![]() ![]() By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire and they are hungry for Neville’s blood. ‘Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth …. Surely this book must have provided the inspiration for any number of books and movies, including zombie films and certainly updates this particular story and brings it into the modern era turning all the old superstitions on their head. Bram Stoker’s Dracula brought to us these creatures of the night with all the folklore and superstition, Richard Matheson’s I am Legend brings to us the new concept of vampirism being a plague that has swept through the world killing and recreating in it’s path and wiping out humanity as we know it. ![]() There are countless books flooding the market about vampires and other supernatural creatures and a lot of them make very good reads – however, they’re not iconic. ![]() ![]() A work of art and frankly a legend itself. However, this book was strongly recommended to me by somebody who’s opinion I value so I decided to take a look (and also the film and the book are completely different). It never occured to me to read I am Legend as I have already seen the film (the Will Smith version) and I prefer to read the book first so that I don’t have any preconceived ideas. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |