I Am Legend (S.F. Masterworks)
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Ein wirklich tolles Buch. Ich mag den Film zwar auch gerne, aber jetzt, wo ich das Buch kenne und weiß wie die ganze Geschichte "wirklich" ist, hätte ich mir gewünscht, dass sie den Film mehr nach dem Buch gedreht hätten. Lohnt sich wirklich es zu lesen.
Robert Neville is a very horny man.🧛♂️
'The very peak of all paranoid SF' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 'The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula' Dean Koontz 'An inspiration to me' Stephen King 'A thoughtful, meditative exploration of solitude and despair... scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and—ultimately—uplifting' James Lovegrove 'One of the most important writers of the twentieth century' Ray Bradbury 'Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that' Brian Lumley ---- Maybe it's not fair to review a book which at the point of me reading it is over 70 years old with its first release in 1954. I can see that at the time being it was something new and maybe even revolutionary, but by todays standards it seems to be a bit bland. The story takes a part in the very distant future of 1976 all the way to 1979 and follows Robert Neville the sole survivor in a post apocalyptic world conquered/destroyed by vampire like creatures. Well and that's basically it. We follow Robert through his daily routine just trying to survive and drinking too much alcohol. Also he is thinking about r***ing hot vampire ladies waaaay too often which really pulled me out of the story several times. Robert Neville is not a likeable but at best an understandable character (certainly not the thinking about r*** part) and I doubt that he should be. So that all being said it's really hard for me to rate this book and I'm still not sure if I really liked or what kept me finishing it in the end. I guess it's more of a book for lovers of the genre and people who want to go back to it's roots to see how it evolved.
This really surprised me! I picked this up after watching the Will Smith movie (which I didn't really like) and at first I was confused by all the changes they made from the book. I'm astounded by how well this holds up even 70 years after its publication.
This was brilliant and much better than expected. I like dystopian novels, but I’m not so interested in vampire stories. And I knew the movie with W. Smith and I wasn’t sure, if I would like the original story with vampires instead of zombies. After a view pages I realized that this Hollywood blockbuster has not much in common with the novel. It is a shame, that the movie has the same title than the book. “I am Legend” is the last sentence of the book and it has a totally different meaning than the heroic message of the movie. The novel concentrates much more on the behavior and the feelings of a man who is the only survivor, his daily routines and his search for answers and solutions to the vampire problem. Moral aspects are coming to the focus at the end of the story. It is very well written and thrilling from the first to the last page. Especially the fact that Matheson tries to find a scientific answer to the vampire plague is very interesting.
For BookRoasts Magical Readathon 2.5
Robert Neville is the last human on eart and he has one major problem: he's horny. Stopped at 51%
Beschreibung
Beiträge
Ein wirklich tolles Buch. Ich mag den Film zwar auch gerne, aber jetzt, wo ich das Buch kenne und weiß wie die ganze Geschichte "wirklich" ist, hätte ich mir gewünscht, dass sie den Film mehr nach dem Buch gedreht hätten. Lohnt sich wirklich es zu lesen.
Robert Neville is a very horny man.🧛♂️
'The very peak of all paranoid SF' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 'The most clever and riveting vampire novel since Dracula' Dean Koontz 'An inspiration to me' Stephen King 'A thoughtful, meditative exploration of solitude and despair... scary, thrilling, tragic, witty and—ultimately—uplifting' James Lovegrove 'One of the most important writers of the twentieth century' Ray Bradbury 'Matheson inspires, it's as simple as that' Brian Lumley ---- Maybe it's not fair to review a book which at the point of me reading it is over 70 years old with its first release in 1954. I can see that at the time being it was something new and maybe even revolutionary, but by todays standards it seems to be a bit bland. The story takes a part in the very distant future of 1976 all the way to 1979 and follows Robert Neville the sole survivor in a post apocalyptic world conquered/destroyed by vampire like creatures. Well and that's basically it. We follow Robert through his daily routine just trying to survive and drinking too much alcohol. Also he is thinking about r***ing hot vampire ladies waaaay too often which really pulled me out of the story several times. Robert Neville is not a likeable but at best an understandable character (certainly not the thinking about r*** part) and I doubt that he should be. So that all being said it's really hard for me to rate this book and I'm still not sure if I really liked or what kept me finishing it in the end. I guess it's more of a book for lovers of the genre and people who want to go back to it's roots to see how it evolved.
This really surprised me! I picked this up after watching the Will Smith movie (which I didn't really like) and at first I was confused by all the changes they made from the book. I'm astounded by how well this holds up even 70 years after its publication.
This was brilliant and much better than expected. I like dystopian novels, but I’m not so interested in vampire stories. And I knew the movie with W. Smith and I wasn’t sure, if I would like the original story with vampires instead of zombies. After a view pages I realized that this Hollywood blockbuster has not much in common with the novel. It is a shame, that the movie has the same title than the book. “I am Legend” is the last sentence of the book and it has a totally different meaning than the heroic message of the movie. The novel concentrates much more on the behavior and the feelings of a man who is the only survivor, his daily routines and his search for answers and solutions to the vampire problem. Moral aspects are coming to the focus at the end of the story. It is very well written and thrilling from the first to the last page. Especially the fact that Matheson tries to find a scientific answer to the vampire plague is very interesting.
For BookRoasts Magical Readathon 2.5
Robert Neville is the last human on eart and he has one major problem: he's horny. Stopped at 51%