who was slowly destroying his life with outbursts of anger, which were being absorbed by his surroundings. His descriptions of helplessly watching yourself doing idiotic things out of anger, then being full of remorse you cannot act on and a desire for forgiveness you cannot ask for...ack, I was a changed man after reading that. Or maybe I'm just projecting all that into the story because I am one sick little fleshweasel. |
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oh my god, that story is soooo depressing. best thing hes written next to i am legend though. |
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I used to have crazy fucking outbursts like that with my girlfriend when I was quitting smoking, then I'd get all weird and quiet and lie under furniture. Reading that story informed me that I should not be such a dick. |
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yeah. that story changed me somehow. that man in it is so lonely and sad. its just a sad story. |
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