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Cloud · 06-22-2007, 01:28 PM

Has anyone read I Am Legend by Richard Mattheson? Apparently it's one of the top vampire horror stories of all time, and Will Smith is making a movie of it to be released in Dec.

Never heard of it.

jinx · 06-22-2007, 01:34 PM

Mayflower - Nathanial Philbrick
Because he did such a great job with In the Heart of the Sea (Moby Dick).

wolf · 06-22-2007, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

Has anyone read I Am Legend by Richard Mattheson? Apparently it's one of the top vampire horror stories of all time, and Will Smith is making a movie of it to be released in Dec.

Never heard of it.

I am Legend goes in and out of print. I read it years ago (also read the novel that Invasion of the Body Snatchers was based on ... very much Cold War SF.)

Two prior movie versions ... Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price and the much better known Omega Man starring Charlton Heston.

Cloud · 06-22-2007, 02:16 PM

Well I'm impressed at your knowledge Wolf. As a lifelong SF reader, I think this one just slipped by me. Certainly it will be re-issued to tie in with the movie.

Sundae · 06-22-2007, 05:16 PM

I read I am Legend in very grim circumstances
As grim as a sunny morning in a beautiful, huge, warehouse-style apartment can be anyway (booty call with ex, he got a call from another woman he "had" to take and was on phone for 90 mins - all I had was the book and my own furious seething). So for me it recalls sunlight, the smell of cooked breakfast and heartache.

Any WAY.
Interesting. But didn't live up to me ridiculously high expectations.
The film won;t address the tension and emotions, it will be a blind actioner. Ow.

Currently reading The Mermaid & The Drunks by Ben Richards (hence me sig). Lovely, lovely. Teaching me how you can miss out huge chunks of timw without losing your readers.

Griff · 06-22-2007, 08:12 PM

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip Dick

Ibby · 06-24-2007, 01:35 AM

Something Happened - Joseph Heller.

richlevy · 06-24-2007, 02:33 PM

Old Man's War by John Scalzi. This guy might be the next Heinlein.

06-27-2007, 03:23 PM

Just finished rereading the last 2 Potter books.
Just started John M. Barry's The Great Influenza.

skysidhe · 07-07-2007, 03:07 PM

We went north for my vacation and my son's grandmother gave me a book to read. It's called "Dark Woods" It's a big foot novel.

It's not anything like I would normally read inspite of my silly primate thread. I've very 'into it'

piercehawkeye45 · 07-13-2007, 06:23 PM

Slaughterhouse-5

A Man Without A Country

-Kurt Vonnegut

ravenranter · 07-13-2007, 06:35 PM

I just finished The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

07-13-2007, 07:35 PM

Finished Influenza, it was amazing.
I cannot recommend it highly enough, seriously.
(There is a spot, where he is setting-up the framework of the institutions and the "players" where I could see those who are not into history books getting a bit bogged-down. But, if you marshal through these two little dry chapters the pay-off is spectacular)

Starting Irving's Until I Find You tomorrow.
I've read a few of his, therefore, I'm looking forward to this.

07-13-2007, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I am Legend goes in and out of print. I read it years ago (also read the novel that Invasion of the Body Snatchers was based on ... very much Cold War SF.)

Two prior movie versions ... Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price and the much better known Omega Man starring Charlton Heston.

Anyone have the Timmy Valentine book that Rice plagiarized? (yes, and I'm not making it up, I still like her vampire books, they are fun pulp, but she ripped the basic idea off)
Someone stole mine and I have been wanting to re-read it for years.
I am very trustworthy and will mail it back. Will not trust my wife, she lost a gift I was supposed to send a dweller here, the pooping reindeer, you know who you are. I am VERY sorry.

DanaC · 07-14-2007, 10:56 AM

Let me know how Irving's book is, rage. I've read quite a few of his, they're usually an interesting read.

06-22-2007, 01:28 PM	#871
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Has anyone read I Am Legend by Richard Mattheson? Apparently it's one of the top vampire horror stories of all time, and Will Smith is making a movie of it to be released in Dec. Never heard of it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-22-2007, 01:34 PM	#872
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Mayflower - Nathanial Philbrick Because he did such a great job with In the Heart of the Sea (Moby Dick). __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-22-2007, 02:16 PM	#874
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Well I'm impressed at your knowledge Wolf. As a lifelong SF reader, I think this one just slipped by me. Certainly it will be re-issued to tie in with the movie. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-22-2007, 05:16 PM	#875
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I read I am Legend in very grim circumstances As grim as a sunny morning in a beautiful, huge, warehouse-style apartment can be anyway (booty call with ex, he got a call from another woman he "had" to take and was on phone for 90 mins - all I had was the book and my own furious seething). So for me it recalls sunlight, the smell of cooked breakfast and heartache. Any WAY. Interesting. But didn't live up to me ridiculously high expectations. The film won;t address the tension and emotions, it will be a blind actioner. Ow. Currently reading The Mermaid & The Drunks by Ben Richards (hence me sig). Lovely, lovely. Teaching me how you can miss out huge chunks of timw without losing your readers. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-22-2007, 08:12 PM	#876
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip Dick __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-24-2007, 01:35 AM	#877
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Something Happened - Joseph Heller. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-24-2007, 02:33 PM	#878
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Old Man's War by John Scalzi. This guy might be the next Heinlein. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-27-2007, 03:23 PM	#879
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Just finished rereading the last 2 Potter books. Just started John M. Barry's The Great Influenza.

07-07-2007, 03:07 PM	#880
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	We went north for my vacation and my son's grandmother gave me a book to read. It's called "Dark Woods" It's a big foot novel. It's not anything like I would normally read inspite of my silly primate thread. I've very 'into it'

07-13-2007, 06:23 PM	#881
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	Slaughterhouse-5 A Man Without A Country -Kurt Vonnegut

07-13-2007, 06:35 PM	#882
ravenranter Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: asteroid B-12 Posts: 46	I just finished The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova. __________________ "One never ought to listen to the flowers..." - The Little Prince

07-13-2007, 07:35 PM	#883
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Finished Influenza, it was amazing. I cannot recommend it highly enough, seriously. (There is a spot, where he is setting-up the framework of the institutions and the "players" where I could see those who are not into history books getting a bit bogged-down. But, if you marshal through these two little dry chapters the pay-off is spectacular) Starting Irving's Until I Find You tomorrow. I've read a few of his, therefore, I'm looking forward to this.

07-14-2007, 10:56 AM	#885
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Let me know how Irving's book is, rage. I've read quite a few of his, they're usually an interesting read.

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