New Releases by Richard Matheson

Uma impiedosa praga assola o mundo, transformando cada homem, mulher e criança do planeta em algo digno dos pesadelos mais sombrios: criaturas da noite sedentas de sangue. Nesse cenário pós-apocalíptico, Robert Neville pode ser o último homem na Terra. Ele passa seus dias em busca de comida e suprimentos, lutando para manter-se vivo (e são). Mas os infectados espreitam nas sombras, observando até o menor de seus movimentos, à espera de qualquer passo em falso... Eu sou a lenda, escrito por Richard Matheson em 1954, é considerado um dos maiores clássicos do horror e da ficção científica, tendo sido adaptado para o cinema três vezes. O romance também inspirou grandes mestres do terror, tanto na literatura – como Stephen King – quanto no cinema – como George A. Romero.

Durante una gita in barca, Scott Carey, un uomo come tanti, marito e padre, viene a contatto con una misteriosa sostanza radioattiva e dopo qualche settimana inizia a notare dei cambiamenti. Sta perdendo peso, ma sta anche diventando più basso. Gli esami medici confermano l''incredibile quanto innegabile verità: Scott sta rimpicciolendo, con ritmo costante e inesorabile. Tre millimetri al giorno, per la precisione. E non sembrano esserci vie di scampo. La moglie e la figlia diventano giganti irraggiungibili, il gatto di casa un minaccioso mostro carnivoro. Persa ogni speranza di tornare a una vita normale, Carey si trova a lottare per sopravvivere in un mondo sempre più ostile e minaccioso. Ed è solo l''inizio del suo viaggio verso l''ignoto. Rimasto presto solo, terrorizzato, deve affrontare i limiti estremi dell''esistenza: cosa succederà infatti quando arriverà a misurare zero millimetri? Ma soprattutto, cosa c''è oltre lo zero? Capolavoro del genere fantascientifico e horror, Tre millimetri al giorno alterna con crescente suspense scene drammatiche e d''azione e le riflessioni solitarie del protagonista sul destino che lo aspetta. Una potente metafora del ridimensionamento del ruolo del maschio americano nel secondo dopoguerra, ma anche un avvertimento contro i rischi del pericolo nucleare in piena Guerra Fredda e contro il folle e autodistruttivo atteggiamento dell''uomo verso il pianeta.

Black Cat Weekly presents another selection of not-to-be-missed mystery and science fiction novels and short stories. With a great lineup of modern and classic fiction, here are— NOT DONE WITH THE NIGHT by Jay Brandon [mystery short, Barb Goffman Presents] ROAD TO SAMARRA by Jane Roth [mystery short] HEIRS AND HOUNDS, by Hal Charles [solve it yourself mystery] THE SQUARED TRIANGLE, by Frank Lovell Nelson [mystery short] ONE HOUR LATE, by William O’Farrell [short mystery novel] TRANSIENTS, by Darrell Schweitzer [science fiction short] FROM THE WALLS OF IREZUMI by A.R. Morlan [science fiction short] THE MAN WHO MADE THE WORLD by Richard Matheson [science fiction short] SLAVES TO THE METAL HORDE, by Stephen Marlowe [short science fiction novel]

Probablemente no es casual que sean trece las narraciones reunidas en este libro. Trece cuentos extraordinarios que exploran el borde resbaladizo de la locura y hasta la rebasan, convirtiéndola en una escalofriante pesadilla a través de sucesos fantásticos e inexplicables. Un mundo donde el horror inenarrable es lo normal y donde la tenebrosidad del espacio actúa en la mente de los hombres. Un tiempo en el que criaturas de poderes espantosos y extraterrestres pueden controlar a los seres humanos, y éstos crear seres que escapan a su control. Se trata de relatos que Matheson escribió a la época en que él más asiduamente colaboraba en revistas de ciencia ficción, y presentan ya muchos de los temas y tratamientos que harían de "Soy leyenda" una de sus obras más rompedoras e impactantes. Sin duda, la más popular de estas narraciones es "Acero puro", un relato elíptico, tenso y rico que, después de convertirse en un capítulo de la mítica serie The Twilight Zone, fue llevado a la gran pantalla. Centrado en un exboxeador en un tiempo en que este deporte está prohibido y sólo se autorizan combates entre robots, el protagonista se convierte en promotor y, tras un sonado fracaso, su intento por volver a triunfar coincide con el descubrimiento de que tiene un hijo del que no sabía nada, pero que le ayudará a llevar a cabo su sueño. Una fantasía mágica y una extraña imaginación inspira todos estos cuentos de inolvidable vigor y con un final imprevisible, en los que se percibe claramente y en toda su variedad, la potencia, la brillantez y el heterogéneo talento narrativo del autor.

