I Am Legend, written in 1954 by Richard Matheson, packs more grist of human experience into 159 (!) pages than I would have thought possible. It is impossible to put down, and has spawned 2 or 3 good film adaptations, "Omega man" with Charlton Heston, and "I Am Legend" with Will Smith. The films are good, but the book is better. It's another end of the world/doomsday scenario, with out hero Richard Neville surviving and waging war vs. scores of plague mutated vampires. You know that hopeful ending in the Will Smith film? It's not in the book, and the ending is pure doom. Awesome stuff.
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