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cdcsmith's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this one, but it seems I haven't met a Richard Matheson book/story I haven't. There were things I wished had gone a little differently. There were side stories I would have liked to know more about. But this was a good, quick read.
dabnor's review against another edition
3.0
Not a bad book, but certainly not up to the standards of I Am Legend. At times, the prose is a little messy and in particular, Matheson's use of adverbs is definitely dubious, especially considering the fact that at times, he makes them up. Also, toward the book, the sentence 'He reach for her.' rears its ugly head and makes you wonder what the heck Matheson's editors were doing, if they were doing anything at all. Still, it's a decent story and fairly early on, after the lead character has been drinking, Matheson comes out with the line 'the cotton padding had been installed between reality and response', which I find to be a simply wonderful turn of phrase.
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