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The Best of Richard Matheson

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The Best of Richard Matheson

By Richard MathesonNarrated by various narrators, Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Devon Sorvari, Kevin Kenerly

The Best of Richard Matheson

Length15h 7m

About this audiobook

The first career retrospective of terrifying stories by “one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century” (Ray Bradbury), as selected by award-winning author Victor LaValle Among the greats of twentieth-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J. J. Abrams. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and into the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infused tales of the fantastic and supernormal with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world. The Best of Richard Matheson brings together his greatest hits as chosen by Victor LaValle, an expert on horror fiction and one of its brightest talents, marking the first major overview of Matheson’s legendary career.

Audiobook details

GenreRomance, Science Fiction, General Fiction

Length15 hrs 7 mins

Narrated byvarious narrators, Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Robertson Dean, Devon Sorvari, Kevin Kenerly

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateOct 10, 2017

LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1#1

18#18

2#2

19#19

3#3

20#20

4#4

21#21

5#5

22#22

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6#6

23#23

7#7

24#24

8#8

25#25

9#9

26#26

10#10

27#27

11#11

28#28

12#12

29#29

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30#30

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31#31

15#15

32#32

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33#33

17#17

About the author

Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson (1926–2013) was born in New Jersey and started living and working in California in 1951. In addition to novels in the mystery, science fiction, horror, fantasy, and western fields, he wrote many film and television scripts, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” from The Twilight Zone. He also wrote episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel, Night Gallery, and Star Trek. Several of his novels and stories have been made into movies, including The Shrinking Man, I Am Legend, and What Dreams May Come (starring Robin Williams). Over the course of his career he won the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Bram Stoker Award for Life Achievement, the Hugo Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, the Golden Spur Award, and the Writer’s Guild Award.View all by Richard Matheson

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