Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents. He was raised in Brooklyn and started writing at age eight. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. Between 1950 and 1971, he wrote dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 1951 he moved to California and became a screenwriter, writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and Star Trek, and screenplays for horror movies such as The Devil Rides Out and Steven Spielberg's Duel. During the 1950s he published a handful of Western stories. His autobiographical war novel The Beardless Warriors was published in 1960.

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I Am Legend
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En algún rincón del tiempo
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En algún rincón del tiempo
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Soy leyenda
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Hell House
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I am Legend
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Ondas de shock
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Shock 3
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Shock 2
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Shock 1
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Sept nouvelles d'anticipation et de science-fiction - Classiques et Contempora
Representative edition published 2020
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Cehennem Evi
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Ben, Efsane
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Diario de los años del plomo [Próxima aparición]
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Soy leyenda
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Flight or Fright
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La Casa Infernal
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Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)
Representative edition published 2019
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The Twilight Zone
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El hombre menguante
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Le Veston ensorcelé et autres nouvelles inquiétantes
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The Waker Dreams
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The best of Richard Matheson
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Bifrost 86 - Special Richard Matheson
Representative edition published 2017
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