Status Updates From I Am Legend: And Other Stories

three more short stories down

This actually might be the most exciting book I’ve ever read in my life

“A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever.”

finished I Am Legend. makes me appreciate the alternate ending of the 2007 movie a bit more, as it feels more faithful to the story than most of the movie lol. interesting! enjoying the writing! onto the rest of the short stories

“The thought dredged up again the endless enigma of why he went on.”

“In a world of monotonous horror there could be no salvation in wild dreaming. Horror he had adjusted to. But monotony was the greater obstacle, and he realized it now, understood it at long last.”

“He tried to rid himself of the concept, but everything in the world seemed suddenly to have dropped into a pit of duality, victim to a system of twos. Two people dead, two beds in the room, two windows, two bureaus, two rugs, two hearts that…”

“He turned away from the bar as if he could leave the question there. But questions have no location; they could follow him around.”