![]() ![]() Our protagonist, Robert Neville, is as attached to his post-zombie routine as he was to his pre-apocalypse routine – this book is essentially about the malaise of the 1954 working man. We decided that Richard Matheson’s I AM LEGEND is not only racist, but also incredibly sexist. There is even an I AM LEGEND 2 in the works, apparently.Īnyway, back to the lunch in hand. However, vampires have since become ‘cool’ again, thanks to the likes of TWILIIGHT, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and TRUE BLOOD. ![]() The Cold War soon hotted up, however, with the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the idea of imminent doom and nuclear war became a central theme for many writers, overtaking zombie apocalypse. Matheson moved the vampire myth into the scientific age. Romero (director of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD) and Stephen King. ![]() Descended from the gothic tradition, I AM LEGEND was perhaps the first book to really explore the idea of a zombie apocalypse, and has been cited as an influence by many since, including George A. Plagues were cool – this was the time of EARTH ABIDES and DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. I AM LEGEND was published in 1954, at a time when the USA was recovering from World War II, and everyone was happy and getting fridges. Last Friday was one of Hodderscape’s favourite days – book and film club day! This month, our motley crew gathered to discuss I AM LEGEND, both the Richard Matheson book and the Will Smith version, which stars, well, Will Smith and dog, with the inevitable cameo from one of his spawn. ![]()
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