Books with author Richard Matheson

The award-winning novel that inspired the beloved movie starring Christopher Reeve, Somewhere in Time is a powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the grand masters of modern fantasy. Somewhere in Time is the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose powerful love for a woman he has never met allows him to literally transcend time. A dying young playwright staying in a turn-of-the-century hotel becomes captivated by a painting of a beautiful stage actress from the previous century. Obsessed, he begins to study everything he can about the woman and her time and becomes convinced he belongs with her. Through self-hypnosis, he transports himself to 1896, where he finds the soul mate he was fated to meet. But will he be able to stay? Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was the basis for the 1980 cult classic movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.... Richard Matheson is the New York Times bestselling author of Hell House ,The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, and Seven Steps to Midnight. A Grand Master of Horror and past winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement, he has also won the Edgar, the Hugo, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. He lives in Calabasas, California.

Written by one of the grand masters of modern fantasy, Somewhere in Time is the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose powerful love for a woman he has never met allows him to literally transcend time. A dying young playwright staying in a turn-of-the-century hotel becomes captivated by a painting of a beautiful stage actress from the previous century. Obsessed, he begins to study everything he can about the woman and her time and becomes convinced he belongs with her. Through self-hypnosis, he transports himself to 1896, where he finds the soul mate he was fated to meet. But will he be able to stay? Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was the basis for the 1980 cult classic movie starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour.

Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Once an unremarkable husband and father, Scott finds himself shrinking with no end in sight. His wife and family turn into unreachable giants, the family cat becomes a predatory menace, and Scott must struggle to survive in a world that seems to be growing ever larger and more perilous -- until he faces the limits of fear and existence. “A horror story if ever there was one... a great adventure story -- it is certainly one of that select handful that I have given to people, envying them the experience of the first reading.” -- Stephen King “A classic of suspense as poignant as it is frightening -- a mix that only Richard Matheson could pull off.” -- Dean Koontz Richard Matheson, legendary writer of the science-fiction/fantasy/horror genres, has contributed classics in many mediums, including novels: The Incredible Shrinking Man, television: The Twilight Zone, and film: Somewhere in Time. He has won many prestigious awards over his long career and has been called “one of the most important writers of the twentieth century” by Ray Bradbury. Richard Matheson also wrote the screenplay for the Hugo Award-winning cult classic The Incredible Shrinking Man movie of 1957. Yuri Rasovsky is a Peabody, Grammy, and Audie Award-winning producer who has been writing, producing, and directing audio drama for thirty years. His productions of The Odyssey of Homer, Seven Classic Plays, and Tales for a Stormy Night are published exclusively by Blackstone Audio.