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Although Richard Matheson has an impressive body of work that includes novels, short stories and teleplays, many of his great short stories are absent from this compilation.
I bought this after I saw the movie "The Box" with Frank Langella, James Marsden and Cameron Diaz. Incidentally, unlike quite a few people, I actually enjoyed the movie. The story "The Box" is actually quite short and reminiscent of many Kurt Vonnegut stories: short, well-written and clever.
There are maybe four or five other good stories in the mix, but there are several more that aren't up to Matheson's usual snuff, particularly "The Creeping Terror." A great title for a not-so-great story that involves the spread of California-type culture, architecture and plant-life across America and the world. The story attempts to be funny, but is overlong.
All in all, you'll get some good Matheson out of this, but the selection of stories could have been better.
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