Richard Matheson
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born
February 20, 1926
gender
male
place of birth
Allendale, New Jersey, The United States
genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Thrillers
about this author
Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He then entered the military and spent World War II as an infantry soldier. In 1949 he earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and moved to California in 1951. He married in 1952 and has four children, three of whom (Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson) are writers of fiction and screenplays.
His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. The tale of a monstrous child chained in its parents' cellar, it was told in the first person as the creature's diary (in poign...more
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.81 — 9,110 ratings — published 1954 50 editions |
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What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.94 — 947 ratings — published 1977 20 editions |
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Hell House by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.67 — 640 ratings — published 1971 14 editions |
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A Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.63 — 365 ratings — published 1999 7 editions |
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Somewhere In Time by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.89 — 283 ratings — published 1974 8 editions |
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Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.95 — 219 ratings — published 2002 2 editions |
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The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.78 — 170 ratings — published 1964 26 editions |
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Button, Button: Uncanny Stories by Richard Matheson avg rating 3.63 — 153 ratings — published 2008 3 editions |
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Duel: Terror Stories By Richard Matheson by Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury avg rating 3.93 — 137 ratings — published 2003 3 editions |
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Hunted Past Reason by Richard Matheson avg rating 2.98 — 129 ratings — published 2002 4 editions |
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"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."
— Richard Matheson (I Am Legend)
— Richard Matheson (I Am Legend)
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legend
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"What condemnation could possibly be more harsh than one’s own, when self-pretense is no longer possible?"
— Richard Matheson (What Dreams May Come)
— Richard Matheson (What Dreams May Come)
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judgement
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