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	Richard Matheson
		Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey on February 20, 1926.
		As previously mentioned, Richard Matheson's first published story was "Born of Man and Woman." This oft-reprinted tale of a mutant child born to normal parents originally appeared in 1950 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
		Matheson indicated that Witney was not really all that enthused over this type of picture, and that he didn't seem to have a feel for it.
	www.scifistation.com /matheson/matheson_index.html (5284 words)

	Richard Matheson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction.
		Born in Allendale, New Jersey to Norwegian immigrant parents, Matheson was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Brooklyn Technical School in 1943.
		Richard's son, Richard Christian Matheson, penned the screenplay for Battleground for the first segment of Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes (TV Series).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Matheson (920 words)

	Richard Matheson
		Richard Matheson is one of those worrisome people who always confuse advocates of little boxes labelled with genres and mediums.
		Matheson has provided two effective examples of a woman fighting for her life against a doll (with whatever rationalisation), the episode The Invaders of The Twilight Zone (1961), featuring Agnes Moorehead and no dialogue, and the last segment in the effective Trilogy of Terror (1974).
		Whether Richard Christian Matheson will achieve the same status as his father is yet to be seen (and, after all, a successful career may be more desirable than any competitive goal), but he certainly has an inspiring and weighty legacy behind him.
	www.tabula-rasa.info /DarkAges/RichardMatheson.html (1665 words)

	About Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard Matheson has been called "one of the most important writers of the 20th century" by Ray Bradbury, and his work has inspired many other notable authors.
		Stephen King cites Matheson as "the author who influenced me most as a writer," and Dean Koontz says, "We're all a lot richer to have Richard Matheson among us." But it's the impact that his work has had on the popular consciousness that gives weight to Bradbury's praise.
		Matheson also wrote the scripts for Stephen Spielberg's first feature film, Duel; the TV-movie The Night Stalker, which drew a record 75 million viewers on its first broadcast; and several of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films, including House of Usher (1960), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), and The Raven (1963).
	www.tor.com /sites/what_dreams/matheson.html (315 words)

	Richard Matheson - SCIFIPEDIA
		Richard Matheson is a New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter whose work has had an enormous influence on the fields of science fiction, horror, and suspense.
		Matheson was one of the primary writers for the original Twilight Zone TV series, ultimately scripting more episodes than anyone other than Rod Serling or Charles Beaumont.
		Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, in 1926.
	scifipedia.scifi.com /index.php/Richard_Matheson (565 words)

	Gormania: Richard Matheson
		He didn’t copy the Matheson book—he may not even have read it—but he did show us how not to write a novel about being possessed by gorgeous erotic supernatural women (though, to be fair, there are some nice long stretches of writing in it).
		Matheson takes what is essentially the material of a dirty joke—humping lady spooks—and turns it into a serious and moving look at a marriage that is beginning to fail, and a man who has begun to question some of his key values.
		Matheson comes into frame and says, "Extraordinary." I also liked the fact that the name selected for Reeve's former professor with the time-travel theory is Jack Finney.
	edgormanrambles.blogspot.com /2006/03/richard-matheson.html (3098 words)

	Literary Encyclopedia: Richard Matheson
		There is always the awareness in Matheson’s work that behind the brittle façade of everyday life – and within the dark recesses of the average mind – lurk a wide range of monstrous possibilities.
		The typical Matheson protagonist of this time was, as Mark Jancovich has put it, a man trapped by his wife, family, work, the workings of his own deranged mind, or by social forces that are entirely beyond his control.
		Matheson’s first science-fiction collection, Born of Man and Woman, was published in 1954, and indeed for several years he was considered first and foremost a science-fiction writer.
	www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2989 (683 words)

	Site of Meaning: Earthbound by Richard Matheson
		He also wrote occasionally for "Twilight Zone" and "Star Trek"; Matheson is responsible for the TZ episode featuring a gremlin on the wing of a plane, and for Captain Kirk's struggle with his evil side in "The Enemy Within".
		Matheson's writing is simple and direct, doesn't play tricks or lend itself to pyrotechnics.
		Matheson plays skillfully with strings of guilt, remorse, lust, betrayal, delusion and literal possession.
	members.aol.com /jamzsimp/book/matheson1.htm (419 words)

	Amazon.ca: I Am Legend: Books: Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976).
		Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle.
		Richard Matheson wrote the book in a way that I could picture everything that was going on.
	www.amazon.ca /I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/031286504X (1295 words)

