New Releases by Richard Matheson

Scripts of episodes of the television series.

"Sports item, circa 1974: Battling Maxo, B2, heavyweight, accompanied by his manager and handler, arrives in Maynard, Kansas, for a scheduled six-round bout. Battling Maxo is a robot, or, to be exact, an android, definition: ''an automaton resembling a human being.'' Only these automatons have been permitted in the ring since prizefighting was legally abolished in 1968. This is the story of that scheduled six-round bout, more specifically the story of two men shortly to face that remorseless truth: that no law can be passed which will abolish cruelty or desperate need - nor, for that matter, blind animal courage. Location for the facing of said truth a small, smoke-filled arena just this side of the Twilight Zone". This popular long-running series centered around paranoia, uncertainty and bizarre events, often with a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist. Series creator Rod Serling called The Twilight Zone, "a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man... a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It lies between the pit of man''s fears, and the summit of his knowledge".

1981 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film (Given by the Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films). A love story, wherein a young man uses hypnosis to find the woman in an old hotel portrait.

Richard Matheson''s bestselling novel, What Dreams May Come, the basis for the hit movie starring Robin Williams, touched numerous readers with its convincing portrait of life after death, based on years of research and personal reflection. Like that earlier book, The Path is a work of inspirational fiction that comes straight from Matheson''s own deeply held beliefs about spirituality and true nature of existence. The story of one man''s encounter with an enigmatic stranger who imparts to him ten lessons about the true reality of the soul; The Path is not so much a novel as a philosophical dialogue about life and the afterlife. Everyone who read What Dreams May Come and wants to know more about Matheson''s personal philosophy should take a walk along . . . The Path. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Un homme qui voit soudain s''effacer tous les repères de son existence, une brèche vers un autre univers sous le canapé du salon, de sournoises invasions extraterrestres, l''humanité face à son dernier jour, une voix d''outre-tombe au téléphone... Ce deuxième des cinq volumes composant l''intégrale des nouvelles de Matheson - présentées dans l''ordre de leur composition et des traductions nouvelles ou soigneusement revues - correspond encore aux débuts fort prolifiques de l''auteur, puisqu''il couvre les seules années 1952-1953. Que ce soit dans le domaine du fantastique, de la science-fiction ou du suspense (Matheson commence alors à écrire pour les revues policières), il s''impose comme un maître de l''inquiétude et de la terreur en des récits denses, très variés dans l''approche narrative, aux chutes qui laissent pantois. Il traduit surtout à merveille, déjà, la grande maladie des temps modernes : la paranoïa. Ray Bradbury, un connaisseur, le salue ici comme un écrivain qui " transcende toutes les étiquettes ".

Maximilian Delacorte was once the world''s greatest stage magician--until a mysterious disease ended his career forever. Now, after months of seclusion, Max has lured his family and associates to his lonely mansion for an afternoon of magic, madness and revenge. As grisly tricks lead to ever more surprising twists, not even The Great Delacorte can tell where the illusion ends and murder begins.

Color illustration on front cover of holster set, one pistol, and empty bottle of whiskey; gold coins; "Wanted" poster with knife laying over it; brown hat; pistol with bullets.

Très peu facile à catégoriser, cet écrivain américain s''est servi de la fiction plus que de la science pour élaborer surtout des nouvelles angoissantes et macabres dont on trouve 18 échantillons (1950-1977) dans ce recueil pourvu d''une substantielle introduction. Bibliographie détaillée.

Originally published: New York: Viking Press, 1975.

Four of Richard Matheson’s classic tales of terror are collected in this graphic novel collection: I Am Legend (Steve Niles with Elman Brown), Hell House (Ian Edginton with Simon Frasier), Duel (Chris Ryall with Rara Garres), and The Shrinking Man (Ted Adams with Mark Torres). Matheson’s classics come to vivid life in these inspired comic book adaptations.

Trece extraordinarias historias de ciencia ficción, a través de las cuales encontrará a Loolie mediante un anuncio en el periódico (y ella le envolverá en su laberinto mágico), viajará a través del tiempo a una civilización donde las postales pueden comerse, emprenderá un viaje en la última nave con destino a la Tierra, se enamorará mientras ella le atrapa con los lazos apasionados de su implacable mente, y vivirá peligrosamente las aventuras de Richard Matheson, quien es capz de hacer que lo increíble se convierte en vívida realidad.