The Richard Matheson Companion

$25 · Offered by Gauntlet Press

Published 2008 Since his classic story Born of Man and Woman appeared in the Summer 1950 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , Richard Matheson has been one of the world s most acclaimed and influential fantasists. He is the award-winning author and screenwriter responsible for such diverse and unforgettable works as I Am Legend , The Shrinking Man , A Stir of Echoes , The Beardless Warriors , Hell House , Duel , The Night Stalker , Trilogy of Terror , What Dreams May Come , Somewhere In Time , Journal of the Gun Years , four of Roger Corman s Edgar Allan Poe films, and sixteen episodes of the original Twilight Zone . The Richard Matheson Companion is a unique collection of writing by and about this prolific, multitalented storyteller, edited by Matheson experts Stanley Wiater and Matthew R. Bradley. They have assembled the work of more than two dozen contributors, much of it published for the first time, that both celebrates and sheds new light on Matheson s extraordinary career. It contains: Detailed discussions of Matheson s work by Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, Dean Koontz, and David Morrell. Appreciations by those who have been influenced or inspired by Matheson over the years, such as Dennis Etchison, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Lumley, producer Stephen Simon, F. Paul Wilson, and Gahan Wilson. Recollections by George Clayton Johnson and William F. Nolan, Matheson s fellow members of the famed Southern California School of Writers (aka the Californ

• Binding: Hardcover

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