Richard Matheson (1926–2013)
Autor de I Am Legend {story collection}
Sobre El Autor
Richard Matheson was born on February 20, 1926 in Allendale, New Jersey. He was eight when his stories appeared in a local newspaper, the Brooklyn Eagle. He served during World War II. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. In 1950 he first was noticed as an mostrar más upcoming writer-to-watch, starting with the short story Born of Man and Woman. He wrote numerous novels and short stories during his lifetime including I am Legend, The Shrinking Man, What Dreams May Come, and Hell House. He won the World Fantasy Convention's Life Achievement Award, the Bram Stoker Award for Life Achievement, the Hugo Award, the Golden Spur Award, and the Writer's Guild Award. He also was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2010. When Hollywood approached him for the rights to his novel The Shrinking Man, he negotiated the chance to write the screenplay. This began a long career in screenwriting and adapting. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Spielberg's Duel and 16 episodes of the television series The Twilight Zone. He won an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1973 for The Night Stalker. He died on June 23, 2013 at the age of 87. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Richard Matheson is not the same person as his son, Richard Christian Matheson.
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Series
Obras de Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson Thrillers: I Am Legend, Someone is Bleeding, Ride the Nightmare, Fury on Sunday (2020) 8 copias
Prey 7 copias
Visions of Death: Richard Matheson's Edgar Allan Poe Scripts (House of Usher & Pit and the Pendulum) (2007) 6 copias
Richard Matheson Suspense Novels : The Shrinking Man, Camp Pleasant, Hunger and Thirst, 7 Steps to Midnight (2020) 6 copias
The Funeral 6 copias
Witch War 5 copias
Dress of White Silk 5 copias
El increíble hombre meguante 5 copias
The Distributor [short story] 4 copias
The Near Departed 3 copias
Buried Talents 3 copias
Mad House 3 copias
1984 1/2 3 copias
Drink My Blood [short story] 3 copias
Halfwas helden rond Bastogne roman 3 copias
Hinter dem Horizont 3 copias
He Wanted to Live 3 copias
The Box (2009) 3 copias
Shoo Fly [short story] 3 copias
Gigamesh 42 3 copias
Blood Son 2 copias
Hell House 2 copias
A Caixa 2 copias
Short Story Collection Volume I 2 copias
The Likeness of Julie 2 copias
Two O'clock Session 2 copias
A Splendid Source [short story] 2 copias
Em algum lugar do passado 2 copias
Purge Among Peanuts 2 copias
The Box Publisher: Tor Books 2 copias
"The Last Blah in the Etc." Chapbook 2 copias
Where There's a Will 2 copias
Eerste verjaardag 2 copias
Man with a Club 2 copias
The Window Of Time 2 copias
Shock Wave [short story] 2 copias
A Casa Infernal 1 copia
Lemmings 1 copia
Mundo dos Vampiros 1 copia
(all) 1 copia
Born of Man and Woman (abridged) 1 copia
Duell 1 copia
The Foodlegger (short story) 1 copia
SHOCK! (1) (i) One; SHOCK (2) (ii) Two; SHOCK (3) (iii) Three; SHOCK WAVES: The Children of Noah; Lemmings; The… (1961) 1 copia
Deadline [short fiction] 1 copia
Varulven — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Der Omega Mann 1 copia
The Jazz Machine [short story] 1 copia
Dying Room Only [short story] 1 copia
Girl of My Dreams [short story] 1 copia
Button, Button [short story] 1 copia
Eliminazione lenta 1 copia
Finger prints [short story] 1 copia
The Test [short story] 1 copia
Sorry, Right Number 1 copia
Nat stro 1 copia
Les enfants de Noé 1 copia
Counterfeit Bill 1 copia
Third From The Sun [short story] 1 copia
Matheson Richard 1 copia
Undeva, candva 1 copia
Shipshape Home 1 copia
Lover When You’re Near Me 1 copia
When the Waker Sleeps 1 copia
Trespass [novelette] 1 copia
Legion Of Plotters 1 copia
Old Haunts 1 copia
The Holiday Man 1 copia
The Children of Noah 1 copia
Wet Straw 1 copia
Long Distance Call 1 copia
When Day Is Dun [short story] 1 copia
Person To Person 1 copia
From Shadowed Places 1 copia
Little Girl Lost [short story] 1 copia
The Last Day [short story] 1 copia
The Curious Child [short story] 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contribuidor — 1,910 copias, 30 reseñas
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural: A Treasury of Spellbinding Tales Old & New (1985) — Contribuidor — 533 copias, 3 reseñas
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature (1961) — Contribuidor — 305 copias, 1 reseña
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contribuidor — 268 copias, 5 reseñas