Four classic novels of murder, madness, revenge, and survival by “one of the great names in American terror fiction” (Philadelphia Inquirer). I Am Legend Named the best vampire novel of the century by the Bram Stoker Estate, I Am Legend is the story of the last man to survive a pandemic that turned the rest of humanity into blood-sucking monsters. Someone Is Bleeding In Matheson’s debut novel, a young novelist falls for a beautiful woman who is involved with a shady lawyer. But the love triangle turns dangerous when corpses begin to pile up in the woman’s wake. Ride the Nightmare A family man saving up for larger home, Chris Martin lives a conventional life—until a secret from his past invades his home, threatening everything he has built. Fury on Sunday A lunatic pianist escapes from an insane asylum one Sunday morning and spends the next four hours on a revenge-fueled rampage to find his erstwhile manager and his lover’s new husband.

Ordinary people face hair-raising dangers in these four early suspense novels by the celebrated author of I Am Legend. The Shrinking Man In this sci-fi suspense classic adapted into multiple films, a man exposed to radiation begins to shrink at an alarming rate. As his life crumbles, he must survive menacing attacks from house cats and spiders. Camp Pleasant An idyllic summer camp turns horrifying when a young counselor is the witness to the murder of the new camp director. The mystery unfolds in a “simple style that recalls Hemingway” (Publishers Weekly). Hunger and Thirst In this previously unpublished early novel, a man is shot during a robbery gone wrong and wakes up to find himself paralyzed. Lying in his hospital bed, he flashes back to his difficult life and hopes for redemption. 7 Steps to Midnight At the end of an ordinary workday, mathematician Chris Barton finds a stranger living in his house, claiming to be him. Thrust into a surreal world of violence and mystery, Chris must go on the run and follow a series of cryptic clues to regain his life.

Robert Neville è probabilmente l''ultimo uomo vivente sul pianeta... eppure non è solo. Un morbo incurabile ha trasformato uomini, donne e bambini in vampiri assetati di sangue. Di giorno Robert attraversa le rovine della civiltà, seguendo le tracce dei mostri come un cacciatore sulle orme della preda, li studia, sperimenta nuovi modi per sterminarli. Di notte si barrica in casa, assediato dalle creature delle tenebre, e implora che sorga presto il sole... Rovesciando la situazione di Dracula, vampiro nel mondo degli uomini, Matheson immagina un uomo solo in un mondo di creature mostruose, dando vita a uno degli scenari più fortunati della letteratura e del cinema novecentesco. Quello che - con la sua scrittura ossessivamente cristallina, asciutta, ipnotica - Matheson dipinge è un mondo apocalittico, straniato, nel quale ogni valore e ogni certezza vengono stravolti. Chi sono i buoni e chi i cattivi? Ci sono davvero dei buoni e dei cattivi? O ci sono solo eventi e creature che sfuggono alla comprensione razionale e alla catalogazione scientifica? L''orrore, suggerisce Matheson, ci abita accanto.

Recuperamos el clásico Soy Leyenda, de Richard Matheson, en nuestra colección Minotauro Esenciales. Robert Neville es el único superviviente de una guerra bacteriológica que ha asolado el planeta y convertido al resto de la humanidad en vampiros. Su vida se ha reducido a asesinar el máximo número posible de estos seres sanguinarios durante el día, y a soportar su asedio cada noche. Para ellos, el auténtico monstruo es este hombre que lucha por subsistir en un nuevo orden establecido. Todo un clásico en su género, éste es un perturbador relato sobre la soledad y el aislamiento y una reflexión sobre los binomios como normalidad y anormalidad, bien y mal, que se evidencian como una mera convención derivada del temor y el desconcierto ante lo diferente. Soy Leyenda está considerada la mejor novela de vampiros del siglo XX y ha inspirado tres películas, la más reciente, protagonizada por Will Smith.

