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I got this short-story collection in my ebay lot when I had to pick up "I Am Legend" for my book club. Just got around to reading it.
I enjoyed the physical book itself... 1965 paperback marked "50 cents" – but in remarkably good condition. Sometimes old books are just fun!
The stories themselves, however, were a bit uneven, and some of them seemed rather dated and anti-climactic. Genre-wise, they're kind of in that twilight-zone area between horror and sci-fi.
Includes:
* A Flourish of Strumpets
* Brother to the Machine
* No Such Thing as a Vampire
* Descent
* Deadline
* The Man Who Made the World
* Graveyard Shift [ The Faces ]
* The Likeness of Julie [as by Logan Swanson]
* Lazarus II
* Big Surprise [ What Was in the Box? ]
* Crickets
* Mute
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I enjoyed the physical book itself... 1965 paperback marked "50 cents" – but in remarkably good condition. Sometimes old books are just fun!
The stories themselves, however, were a bit uneven, and some of them seemed rather dated and anti-climactic. Genre-wise, they're kind of in that twilight-zone area between horror and sci-fi.
Includes:
* A Flourish of Strumpets
* Brother to the Machine
* No Such Thing as a Vampire
* Descent
* Deadline
* The Man Who Made the World
* Graveyard Shift [ The Faces ]
* The Likeness of Julie [as by Logan Swanson]
* Lazarus II
* Big Surprise [ What Was in the Box? ]
* Crickets
* Mute
* show more From Shadowed Places show less
Indeholder "A Flourish of Strumpets", "Brother to the Machine", "No Such Thing As a Vampire", "Descent", "Deadline", "The Man Who Made the World", "Graveyard Shift", "The Likeness of Julie", "Lazarus II", "Big Surprise", "Crickets", "Mute", "From Shadowed Places".
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"A Flourish of Strumpets" handler om ludere, der begynder at sælge varen ved at ringe på folks gadedøre. Manden i fortællingen ender med at overgive sig og blive kunde og det får dørkimeriet til at stoppe. Indtil en ung smuk mand ringer på og beder om at snakke med konen.
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Mar 26, 2013 (Edited)Danish
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Richard Matheson was born on February 20, 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey. He was eight when his stories appeared in a local newspaper, the Brooklyn Eagle. He served during World War II. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. In 1950 he first was noticed as an upcoming writer-to-watch, starting with the short show more story Born of Man and Woman. He wrote numerous novels and short stories during his lifetime including I am Legend, The Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come, and Hell House. He won the World Fantasy Convention's Life Achievement Award, the Bram Stoker Award for Life Achievement, the Hugo Award, the Golden Spur Award, and the Writer's Guild Award. He also was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2010. When Hollywood approached him for the rights to his novel The Shrinking Man, he negotiated the chance to write the screenplay. This began a long career in screenwriting and adapting. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's Duel and 16 episodes of the television series The Twilight Zone. He won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1973 for The Night Stalker. He died on June 23, 2013 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1964
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- Inglese
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