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LEADER: 01823cam 2200313Ia 4500
001 ocn179929267
003 OCoLC
005 20100301173901.0
008 071030s2007 nyu 000 1 eng d
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020 $a0765357151 (pbk.)
020 $a9780765357151 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)179929267
050 14 $aPS3563.A8355$bI2 2007c
082 04 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aMatheson, Richard,$d1926-
245 10 $aI am legend /$cRichard Matheson.
250 $a2nd Tor ed.
260 $aNew York :$bTor,$c2007.
300 $a312 p. ;$c18 cm.
500 $aIncludes the novella, I am legend, and selected short stories all previously published between 1954-1989.
505 0 $aI am legend -- Buried talents -- The near departed -- Prey -- Witch war -- Dance of the dead -- Dress of white silk -- Mad house -- The funeral -- From shadowed places -- Person to person.
520 $aNeville is essentially the last man on earth, and the loneliness of his situation is the central part of the story. Matheson is able to communicate Neville's emotional feelings vividly, making him very real. We gradually acquire the story of the deaths of Neville's wife and daughter, essentially experiencing the pain he goes through when these memories overcome him. We watch him drink himself into a stupor as each night finds him besieged in his fortified house, surrounded by vampires, including his old friend and neighbor, calling for him to come out. We watch him slowly lose his grip on sanity and come very close to giving up.
650 0 $aVampires$vFiction.
655 7 $aHorror fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c7.99$d6.39$i0765357151$n0007202072$sactive
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 436 OTHER HOLDINGS