An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, and Dan Simmons.

En lien avec le thème " Interroger le réel " du programme de français en 4e, la célèbre nouvelle de Dino Buzzati et cinq autres signées Gautier, Poe, Maupassant, Matheson, Bordage. En complément, un dossier thématique " Objets et créatures fantastiques " , avec des photos en couleurs. L''anthologie L''anthologie réunit ces six nouvelles : - La Cafetière, de Théophile Gautier (1831) ; - Le Portrait ovale, d''Edgar Poe (1842) ; - Apparition, de Maupassant (1883) - Le Veston ensorcelé, de Dino Buzzati (1966) ; - Le Jeu du bouton, de Richard Matheson (1970) ; - Fonds d''écran, de Pierre Bordage (2002) Six récits fantastiques dans lesquels des objets étranges s''animent soudainement et suscitent cette question inquiétante : et si c''était vrai ? Le dossier pédagogique Avec toutes les ressources utiles au collégien : - des repères sur le contexte des oeuvres ; - des notes qui éclairent la lecture des nouvelles ; - des questionnaires, avec la définition des notions en jeu. En complément : le dossier thématique " Objets et créatures fantastiques " Pour découvrir les motifs clés du genre fantastiques, à travers la littérature et les arts. Un dossier structuré en trois grandes sections : 1. Des objets qui semblent doués de vie 2. Des créatures démoniaques ? 3. Fantômes et doubles : une hallucination ? Dans chacune, des documents (textes et iconographies reproduites en couleurs) introduits et associés à des mini-questionnaires. Pour l''enseignant Sur www. editions-hatier. fr, dans la fiche article de l''ouvrage, un guide pédagogique en accès gratuit réservé.

Adaptación al cómic de un clásico de la literatura universal La exploración que hace Richard Matheson de la horripilante mengua de un hombre cobra enérgica vida en esta adaptación al cómic. Scott Carey, cuyo tamaño se reduce algo menos de 0,4 centímetros al día, se enfrenta a lo grande y a lo pequeño sin que su cuerpo deje de menguar, menguar y menguar. La versión está a cargo de Ted Adams, presidente de la prestigiosa editorial norteamericana independiente IDW (Transformers, My Little Pony).

