This book gave me taste in literature. Before it, many years ago, I hadn't yet realized how truly genius books could be, how beautiful and sad and inspiring stories can be when they aren't butchered by the television. I first found this book sometime in the 4th grade and borrowed it from a friend. After reading it I had to give it back, but being the small world that it is, I saw the sSAME copy nearly ten years later, bound in duct tape and looking VERY worn, so I traded it for some Nietzsche I had laying around and I've skimmed it and lent it out ever since.
Here's what the copy I had looked like:
An endless horde of the undead... yeah, it's encouraged and inspired me ever since the first day I found it, and if that's not worth sharing I don't know what is. It's really got everything a book needs: fear, loneliness, madness, addiction, violence, love, regret, desperation, ect ect.
For those of you who saw the movie with Will Smith, please don't let that discourage you from picking this book up IMMEDIATELY. The movie seriously butchered the story and in the book, the main character is white. :facepalm:
Here's an archive of all things I Am Legend:
http://www.iamlegendarchive.com/
Here's the wiki if you wanna a plot synopsis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(novel)
Here's two places where you can download the ebook:
http://www.possumliving.com/2007/12/i-am-legend-free-ebook.htmlhttp://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3945174/Richard_Matheson_-_I_Am_Legend_%28free_ebook%29.pdf
Enjoy!
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