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Old 06-24-2013, 07:13 PM   #1
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RIP Richard Matheson
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The great Richard Matheson has passed.

The man who invented the template for what would evolve – with some un-authorized assistance from George A. Romero – into the modern zombie and who re-invented what a vampire could be with his 1954 novella I AM LEGEND, defined the parameters of dark fantasy fiction, working in all mediums and developing a style and evolving thematic arc that carried into his final writings.
He was 87.
http://www.fangoria.com/new/chris-al...son-1926-2013/
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Old 06-24-2013, 08:42 PM   #2
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This is yet another big name that is now gone.

2013 doesn't seem to be a good year for many popular writers......

He was a great fantasist...a great writer of the imagination.





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Old 06-24-2013, 09:05 PM   #3
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2013 doesn't seem to be a good year for many popular writers......
My thought exactly--there sure seems to be quite a few authors dying lately...
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Old 06-25-2013, 03:15 AM   #4
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He was just phenomenal. I'm amazed at the number of friends I have who don't know his name, but instantly recognize his work.
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Old 06-25-2013, 03:34 AM   #5
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I just read "I am Legend" last month. Great book.

R.I.P.
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Old 06-25-2013, 08:11 AM   #6
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Oh No! Sad news!

Please read something from him in remembrance. I'd suggest his first published story - Born of Man and Woman:

http://www.inspirationbit.com/a-bit-...man-and-woman/
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Old 06-25-2013, 10:46 AM   #7
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I really enjoyed I am Legend when I read it last year. I will have to look at some of his other works when I finish this year's challenge list.
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Old 06-25-2013, 01:14 PM   #8
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I've only read I am Legend, but he also wrote many TV and movie screenplays.

He wrote the Star Trek TOS episode "The Enemy Within," for instance.

RIP sir. A life well lived.
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I like I Am Legend- very well written.
RIP.
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I've only read I am Legend, but he also wrote many TV and movie screenplays.

He wrote the Star Trek TOS episode "The Enemy Within," for instance.

RIP sir. A life well lived.
He was also responsible for quite a few Twilight Zone episodes, including the classic "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet."
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