	Come Fygures, Come Shadowes by Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard Matheson is one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
		Matheson, in an Afterword, laments dropping the project way-back-when, and even explains that the first part (Claire's story) would have taken another 100-150 pages.
		Had Matheson invested the effort to conclude Claire's tale, he might have had a bestseller on his hands.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Feb03/comefygures.htm (467 words)

	Richard Matheson's The Twilight Zone Scripts, Volume 2
		One of the key contributors was Richard Matheson, whose 14 episodes are among the most memorable of the entire series.
		Edited by Stanley Waiter, Richard Matheson's The Twilight Zone Scripts, Volume II completes the work begun with last year's Volume I, that of collecting all of Matheson's original TZ works.
		Richard Matheson's The Twilight Zone Scripts, Volume I and Volume II are available from Amazon.com.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Jul02/tzscripts2.htm (307 words)

	Matheson Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Matheson's early novel, basis for the 1957 classic Hugo Award-winning science fiction film, introduces Scott Carey, once an unremarkable husband and father who finds himself shrinking with no end in sight.
		Matheson's first new novel in seven years is a gripping tale of madness, paranoia, and murder.
		Long out of print, Matheson' acclaimed novel of World War II was inspired by his term of duty in the war.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Matheson (1076 words)

	Richard Matheson
		Richard Matheson (born February 20, 1926) is an American author and screenwriter, typically of fantasy, horror or science fiction.
		The telepath "John Matheson" in Crusade (TV_series) was named in honor of Matheson.
		Three of Matheson's children—Chris, Richard Christian, and Ali Matheson—are writers of fiction and/or screenplaays.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Richard_Matheson.php (406 words)

	The Haunted Pen Of Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		RICHARD MATHESON: There were plans to eventually release The Night Stalker, The Night Strangler, which was the second one I wrote, and a third one that Bill Nolan and I wrote that was never made called The Night Killers but no one can locate a copy of The Night Strangler.
		Matheson was kind enough to agree to sign my copy of Hell House for myself, I Am Legend for my oldest son who obviously knows a great book when he reads it, and also Abu And The Seven Marvels for my infant grandson.
		It's great to hear from the legendary Richard Matheson and also to learn that he is still quite active in the field of writing.
	www.horror-wood.com /matheson.htm (1960 words)

	SCIFI.COM Chat Transcript: Richard Matheson, March 18, 1999
		Matheson: GA Moderator: Richard, Steven Spielberg got his start with a made for television film called Duel based on a chilling story that you wrote for Playboy Magazine.
		Matheson: I was lucky enough to start writing for the pulps just as TV was entering it's golden age.
		Matheson: Well, the book was published what, twenty-five years ago, and it had been optioned more than once.
	www.scifi.com /transcripts/1999/Matheson.html (1182 words)

	RICHARD MATHESON at the Overlook Connection Bookstore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Richard Matheson has been quoted as saying that he has officially changed the name to "Somewhere In Time." This is the only current edition available with the original title.
		Matheson prefers his books have no cover art, but he is aware that many readers might think he wrote Hunger and Thirst in 2000, not fifty years earlier.
		Matheson also provides a lengthy introduction explaining why this book has sat for as long as it has, as well as discussing several other aborted projects including two proposed books that were to be 2000 pages apiece.
	www.overlookconnection.com /matheson.htm (2876 words)

	Starburst magazine issue 264, Fantasy Films of Richard Matheson
		Although he began his career writing Science Fiction, Richard Matheson is also responsible for some of the great frights of the 20th Century.
		Richard Burton Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey on 20 February 1926 and raised in Brooklyn.
		Matheson drove a hard bargain insisting that if the novel was to be sold he should write the screenplay himself.
	www.visimag.com /starburst/264_feature.htm (540 words)

	Richard Matheson's HUNGER AND THIRST
		This story of a man lying paralyzed in his bed, and slowly dying of hunger and thirst, was Matheson's first attempt at an epic novel, as well as his first written novel.
		Especially interesting is the stream-of-consciousness portions of the narratives, in which Matheson records Erick's thoughts so well it's as if they were transcribed directly from the character's mind.
		Those hoping to get a glimpse at Matheson's first work, looking to complete a full Matheson collection, or simply looking for a solid literary work will get the most out of this book.
	www.feoamante.com /Stories/Reviews/GHI/hunger_thirst.html (394 words)

