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I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson
Narrated by: Robertson Dean
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About this listen

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.

This title is part of our Vampire Collection, a selection of our favourite dark listens.©1954, 1982 by Richard Matheson (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Fantasy Fiction Horror Science Fiction Scary Paranormal Classics Dystopian Survival Thought-Provoking Zombie

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Critic reviews

"One of the ten all-time best novels of vampirism." ( Fangoria)
"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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I cannot recommend this book highly enough. A passionately read, darkly written book which knocks the spots off the recent film which can only be described as a hollywood pastiche of a horror classic. Why didn't they just use the story in the book which is fantastic rather than do a 'contemporary adaptation'.

The book combines a gruesome picture of a world in decay with the character study of a man who travels to the edge of madness in adapting to his new world. An intelligent book which is a (or even the) classic of it's genre, not least because of the well-reasoned and fantastic ending.

Superbly read and gripping story

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What did you like best about I Am Legend? What did you like least?

The narrators voice is really really really irritating. He tried to make it dramatic and maybe if his voice wasn't horrible it would have worked, but it was so it didn't.

The story itself is great, but for a change not as good as the film, still worth a listen though if you can get over the narrators voice

Would you be willing to try another one of Robertson Dean’s performances?

No

If this book were a film would you go see it?

I did

I almost couldn't finish listening to this book

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Phenomenal, if I could recommend one book to read this year it would be this. essential reading.

Masculinity and the apolocypse

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After watching the film and finding it pretty lacklustre when it came to story and directing I came across a comment online saying that the book was significantly better than the film and many key parts were missed out.

As someone who mainly reads thrillers I was slightly deterred by ‘vampires’ and typically this wouldn’t be my go to book. However, this book is truly gripping. Displaying a mans fight with insanity is one of the hardest things to convey convincingly and this does just that.

The narration truly pulls it all together. The voices/accents to the sound effects are truly sublime. This is now one of my favourite Audible books (if not my #1). I thoroughly recommend this.

From the film, to the book.

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Overall a decent story with an inevitable ending. Interesting enough to keep you going. The bad part, or annoying part is the unnecessary overacting of the narrator. He has a pleasant enough voice if kept in a normal tone, but bits of excitement just gets a bit to much. He also suffers from the same thing as most deep voiced people do; when doing a female voice it just sound like a bad Michael Jackson impersonator. Please, just use your normal voice, even when speaking the female parts of a story.

Decent

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