I Am Legend - April 2011

21. I Am Legend - Richard Matheson

160 Pages, Bought from Charity Shop

How is it that I've seen the Charlton Heston ( The Omega Man) and Will Smith ( I Am Legend) film versions of this book and it's only now that I've actually read the book that the title "I Am Legend" makes any sense!?! [shakes fist at Hollywood sign]

A great book, well plotted, pacy and hard to believe it was written in 1954...that's nearly 60 years ago!

A great Sci-Fi/Horror crossover and well worth the praise that is heaped upon it, and a clever twist on the whole vampire mythology...there's no sign of Dracula in this book!

If none of this praise for the book is reason enough for you, then read it just for the gut-punch ending that Hollywood seems to hate so much.

I award this book 5 "Cloves of Garlic" out of 5.