I Am Legend [Mass Market Paperbac]

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.

An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.

By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn....

One of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Ray Bradbury

I think the author who influence me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books likeI Am Legendwere an inspiration to me. Stephen King

Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that. Brian Lumley

Richard Matheson(1926-2013) wasThe New York Timesbestselling author ofI Am Legend,Hell House,Somewhere in Time,The Incredible Shrinking Man,Now You See It&, andWhat Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including severalTwilight Zoneepisodes.