The definitive collection of terrifying stories by "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century" (Ray Bradbury), edited by award-winning author Victor LaValle Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his sixteen Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J.J. Abrams. Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and setting it in the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infused tales of the fantastic and supernormal with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world. The Best of Richard Matheson brings together his greatest hits as chosen by Victor LaValle, an expert on horror fiction and one of its brightest talents, marking the first major overview of Matheson''s legendary career. "[Matheson is] the author who influenced me most as a writer." -Stephen King "Richard Matheson''s ironic and iconic imagination created seminal science-fiction stories . . . For me, he is in the same category as Bradbury and Asimov." -Steven Spielberg "He was a giant, and YOU KNOW HIS STORIES, even if you think you don''t." -Neil Gaiman For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Two great Western novels at one low price from the New York Times bestselling author, Richard Matheson The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok Gunfighter. US Marshall. Legend. James Butler Hickok was a celebrity before there was a Hollywood...and he was dead before he was forty. Spur Award-winning author Richard Matheson delves into the life and times of the man behind the myth. The cruelty that turned him violent. The fears that drove him. And the unforgettable events that cause his name to live on more than a century later. Shadow on the Sun Southwest Arizona. An uneasy truce exists between the remote frontier town of Picture City and the neighboring Apaches. That delicate peace is threatened when the mutilated bodies of two white men are found. The angry townspeople are certain the “savages” have broken the treaty, Billjohn Finley, the local Indian agent, but has another suspect in mind. There’s a tall, dark stranger in town, and he rode in wearing the dead men’s clothes.... At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Journal of the Gun Years and The Gun Fight -- two great novels from New York Times bestselling author, Richard Matheson. Journal of the Gun Years A callow youth in search of excitement, Clay Halser travels the raucous frontier towns where a steady nerve and ready trigger finger soon mark him as a gunfighter to be reckoned with. As both an outlaw and lawman, he carves out a legendary career. But fame proves to be the one enemy he can’t outdraw.... The Gun Fight John Benton was one of the toughest men ever to wear a Texas Ranger badge. But eight years ago, he hung up his guns for good. Or so he hoped. When young Robby Coles challenges John to a fight over an imagined slight, Benton tries to laugh off the affair. But rumors and gossip spread like wildfire through their dusty town and soon enough the entire community seems to be pushing both men towards a confrontation neither truly wants. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Frightening stories give us the means to explore the things that scare us... but only as far as our imaginations and our experiences allow. They keep us safe while letting us imagine we''re in peril. Stories, after all, are never about what they''re about: there is always a pocket somewhere within them for us to drop in our own emotions, our own fears. A box we can lift up the lid and look at the darkness... and close it again when we''ve had enough.That''s exactly what you going to find out at this special selection of the 13 masterpieces of short scary stories, writen by the greatest writer of the gender: Edgar Allan Poe, Frank Richard Stockton; H.O. Lovecraft, Guy de Maupassant, Franz Kafka, Arthur Conan Doyle, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Oscar Wilde, W.W. Jacobs, Richard Matheson. It''s definitely a must read!

"L''araignée fonça sur lui dans l''ombre des étendues sableuses, tricotant furieusement de ses pattes immenses. Son corps ressemblait à un œuf gigantesque et luisant qui tremblait de toute sa masse noire tandis qu''elle chargeait à travers les monticules privés de vent, laissant dans son sillage des ruissellements de sable. L''homme en resta paralysé. Il vit l''éclat lumineux des yeux de l''araignée. Il la regarda escalader une brindille de la taille d''un rondin, le corps haut perché sur ses pattes que le mouvement rendait floues, jusqu''à atteindre le niveau des épaules de l''homme."

There''s nothing like exciting fantasy to escape boredom. The problem is to know whether it''s actually a fantasy. Dipping low and weaving in and out among the glittering towers, one might see the moving walks, the studied revolution of the giant street ventilators, hot in the winter and cool in summer, the tiny doors opening and closing, the park fountains shooting their methodical columns of water into the air. Farther along, one would flit across the great open field on which the glossy spaceships stood lined before their hangars. Farther yet, one would catch sight of the river, the metal ships resting along shore, delicate froth streaming from their sterns caused by the never-ending operation of their vents. Again, one would glide over the city proper, seeking some sign of life in the broad avenues, the network of streets, the painstaking pattern of dwellings in the living area, the metal fastness of the commercial section. The search would be fruitless.

In this pulp noir thriller for fans of Cornell Woolrich, a man’s past invades his serene family life, and it’s not going away quietly. At 32, Chris Martin lives a conventional life. He’s married with a daughter, runs his own small business, and is working to save up money for a bigger home with his wife, Helen. He is happy and content with this staid but comfortable existence—until a late weeknight phone call turns everything upside down. Chris hasn’t always been the model family man he appears to be. And when his past catches up to him, the terror comes into his home—just where he thought he was safest. As Chris finds all that he loves under attack, he must go to heroic lengths to keep his family and his life together. Inspired the 1970 Charles Bronson film Cold Sweat. Praise for Richard Matheson “The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.”—Stephen King “One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.”—Ray Bradbury

A simple crush could lead to an early grave in this pulp noir thriller for fans of Cornell Woolrich. Young novelist Dave Newton is instantly smitten when he meets blonde, beautiful Peggy. But Peggy has a past full of abuse and terror—and she’s involved with Jerry, a lawyer with mob connections and an old rival from Dave’s college days. Soon, Dave finds himself caught in a love triangle with Peggy and Jerry, desperate to win her affections. But when corpses begin to pile up in Peggy’s wake, Dave must face the truth that either Jerry is a mass murderer—or Peggy is. Praise for Richard Matheson “The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.”—Stephen King “One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.”—Ray Bradbury