	Richard Matheson interview by William Simmons
		Matheson’s monsters were just as often human as they were supernatural, and his subsequent novels and stories exhibited characters struggling with their hearts and morals no less than with physical adversaries such fearsome beasts as one another.
		In the meantime, Matheson continued to write novels that changed the face of fiction with his trademark minimalist style, philosophical themes, and brazenly original re-workings of universal fears and fancies.
		While Matheson is known primarily for his work in terror, fantasy, and science fiction, it should also be acknowledged that he was the writer behind The Morning After and several highly readable books on metaphysics, including A Primer Of Reality and The Path.
	www.rodserling.com /wsimmons/Richard_Matheson.htm (3203 words)

	Bloodlines: Richard Matheson's Dracula, I Am Legend And Other Vampire Stories - THE RUE MORTUARY
		Matheson's script was purchased by Hammer Films in the U.K. in the sixties, but the British Censor Board called for two pages or revisions due to "gruesomeness", which Matheson would not make.
		This is Matheson's vision of his classic novel, which is far better than the two films that don't come close to doing justice to the book.
		Matheson was also the first to write a Dracula script based on the Bram Stoker novel.
	www.rue-morgue.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13092 (697 words)

	I AM LEGEND... and so is Matheson
		While Matheson perfectly captures (somehow) the plight of the failed writer here, this overlong chronicle of an angry and barely successful man whose absorbed negativity results in his house taking revenge on him(!) is a definite let down.
		Matheson's not exactly a household name right now, but with such fans as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, J.C. Maçek III, Brian Lumley and Robert Bloch he should be.
		I Am Legend (1954) by Richard Matheson reviewed by J.C. Maçek III who alone is responsible for his views and for the fact that he only comes out at night...
	www.worldsgreatestcritic.com /iamlegend.html (1699 words)

	Books into Movies - Richard Matheson - SF/Fantasy Books
		For many people, their earliest exposure to the world of science fiction and fantasy may have come from writer Richard Matheson.
		From his novel Hell House, Matheson created the screenplay for “The Legend of Hell House” Bid Time Return was filmed as “Somewhere in Time” (1980).
		In 1999, Matheson’s A Stir of Echoes was made into a film starring Kevin Bacon.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art22631.asp (428 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Incredible Shrinking Man: Livres en anglais: Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Matheson's classic novella is the reason for that.
		It's packaged here with a number of Matheson's other classic stories, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which became a popular Twilight Zone episode, and "Duel," which was turned into a movie by a very young Steven Spielberg.
		And whatever happens to him beyond what we misname zero, we can be sure that he will face it all like a man should do.
	www.amazon.fr /Incredible-Shrinking-Man-Richard-Matheson/dp/0312856644 (482 words)

	Amazon.com: Hell House: Books: Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Matheson is a rarity in the field of horror - he's classic.
		Matheson's short stories have always been little gems to me. His writing style and imaginative ideas in a haunted house setting would seem ideal, but the beginning chapters of the book were fairly boring.
		I am still reading Matheson and he is such a great talent that I would suggest everybody should pick up his stuff at some point.
	www.amazon.com /Hell-House-Richard-Matheson/dp/0312868855 (1957 words)

	Amazon.ca: What Dreams May Come: Books: Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		(An exhaustive bibliography is included to verify this.) And while Matheson admits that the characters are of course fictional, he also states that "With few exceptions, every other detail is derived exclusively from research." Whether, after reading this novel, one believes in life after death is of course a matter of opinion.
		Even in the introduction Matheson asserts that the majority of the book is factual.
		It's more like Matheson developed some theories and "great lines of dialogue" that he forced into the mouths of his characters.
	www.amazon.ca /What-Dreams-Come-Richard-Matheson/dp/0812570944 (1504 words)

	Stanley Wiater (ed): Richard Matheson, Collected Stories, Volume One/Richard Matheson, The Twilight Zone Scripts, ...
		In fact, Matheson, along with Serling and Charles Beaumont, was one of the top three contributors to TZ in terms of total scripts written.
		It also covers Matheson's heavy paranoia period (which he admits to wholeheartedly in the introduction and which is particularly well-displayed in "Legion of Plotters" and "F---") and his "anti-marriage" period (written, tellingly, prior to his own nuptials).
		Depending on how the reader approaches his Matheson appreciation, either of these books are an excellent representation of his style and the quality of his work.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_wiater_mathesonstoriesandscripts.html (805 words)

	Richard Matheson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		‘Richard Matheson is one of the most respected living American fantasy/science fiction/horror writers...
		He began publishing SF with his short story 'Born of Man and Woman' which appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950 I Am Legend was published in 1954 and subsequently filmed as The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston.
		Matheson wrote the script for the film The Incredible Shrinking Man, an adaptation of his second SF novel The Shrinking Man (published in 1956).
	www.twbooks.co.uk /authors/richardmatheson1.html (760 words)

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