Comments on: I Am Legend (review)

By: Bill Ward

Bill Ward — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:06:03 +0000

King does site Matheson has an influence, and specifically this book. Let me know what you think of it, Dave.

KC, I think I may have been around the same age when I first read I Am Legend, and it really stuck with me. The ending threw me for a loop too.

By: NewGuyDave

NewGuyDave — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:42:18 +0000

This is on my 2009 reading list, and not far down the pile. If I remember correctly, Stephen King cites Matheson as a major inspiration. Thanks for holding back on the spoilers.

By: K.C.

K.C. — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:40:21 +0000

I read this book when I was twelve, five years after it came out.

My folks didn’t know I had it (I found the cover-less, dog-eared copy at the same place I bought used comic books) and I read it by flashlight, after everyone else was in bed, and it scared the crap out of me.

It wasn’t my first SF story, I had read some of Heinlein’s juveniles by then, and most of Asimov’s Lucky Starr books, but I Am Legend was my first adult SF and it certainly help develop my taste for the genre.

And you’re right about the ending, Bill. At twelve, it knocked me out.