false 33544 2 This classic horror collection showcases the early career of one of the field's most influential and innovative writers. Much of Richard Matheson's work has found its way into pop culture: the title story became a memorable episode of television's <I>The Twilight Zone</I>, and horror aficionados reading "Prey" will immediately visualize <I>Trilogy of Terror</I>'s Karen Black hunkered down with a butcher knife. But this collection's power lies in its wide-ranging exploration of style and subject and the literary skill that Matheson demonstrated right from the start of his career. Many of his stories were decidedly unconventional when published (most in the 1950s and early 1960s), and still have the power to shock or to satisfy with their graceful inevitability. Matheson is not primarily a monster writer: rather, he examines how we create monsters from our own fears and frailties, and sometimes become the monsters ourselves. <I>Nightmare at 20,000 Feet</I> is a must-have collection for Matheson fans and readers who like their horror spare, precise, and chilling. <I>--Roz Genessee</I> 33606 book 5 1 2002 Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard Matheson total:223|5:56|4:107|3:51|2:7|1:2| 223 877 354 21 4 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 17:01:33 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:08:18 -0800 2009
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Not a bad one in the lot. Some of the stories were also in I am Legend, but I enjoyed re-reading them.

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