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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard MathesonPublisher: St. Martins Press-3PL Imprint: St. Martins Press-3PL Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780765311405ISBN 10: 0765311402 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 October 2005 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsPerhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions . . . . -- The New York Times Crime fiction at its toughest: booze, guns, knives, chases, aberrant psychology, blackmail, icepick murders, femmes fatales, sinister psychos, brutish thugs, drunks, nymphos, homicide dicks, and a generous helping of sweat. --Matthew R. Bradley from the Introduction to Noir The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. --Stephen King Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind. -- San Jose Mercury News His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart. --Dean Koontz Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions . . . . -- The New York Times <br><br> Crime fiction at its toughest: booze, guns, knives, chases, aberrant psychology, blackmail, icepick murders, femmes fatales, sinister psychos, brutish thugs, drunks, nymphos, homicide dicks, and a generous helping of sweat. --Matthew R. Bradley from the Introduction to Noir <br><br><br> The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. --Stephen King <br> Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind. -- San Jose Mercury News <br><br> His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart. --Dean Koontz<br><br><br> Perhaps no author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions . . . . -- The New York Times <br> Crime fiction at its toughest: booze, guns, knives, chases, aberrant psychology, blackmail, icepick murders, femmes fatales, sinister psychos, brutish thugs, drunks, nymphos, homicide dicks, and a generous helping of sweat. --Matthew R. Bradley from the Introduction to Noir <br> The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. --Stephen King <br> Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind. -- San Jose Mercury News <br> His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart. --Dean Koontz <br> Author InformationRichard Matheson (1926-2013) was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including several Twilight Zone episodes. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |