The studio then decided they wanted to cut the series down to seven hours. In turn, Matheson delivered an astounding 557-page outline. In the 1970s, ABC contacted Matheson about writing a 20-hour television mini-series. This screenplay-turned-novel has a bit of backstory you should know about. So once you’ve finished I Am Legend (if you’re reading this, odds are you already have), try these lesser-known and utterly creepy Richard Matheson books. We’ll leave I Am Legend out of this list, if only because it’s the gateway to Matheson’s equally frightening and illuminating body of work. But maybe you’re having trouble figuring out where to start. Related: Here's the Next Haunting Horror Book You Should Read Based on Your Zodiac Sign Let’s not forget the many film adaptations of his work-including 2007’s I Am Legend starring Will Smith (for a more faithful adaptation of Matheson’s novel, try 1971’s The Omega Man), the heartbreaking afterlife tale, What Dreams May Come, starring the late Robin Williams, and the often forgotten Stir of Echoes, where you get to see Kevin Bacon utterly lose his shit. A little more about just how prolific Matheson was: He wrote over 100 short stories, 28 novels, 16 episodes for The Twilight Zone, and scripts for various other television shows like Lawman and Star Trek: The Original Series.
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