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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book takes place in the then-future of 1976–1979, and opens with the monotony and horror of the daily life of the protagonist, Robert Neville. Neville is apparently the only survivor of an apocalypse caused by a pandemic of a bacterium the symptoms of which are very similar to vampirism. He li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2608547">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know there is a lot going for this book, in terms of popular opinion, influence, and originality, so you'll have to forgive me for interposing my body with the flywheel; we'll see what's left at the end.<br/><br/>In a discussion between Douglas Adams and Lewis Walpert, the argument was made that...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4696260">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Let me start by stating I had only one real criticism. I found many of the passages where Neville the main character was ranting and raving in despair, anger, or anguish to be a hair over the top. It’s not that the pain Neville feels is unwarranted. His feelings just don’t ring quite true. Of c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9418011">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ho-hum. <br/><br/>That's about all I can say about this book. I was really excited to read I Am Legend and the first 70 pages were astounding, but then it just slowly got less and less enjoyable. <br/><br/>You can't blame Matheson, though. When this book was first published in the mid-50s it was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2059527">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[I Am Legend is a 1954 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson about the last man alive in a future Los Angeles, California. It is notable as influential on the developing modern vampire genre as well as the zombie genre, in popularizing the fictional concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease, and in exploring the notion of vampirism as a disease. The novel was a success and was adapted to film as The Last Man on Earth in 1964, as The Omega Man in 1971, and again in 2007 as I Am Legend.<br/><br/>Later releases of the novel include several of Matheson's short stories: Buried Talents, The Near Departed, Prey, Witch War, Dance of the Dead, Dress of White Silk, Mad House, Funeral, From Shadowed Places, and Person to Person.<br/><br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just re-read this after watching some of the movies based on it.  It's truly a chilling book.  It's an apocalyptic novel.  The vampire plague has destroyed our society.  Much of the book focuses on our hero's loneliness.  When he finds an uninfected dog, his attempts to befriend it are almost path...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30669762">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, <em>I Am Legend</em> regularly appears on the &quot;10 Best&quot; lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first  writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. <em>--Stanley Wiater</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished reading this book. Completely different from the movie (The 2007 version), I wish they would have gone with this story instead. The reader spends the whole story (Which is really only 170 pages) following the last man on earth as he fights for his survival against vampires (and yes, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11930262">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book piqued my interest after hearing a coworker mention how good it was. Having just finished reading Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and wanting to stick with the trend of books that will be movies released in Dec 07, I picked up a copy of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Reading t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4617016">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There's not much to say about this story that hasn't been said about other reviews.<br/>The premise of this story was great. It was well executed, stayed interesting, and I really liked the ending. I have only two criticisms; the first being about the story, and the second being about the edition t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16894914">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Eh.  While I can appreciate the reasons this book is considered influential, in the end I wanted to like it much more than I did.  I liked the whole last man standing angle and the scientific approach to the traditional vampire tale was pretty innovative but ultimately I was let down.      <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9683910">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up based on some reviews i had read online. I was a little scketchy due to the fact that it was a vampire-based novellete written in the 50's and i was afraid it would end up similar to dracula. <br/><br/>I was very impressed with the authors writing, very modern and engaging. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6084557">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Review of <em>I Am Legend</em></strong><br/><br/>Several GR friends have read this and raved about it recently.  I've been doing a lot of Halloween-related books this month, so I decided to give it a try.<br/><br/>It somehow wasn't exactly what I expected, and I mean that in a good way.  I've seen bits of the Wil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73231992">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, <em>I Am Legend</em> regularly appears on the &quot;10 Best&quot; lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville...]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know what to think about this book. Surely, I liked it way more than the movie, because first it was well set in all the whole US environment (without actually naming a real city and a real street) and secondly because the not-happy-ending of the story, differently from the movie, was more c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16755977">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[     This is one of the strangest vampire novels I’ve read.  I pretty inventive way of going about the giving a new look to the legacy of vampiric writing.  Apparently there’s a movie being made from an adaptation of this book.  I thought that was kind of cool to find out after I bought it.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11799367">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am Legend is a brilliantly original vampire tale, the protagonist Robert Neville is the last man on earth after a plague that eventually turns its victims to vampires. He spends his days re-enforcing his home against the undead, and his nights boozing, smoking and listening to Schönberg up loud, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9876258">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book quite a bit.  It seemed to end a bit abruptly for me, though.  You get into the rhythm of R's life and when that rhythm breaks you find yourself stunned that he was so well written you just expected it to go on and on - which is unreasonable, isn't it?<br/><br/>After all, it's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3660251">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was really good. Neville is a very interesting protagonist. You really want to root for him that he will survive. I don't want to spoil you, but the ending will definitely hit you like a one-two punch. I definitely wanted a different one. Nevertheless it was one of the best short stories I have e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40289277">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child on Earth has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood.<br/><br/>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 dawn.<br/><br/>How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?<br/>&lt;/div&gt;<br/>&lt;div&gt;The complete novel, plus several more unforgettable tales by RICHARD MATHESON&lt;/div&gt;<br/>[From the backcover]<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>I Am Legend<br/>Buried Talents<br/>The Near Departed<br/>Prey<br/>Witch War<br/>Dance of the Dead<br/>Dress of White Silk<br/>Mad House<br/>The Funeral<br/>From Shadowed Places<br/>Person to Person]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Let me begin by stating that this is a short story compilation, something that was never mentioned to me at any point in time. True, the title story is by far the longest in the book, and would qualify as a novella, but it is in length similar to &quot;The Mist&quot; being the largest short story in...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20979613">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As my first horror or vampire book I was a little skeptical of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= I Am Legend" title=" I Am Legend"> I Am Legend</a>.  But it came highly recommended from Brandon, whose recommendations I respect.  He came through for me.<br/><br/>This is the fascinating, and rather short, story of Robert Neville.  It is very depressing at times.  You en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15633013">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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