4 reviewed books
ReviewHell HouseRichard Matheson "fired my imagination," Stephen King has explained, "by placing his horrors not in European castles and Lovecraftian universes, but in American scenes I knew and could relate to."→ReviewThe Scariest of Them All: A Tribute to Richard MathesonYou may not know the name Richard Matheson. But if you've encountered any stories about zombies or vampires or haunted houses -- and who hasn't these days? -- you've felt his influence at work.→ReviewThe Vampire Book That Will Not Die: How Academics Learned to Love I Am LegendAfter four film adaptations and two generations of readers, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend became an academic talisman. Ted Gioia traces its afterlife.→ReviewWhat Dreams May ComeStephen King has cited Richard Matheson as his primary influence, and this author's name is not out of place alongside those of King, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Bloch and Bram Stoker and a handful of other prominent heirs of Edgar Allan Poe.→