Richard Matheson "I Am Legend" Limited Edition, Leather-Bound Collector's Edition [Sealed]

“I think the author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me.” ―Stephen King

"I Am Legend" was influential in the development of the zombie-vampire genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease.

Easton Press. Richard Matheson "I Am Legend". Limited Edition. Luxuriously bound with full genuine leather. This is Volume One from the 5-volume "Day After Doomsday" set. Sealed without any flaws. 

The New York Times bestselling classic tale of the last man on Earth, I Am Legend by Richard Matheson--one of genre literature's most honored storytellers. This book has been made into a motion picture three different times, one with Vincent Price, one with Charlton Heston, and one with Will Smith.

“This may be the most terrifying novel you will ever read.”

This quote from mystery writer William Campbell Gault graced the first edition cover of what would become one of the most influential and adapted works of the 20th century. Originally published in 1954, Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend ushered in a different kind of novel, defying and transcending genre to combine elements of horror and science fiction within a post-apocalyptic frame.

I Am Legend is the story of Robert Neville, who appears to be the sole survivor of a pandemic that has turned the human race into a crossbreed of zombies and vampires. Robert must hunt by day, hide by night, and most importantly, survive.

In 2012, the Horror Writers Association gave I Am Legend the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The novel and Richard Matheson are often credited for creating the zombie-vampire genre.

About the book

I Am Legend is a 1954 post-apocalyptic horror novel by American writer Richard Matheson. It was influential in the development of the zombie-vampire genre and in popularizing the concept of a worldwide apocalypse due to disease. The novel was a success and was adapted into the films The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), and I Am Legend (2007). It was also an inspiration behind Night of the Living Dead (1968).

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone.

An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him.

By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn....

Editorial Reviews

“One of the most important writers of the twentieth century.” ―Ray Bradbury

“I think the author who influence me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me.” ―Stephen King

“Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.” ―The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that.” ―Brian Lumley