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Second Annual Collection (1987) — Contribuidor — 202 copias, 1 reseña
Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown: A Treasury of Bizarre Tales Old and New (1993) — Contribuidor — 199 copias, 2 reseñas
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contribuidor — 188 copias, 5 reseñas
He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson (2009) — Contribuidor — 186 copias, 6 reseñas
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Contribuidor — 170 copias, 4 reseñas
Alfred Hitchcock presenta: Media docena para el verdugo (1962) — Contribuidor — 149 copias, 3 reseñas
Dogs of War: Ten Classic Stories of Men and Machines in War (2002) — Contribuidor — 110 copias, 1 reseña
The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (1991) — Contribuidor — 108 copias, 3 reseñas
American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s (2012) — Contribuidor — 107 copias, 3 reseñas
Science Fiction Showcase: Eleven Extraordinary Stories by Eleven Masters of Science-Fiction and Fantasy (1959) — Contribuidor — 106 copias, 2 reseñas
A Clutch of Vampires: These Being Among the Best from History and Literature (1929) — Contribuidor — 102 copias, 2 reseñas
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Contribuidor — 95 copias, 1 reseña
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2000) — Contribuidor — 94 copias, 2 reseñas
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Contribuidor — 88 copias, 1 reseña
The World That Couldn't Be and 8 Other Novelets From "Galaxy" (1959) — Contribuidor — 83 copias, 5 reseñas
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contribuidor — 72 copias, 1 reseña
La dimension fantastique, Tome 1 : Treize nouvelles de Hoffmann à Claude Seignolle (1998) — Contribuidor — 72 copias, 2 reseñas
The Century's Best Horror Fiction: Volume One, 1901-1950 (2011) — Contribuidor — 51 copias, 1 reseña
The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988) — Contribuidor — 47 copias, 1 reseña
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare: 30 Terrifying Tales (1993) — Contribuidor — 46 copias, 1 reseña
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 36 copias
The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I (1989) — Contribuidor — 27 copias
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
Midnite Movies Double Feature: The Fall of the House of Usher / The Pit and the Pendulum (2004) 11 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1962, Vol. 22, No. 2 (1962) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1958) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957, Vol. 13, No. 4 (1957) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Amazing Stories Vol. 27, No. 4 [April-May 1953] — Autor — 4 copias
The Day After Doomsday; Earth Abides; I Am Legend; On The Beach; Alas, Babylon; Lucifer's Hammer (Leather Bound)(5… (2012) 2 copias
Tordenøglen - og andre historier fra fremmede verdener (1982) — Autor, algunas ediciones — 2 copias, 1 reseña
Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Ռիչարդ Մեթսոն
- Nombre legal
- Matheson, Richard Burton
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1926-02-20
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2013-06-23
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Allendale, New Jersey, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Calabasas, California, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
California, USA - Educación
- University of Missouri (BA ∙ journalism ∙ 1949)
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
short-story writer
screenwriter - Relaciones
- Matheson, Richard Christian (son)
- Premios y honores
- Bram Stoker Award (Lifetime Achievement, 1990)
International Horror Guild Living Legend (1999)
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1993)
SF Hall Of Fame (2010) - Aviso de desambiguación
- Richard Matheson is not the same person as his son, Richard Christian Matheson.
Miembros
Debates
I Am Legend - Smeared Ink Chapter headings . . . is it planned, or a printing error? en Folio Society Devotees (diciembre 2022)
What's your Opinion of Richard Matheson? en Thing(amabrarian)s That Go Bump in the Night (Enero 2011)
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1970s Horror (1)
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Kayla (2)
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Horror Stories (2)
1950s (3)
1970s (1)
um actually (1)
Maine (1)
Ghosts (1)
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