An early pulse-pounding thriller from the Twilight Zone scribe and multi-award-winning author of I Am Legend. Vincent was a brilliant pianist, but a disturbed personality. The asylum he was committed to could not hold him. He escaped on an early Sunday morning, bent on revenge against those who betrayed him—his manager and the man who married his lover, Ruth. With his temper spiraling out of control, Vincent pursued his prey without mercy, brutally slaughtering anyone who got in his way. For four hours he would terrorize a community. His rage would not be sated no matter how much blood he spilled. And he refused to let anyone keep him from Ruth ever again . . . Richard Matheson, “one of the great names in American terror fiction,” unleashes a relentless novel of chilling suspense in Fury on Sunday (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.” —Stephen King “Perhaps no other living author is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” —The New York Times “Matheson’s a writer who just has the special knack, the deft skill to imagine terrifying scenarios on any scale, large and small, and give them chilling possibility.” —Los Angeles Times

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À trente-six ans, Richard Collier se sait condamné à brève échéance. Pour tromper son désespoir, il voyage, au hasard, jusqu''à échouer dans un vieil hôtel aux bords du Pacifique. Envoûté par cette demeure surannée, il tombe bientôt sous le charme d''un portrait ornant les murs de l''hôtel : celui d''Elise McKenna, une célèbre actrice ayant vécu à la fin du XIXe siècle. La bibliothèque, les archives de l''hôtel lui livrent des bribes de son histoire, et peu à peu la curiosité cède le pas à l''admiration, puis à l''amour. Un amour au-delà de toute logique, si puissant qu''il lui fera traverser le temps pour rejoindre sa bien-aimée. Mais si l''on peut tromper le temps, peut-on tromper la mort ?

As the Army and the Apache experience an uneasy peace, the discovery of the body of a man who had been brutally murdered and mutilated threatens to ignite all-out war, and it is up to Indian Agent Billjohn Finley to prevent it.

Acclaimed novelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with his father, Stephen King, in Throttle, for the first time on a tale that paid tribute to Richard Matheson''s classic tale, Duel. Now, IDW is proud to present comic-book tellings of both stories in Road Rage. Adapted by Chris Ryall with art by Nelson Daniel and Rafa Garres.

For over half a century, Richard Matheson has enthralled and terrified readers with such timeless classics as I Am Legend, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Duel, Somewhere in Time, and What Dreams May Come. Now the Grand Master returns with a bewitching tale of erotic suspense and enchantment.... 1918. A young American soldier recently wounded in the Great War, Alex White comes to Gatford to escape his troubled past. The pastoral English village seems the perfect spot to heal his wounded body and soul. True, the neighboring woods are said to be haunted by capricious, even malevolent, spirits, but surely those are just old wives'' tales. Aren''t they? A frightening encounter in the forest leads him into the arms of Magda Variel, an alluring red-haired widow rumored to be a witch. She warns him to steer clear of the wood and the perilous faerie kingdom it borders, but Alex cannot help himself. Drawn to its verdant mysteries, he finds love, danger...and wonders that will forever change his view of the world.

Richard Collier, un hombre de nuestros días, se obsesiona con una mujer de otra época, una célebre actriz de finales del siglo XIX. Su embelesamiento con Elise McKenna llega a intensificarse tanto que consigue transportarse físicamente al año 1896, donde conoce y corteja a la mujer de su vida. Pero, ¿por cuánto tiempo puede la pasión de los amantes resistir la despiadada marejada de la historia?

¿Qué nos ocurre tras la muerte? Chris Nielsen no tiene ni idea hasta que un grave accidente acaba con su corta vida y lo separa de su amada esposa, Annie. Ahora Chris tendrá que arreglárselas en el lugar desconocido que le espera después de dejar este mundo. Pero ni siquiera el cielo está completo sin Annie, y cuando la tragedia amenaza con separarlos para siempre, Chris arriesga su propia alma para salvarla de una eternidad de sufrimiento.