lol... yeah... its amazing how many liberties a film producer will make to "fit into the time frame and scope of the movie". I love to read, but unfortunately a lot of my favorite books get movie adaptations and I know they’re going to be bad, yet I still go and see them.

how good is the book?  Is it Anne Rice good ?

Its hard to put it up against Anne Rice. She has a totally different authoring style. A lot of critics put Matheson’s work as THE book that changed the way we think about vampires. It was said that it gave a shockingly horrific view of how they could be instead of the Bram Stoker vision of how they were.

Personally... its a collection of short stories all revolving around the same subject and it paints a very dark picture of a viral outbreak. I really enjoyed the book, but I wouldn’t put it up there with the greats, honestly. For anyone who enjoys novels, its still worth checking out, although its a bit dated in its context.

BTW... trivia for you. I Am Legend isn’t the first movie adaptation of the book. In 1971 there was a movie called Omega Man that followed along closely to the book.

Omega Man, forgot about that movie; haven’t seen it in many years...

I agree.