tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post1024134502494725824..comments2023-10-21T21:09:10.966+10:00Comments on Between The Lines: No Such Thing as a VampireMaxinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02690474483386488911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post-79995093894372054812010-09-01T13:14:21.432+10:002010-09-01T13:14:21.432+10:00Quite understood--McFarland's books are fairly...Quite understood--McFarland's books are fairly scholarly, and priced accordingly (but, we hope, worth every penny!). I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite Matheson book, but the ones that most spring to mind are I AM LEGEND, THE SHRINKING MAN, A STIR OF ECHOES, and HELL HOUSE, each of which has been filmed one or more times with varying degrees of success. Of the short stories, I especially like "Prey" (so memorably filmed in TRILOGY OF TERROR) and "Duel."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post-29526378181152015492010-08-22T17:37:50.718+10:002010-08-22T17:37:50.718+10:00Full marks for promotion, I checked the site but a...Full marks for promotion, I checked the site but as it's in US Dollars it'a a little above my budget! I buy my books through Fishpond.com.au, so will keep an eye out for it on that. Tell me, in your opinion, what is the best Matheson story? As well as the Button, Button collection I've read I Am Legend, Duel,Seven Steps to Midnight and I recently bought Somewhere in Time.Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690474483386488911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post-31227032715398167352010-08-22T00:21:09.994+10:002010-08-22T00:21:09.994+10:00Much obliged. FYI, it has just been proofread and...Much obliged. FYI, it has just been proofread and indexed, and should be headed off to the printers. Of course, you can always pre-order it. :-)<br /><br />http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4216-4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post-56009223557531211342010-08-16T20:37:40.724+10:002010-08-16T20:37:40.724+10:00Thank you for that info, I will most certainly loo...Thank you for that info, I will most certainly look out for your book.Maxinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690474483386488911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509591326821551314.post-38533721972920010682010-08-06T12:32:14.262+10:002010-08-06T12:32:14.262+10:00"No Such Thing as a Vampire" is among Ma..."No Such Thing as a Vampire" is among Matheson's few works to have been adapted more than once (an obvious exception being the thrice-filmed I AM LEGEND). First, it became an episode of the 1968 BBC-TV series LATE NIGHT HORROR with Hammer mainstay Andrew Keir, which sadly appears to be lost. Then, Matheson himself adapted it as a segment of the Dan Curtis TV-movie DEAD OF NIGHT, starring Patrick Macnee of AVENGERS fame. For further information, see my forthcoming book RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com