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The Twilight and Other Zones: The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson

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The book itself is a fine read, BUT it is virtually the same book as "Richard Matheson Companion" which I already have. So for me it was a ripoff. Matheson fans will enjoy it. It does say that it was renamed on one of the feps, but you can't tell that on amazon.

from hands these days broken machines, from the boy me then, to the me now. May love bless you forever. Thank you for a world of thought, insight and fun.
barry

I cannot believe I am the first person to review this book. Has not anyone else wanted to chime in? This is the first and ONLY authorized biography devoted to Richard Matheson. Sir Author contributed for this book which makes it all the more important. Matheson's wife and children helped contribute as well. Features a never-before-published essay by Richard Matheson. Screen career, filmogaphy, book dedications, anthology contributions, everything is included in this book. Stephen King himself said the writer who influenced him most was Richard Matheson.

I purchased four books about The Twilight Zone this year. Two were script books and I discovered, sadly, that the essays were the only good part of the book. The scripts themselves were only as fascinating as watching the same TV episode for the fifteenth time. Book three was written by Martin Grams, "The Twilight Zone: Unlocking the Door to a Television Classic" which is also available on Amazon.com. It has to be the finest book ever written on the subject. Book four was this one, "The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson." This will remain on the top shelf (not the bottom shelf where I discard the crappy tomes until the cats shred them with their claws) as one of the best books of the year.

Do yourself a favor and buy this book for you or a Twilight Zone fan.

I wish I would have been at a bookstore and really had a chance to look through this book before purchasing it. I never would have bought it. I thought it was going to be another collection of Matheson's great short stories. That's not what it is. I was disappointed and couldn't read it anymore. Chalk it up as a lesson to be more careful about what I purchase.