Thomas Edison: RESURRECTOR Free Download on June 17th

Thomas Edison: RESURRECTOR is a free download today on Amazon.com. Here’s the link to the eBook:

http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Edison-RESURRECTOR-ebook/dp/B008BB99FW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339708745&sr=8-1

I Am Legend Book Review

Just as an introduction, Amazon.com was running a 99 cent special on old books made into movies and I bought a few and will review them here. Here’s my review for I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.

With all of the vampire, zombie, apocalypse novels and movies that currently abound, it’s refreshing to read a scientific based version of these genres rolled into one. Based in post-war Los Angeles, I Am Legend, written in 1954 by Richard Matheson, is a powerful and groundbreaking short novel. The cause of large-scale death and vampirism is a bacteria that mutated over time, evolving its victims. It’s all there- garlic, vampiric comas, sunlight, wooden stakes and crosses, plausibly and scientifically explained (by the main character Richard Neville). These aren’t mindless zombies. They have memories and can critically think, as evidenced in his chilling encounters with Ruth.
What dragged for me were Neville’s temper tantrums, the long sequence with the dog, and spotty adverbs (which I loathe). Thus, minus one star.
This novel deserves a decent film. I envision a low-budget, non-CGI version, shot Old School like the original Night of the Living Dead (George Romero has acknowledged I Am Legend’s influence). I Am Legend shot in this fashion would be a remarkable success.

 

Books into Movies

Amazon.com is running a special today on old books and stories that were made into movies. The books are priced at 99 cents so it’s a pretty good deal. I picked up I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, written in 1953, Who Goes There? (The Thing) by John W. Campbell, written in 1938, The Midwich Cuckoos (Village of the Damned) by John Wyndham, written in 1957 and The Day of the Triffids, also by John Wyndham, written in 1951. I love old SF books and consider, at least film wise, the 1950s as being the Golden Age of SF movies. I’ll post reviews on goodreads.com as I finish the books.

Check out goodreads.com

The System – A Detroit Story – and Reckoning in Escobara are both up on goodreads.com. Goodreads.com is a great place to look for books, reviews, book news and discussion groups. It’s easy to communicate with authors and fellow readers across a wide spectrum of genres. And it’s all free!