false 754250 3 What if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000...but someone you didn't know died? Would you still push the button? How many times?"Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. This volume contains a number of stories that were adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Matheson himself.This collection of stories features "Button, Button," soon to be a major motion picture:THE BOX, starring Cameron Diaz. 740369 1 4 2008 Button, Button: Uncanny Stories total:152|5:31|4:54|3:49|2:16|1:2| 152 552 248 33 2 2 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 18:45:45 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 07:58:12 -0700 2008
Unfortunately, only the title story really packed the sort of punch that I was expecting. The other stories range from clever to m...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:11:19 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 11:48:47 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:13:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:22:59 -0700 2009
That having been said, I enjoy reading Matheson, but he's kinda like bingeing on junk foo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 11:12:07 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:43:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 03:25:33 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 03:29:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 21 15:48:34 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 15:52:27 -0700 2008
Short, simple, basic, but completely bad ass stories. Every writer should read these short stories.

You don't need big fancy words or sentence structures to tell a great story. Matheson is proof of that.

No Such Thing As Vampires is my fav of th...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 27 06:53:31 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 18 13:40:17 -0800 2009 Button, Button: Uncanny Stories I enjoyed about half; of those six, I might reread three. It isn't as though Matheson isn't a capable writer. His prose is direct and snapp...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 09 06:03:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 06:04:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 04:36:06 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 04:33:56 -0700 2008 Twilight Zone episodes. Beginning with the title story, Button, Button - which I understand to be coming out on the big screen soon as The Box with Cameron Diaz (ew)...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 16:54:39 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 16:55:01 -0700 2008
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Must remember Rich Math is bad author...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 18:43:09 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 10:46:20 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 18:43:09 -0800 2008 I liked the stories: "Button, Button", "Girl of my Dreams", "Pattern for Survival", and "Mute". The other ones were so-so. It reminded me a lot of The Twilight Zone then I found out later Matheson wrote some Twili...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 23 13:31:21 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 09:05:37 -0800 2008 Button, Button is collection of previously printed stories from Matheson's career. Matheson is an amazing writer. Just look at I Am Legend or The Incredible Shrinking Man or the fabulous collection Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (which contains the uber-creepy story "Prey," which I get shivery j...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Sat Jul 18 22:06:31 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 22:09:31 -0700 2009