I loved the idea of this man living in this safe house surrounded by the awful vampires. This was both a disappointing (because now I see my story is lacking in originality) and exciting (because this book was very successful) thing for me to discover. Do you know how much I loved this plot? I have actually written a zombie story that is SO SIMILAR. Through this analysis, I suggest that readers attributions of mental-states to the vampire characters in I Am Legend are strategically limited through a number. I completely forgot to take a photo of it (probably because I read it months ago)!Ī bleak world, voracious vampires, and a fight for survival What I liked about I Am Legend:ġ. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.įirst of all, excuse my photo that has nothing to do with this novel. 350 likes, 4 comments - Vincent Price (masterofmenace) on Instagram: 'Adapted from Richard Mathesons seminal 1954 novel, I Am Legend - THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, starring.

The novel was adapted to film in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth, in 1971 as Omega Man, and in 2007 as I am Legend, starring Will Smith. In 2012, it was named the best vampire novel of the century by the Horror Writers Association and the Bram Stoker Estate. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood.īy day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend has been a major influence on horror literature. Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. Published by Millenium on January 21st 1999īuy on Amazon, Buy on Barnes & Noble, Buy from The Book Depository Anyway, this one came recommended by a good friend, and I was quite pleased with it! Turns out, it’s about vampires! I know that I saw this movie forever ago, and I know that I liked it (…well, except for the dog part), but I evidently remembered NOTHING about it, since, as the title pointed out, I thought this was going to be a zombie story.

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson