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The Best of Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Richard Powers, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Devon Sorvari, Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 15 h y 7 m
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Among the greats of 20th-century horror and fantasy, few names stand above Richard Matheson. Though known by many for novels like I Am Legend and his 16 Twilight Zone episodes, Matheson truly shines in his chilling, masterful short stories. Since his first story appeared in 1950, virtually every major writer of science fiction and fantasy has fallen under his influence, including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and Joe Hill, as well as filmmakers like Stephen Spielberg and J. J. Abrams.
Matheson revolutionized horror by taking it out of Gothic castles and strange cosmos and into the darkened streets and suburbs we recognize as our own. He infused tales of the fantastic and supernormal with dark explorations of human nature, delving deep into the universal dread of feeling alone and threatened in a dangerous world. The Best of Richard Matheson brings together his greatest hits as chosen by Victor LaValle, an expert on horror fiction and one of its brightest talents, marking the first major overview of Matheson's legendary career.
Narrated by Robertson Dean, Donald Corren, Peter Berkrot, Paul Michael Garcia, Hillary Huber, Traber Burns, Scott Brick, Devon Sorvari, and Kevin Kenerly.
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With tales from Laird Barron, Stephen King, John Langan, Peter Straub, and many others, and featuring Datlow’s comprehensive overview of the year in horror, now, more than ever, The Best Horror of the Year provides the petrifying horror fiction readers have come to expect - and enjoy.
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Only a few decent stories in this bunch.
- De Jerry en 12-06-14
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The Stand
- De: Stephen King
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 47 h y 47 m
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This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides - or are chosen.
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My First Completed Stephen King Novel
- De Meaghan Bynum en 02-20-12
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Hell House
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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For over 20 years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mt. Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity.
But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
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Hell House is like Hill House, but fiercer
- De Phebe en 08-13-12
De: Richard Matheson
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Dark Memories
- De: Jeffrey S. Savage
- Narrado por: Jason Tatom
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
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There are things in the darkness, things much worse than the tracks and abandoned pieces of equipment that trip the children up and gash at their feet and legs, things that brush silently past them, touching their faces before disappearing again....
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EZRA QUIT GOING TO CHURCH
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-17
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- De: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrado por: Alexander Cendese
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- De Andrew Pollack en 01-17-14
De: F. Paul Wilson
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True Crime
- The Novel
- De: Andrew Klavan
- Narrado por: Ramiz Monsef
- Duración: 11 h y 4 m
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In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss' wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: A convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago.
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Gripping until the very last word.
- De louis alessandra en 04-10-22
De: Andrew Klavan
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Zombies: More Recent Dead
- De: Neil Gaiman, Carrie Vaughn, Caitlin R. Kiernan, y otros
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt, Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
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The living dead are more alive than ever! Zombies have become more than an iconic monster for the 21st century: They are now a phenomenon constantly revealing as much about ourselves - and our fascination with death, resurrection, and survival - as our love for the supernatural or post-apocalyptic speculation. Our most imaginative literary minds have been devoured by these incredible creatures and produced exciting, insightful, and unflinching new works of zombie fiction.
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A well blended mix
- De The Lone Mopper en 07-30-15
De: Neil Gaiman, y otros
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Whistleblower
- De: Tess Gerritsen
- Narrado por: Erin Yuen
- Duración: 8 h y 31 m
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When Victor Holland came flying out of the night, he ran straight into the path of Catherine Weaver's car. Having uncovered a terrifying secret that leads all the way to Washington, Victor is running for his life - and from the men who will go to any lengths to silence him. Though Victor's story sounds like the ravings of a mad-man, the haunted look in his eyes - and the bullet hole in his shoulder - tell Cathy a different story.
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No the Tess Gerritson you know and love
- De Kschapter en 03-24-16
De: Tess Gerritsen
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A Stone for Danny Fisher
- De: Harold Robbins
- Narrado por: Charles Leggett
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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Born into a family of modest means and respectability, Danny Fisher was gradually driven downward into the world of crime, racketeering and poverty. His bitterness, his homesickness over the loss of the house in Brooklyn that was given to him for his eighth birthday, and his feud with his harsh father, pulled him one way; his natural decency and his love for a sweet Italian girl, Nellie Petito, pulled him another.
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My teenage read.
- De A. Mitchell en 11-11-11
De: Harold Robbins
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Last Call
- De: Tim Powers
- Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot
- Duración: 19 h y 34 m
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Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player 20 years ago and hasn’t returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards, in 10 years. But troubling nightmares about a strange poker game he once attended on a houseboat on Lake Mead are drawing him back to the magical city. For the mythic game he believed he won did not end that night in 1969—and the price of his winnings was his soul. Now, a pot far more strange and perilous than he ever could imagine depends on the turning of a card.
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Powers is Under-represented on Audible
- De tim en 01-18-11
De: Tim Powers
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Blind Pursuit
- De: Michael Prescott
- Narrado por: Allison McLemore
- Duración: 10 h y 38 m
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In the dead of night, psychologist Erin Reilly is abducted from her Tucson home. Her kidnapper: a serial killer who burns his victims alive. Tormented by his obsession, he wants Erin to cure him before he kills again. If she fails, she'll become his next victim. While Erin's twin sister Annie searches desperately for her, Erin delves into her captor's psyche and his past, discovering a secret guilt...a complex web of crime and betrayal...and an unexpected connection between the killer and herself.
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Turn a Five Hour Car Trip into Minutes
- De jane en 08-21-13
De: Michael Prescott
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Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- Horror Stories
- De: Stephen King - introduction, Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Julia Campbell, Richard Powers, Malcolm Hillgartner, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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Much of Richard Matheson's work has found its way into pop culture: The title story became a memorable episode of television's The Twilight Zone, and more recently, Will Smith starred in the blockbuster movie I Am Legend. Stephen King has declared Matheson to be one of his favorite writers. Find out why as you listen to the classic horror story of a man who peers out of his airplane window to see a gremlin destroying the wing.
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Waste of a credit
- De Randall en 01-10-10
De: Stephen King - introduction, y otros
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What Dreams May Come
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death. But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and the divided soul mates will do anything to reach each other across the boundaries between life and death. When tragedy threatens to divide them forever, Chris risks his very soul to save Annie from an eternity of despair.
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Poor ending
- De Randall en 01-10-11
De: Richard Matheson
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Somewhere in Time
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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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?
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Worth Returning To Again and Again
- De R. E. Jones en 08-26-11
De: Richard Matheson
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A Stir of Echoes
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now, he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him - and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store, as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave.
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Damn you, David Koepp!
- De Roland Greaves en 03-11-18
De: Richard Matheson
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I Am Legend and Other Stories
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, Yuri Rasovsky
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?
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Fun & thrilling story
- De Jeff en 11-30-19
De: Richard Matheson
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Shadow on the Sun
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
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Southwest Arizona, a century ago: an uneasy truce exists between the remote frontier community of Picture City and the neighboring Apaches. That delicate peace is shredded when the bodies of two white men are found hideously mutilated. The angry townspeople are certain the “savages” have broken the treaty, but Billjohn Finley, the local Indian agent, fears that darker, more unholy forces may be at work. There’s a tall, dark stranger in town, who rode in wearing the dead men’s clothes. A stranger who may not be entirely human.
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Matheson Western Horror Novel
- De William en 04-15-12
De: Richard Matheson
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Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
- Horror Stories
- De: Stephen King - introduction, Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Julia Campbell, Richard Powers, Malcolm Hillgartner, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
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Much of Richard Matheson's work has found its way into pop culture: The title story became a memorable episode of television's The Twilight Zone, and more recently, Will Smith starred in the blockbuster movie I Am Legend. Stephen King has declared Matheson to be one of his favorite writers. Find out why as you listen to the classic horror story of a man who peers out of his airplane window to see a gremlin destroying the wing.
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Waste of a credit
- De Randall en 01-10-10
De: Stephen King - introduction, y otros
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What Dreams May Come
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 8 h y 32 m
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What happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death. But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and the divided soul mates will do anything to reach each other across the boundaries between life and death. When tragedy threatens to divide them forever, Chris risks his very soul to save Annie from an eternity of despair.
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Poor ending
- De Randall en 01-10-11
De: Richard Matheson
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Somewhere in Time
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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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?
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Worth Returning To Again and Again
- De R. E. Jones en 08-26-11
De: Richard Matheson
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A Stir of Echoes
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 6 h y 44 m
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Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life, until a chance event awakened psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now, he's hearing the private thoughts of the people around him - and learning shocking secrets he never wanted to know. But as Tom's existence becomes a waking nightmare, even greater jolts are in store, as he becomes the unwilling recipient of a compelling message from beyond the grave.
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Damn you, David Koepp!
- De Roland Greaves en 03-11-18
De: Richard Matheson
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I Am Legend and Other Stories
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean, Yuri Rasovsky
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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In Matheson's vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world and transformed the unfortunate survivors into bloodthirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?
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Fun & thrilling story
- De Jeff en 11-30-19
De: Richard Matheson
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Shadow on the Sun
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
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Southwest Arizona, a century ago: an uneasy truce exists between the remote frontier community of Picture City and the neighboring Apaches. That delicate peace is shredded when the bodies of two white men are found hideously mutilated. The angry townspeople are certain the “savages” have broken the treaty, but Billjohn Finley, the local Indian agent, fears that darker, more unholy forces may be at work. There’s a tall, dark stranger in town, who rode in wearing the dead men’s clothes. A stranger who may not be entirely human.
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Matheson Western Horror Novel
- De William en 04-15-12
De: Richard Matheson
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I Am Legend
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 5 h y 20 m
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In I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and those unfortunate enough to survive are transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Everyone else has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. By day, he stalks the sleeping undead, by night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn.
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Superb!
- De Steven Casper en 01-24-08
De: Richard Matheson
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The Box
- Uncanny Stories
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 33 m
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What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box? But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don't know. Would you still push the button?
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Is that all there is? Not bad, but not great!
- De Old Hippy en 08-30-11
De: Richard Matheson
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Yuri Rasovsky
- Duración: 7 h y 52 m
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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 ultimate limits of fear and existence.
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Outstanding.
- De Andrew en 09-09-06
De: Richard Matheson
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Hell House
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter
- Duración: 9 h y 11 m
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For over 20 years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mt. Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity.
But now, a new investigation has been launched, bringing four strangers to Belasco House in search of the ultimate secrets of life and death. A wealthy publisher, brooding over his impending death, has paid a physicist and two mediums to establish the facts of life after death once and for all. For one night, they will investigate the Belasco House and learn exactly why the townsfolk refer to it as the Hell House.
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Hell House is like Hill House, but fiercer
- De Phebe en 08-13-12
De: Richard Matheson
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Perchance to Dream
- Selected Stories
- De: Charles Beaumont
- Narrado por: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Harlan Ellison, y otros
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary Twilight Zone writer. It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for The Twilight Zone - for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five that he later adapted for Twilight Zone episodes.
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- De Ralph Freaster en 06-22-16
De: Charles Beaumont
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Noir
- Three Novels of Suspense
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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Noir contains three classic thrillers by Richard Matheson, the grand master of suspense. Originally published in the 1950s, at the very beginning of Matheson’s distinguished career, these page-turning classics are finally on audio for your listening pleasure. Now listeners everywhere can savor three unforgettable tales of crime, corruption, and cold-blooded murder.
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Great Storytelling, Genius Writer
- De Angela Martinez en 12-27-12
De: Richard Matheson
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Japanese Ghost Stories
- Penguin Classics
- De: Lafcadio Hearn
- Narrado por: Eleanor Matsuura
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods.
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Japanese pronunciation a problem
- De CT en 01-20-21
De: Lafcadio Hearn
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Haunted Castles
- The Complete Gothic Stories
- De: Ray Russell, Guillermo del Toro - foreword
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
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Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of "Sardonicus", "Sanguinarius", and "Sagittarius", The characters that sprawl through Haunted Castles are frightful to the core: the heartless monster holding two lovers in limbo; the beautiful dame journeying down a damned road toward depravity (with the help of an evil gypsy); the man who must wear his fatal crimes on his face in the form of an awful smile.
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Excellent suggestion!
- De GJ en 01-26-22
De: Ray Russell, y otros
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Steel and Other Stories
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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Imagine a future in which human boxing has been replaced by heavyweight bouts between massive robots. Richard Matheson’s classic short story, “Steel", is the inspiration for Real Steel, a new movie starring Hugh Jackman.
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WAS SHAKESPEARE, QUEEN ELIZABETH?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 07-19-16
De: Richard Matheson
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Night Ride, and Other Journeys
- De: Charles Beaumont
- Narrado por: J. Paul Boehmer, Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
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For the oddball in you, flights into the sinister and fantastic The stories in this third collection from a master of speculative fiction are at once playful and dark, but each is wonderfully told.
De: Charles Beaumont
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Gothic Tales
- De: Elizabeth Gaskell
- Narrado por: Olivia Forrest
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
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Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic Tales blends the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; Lois the Witch, a novella based on an account of the Salem witch hunts, shows how sexual desire and jealousy lead to hysteria; while in 'The Old Nurse's Story' a mysterious child roams the freezing Northumberland moors.
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Ups and Downs
- De Brittany en 04-05-24
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Nick of Time
- The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas
- De: Richard Matheson
- Narrado por: Stacy Keach, Marshall Allman
- Duración: 41 m
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A pair of newlyweds stopping in a small town are trapped by their own superstition when playing a fortune telling machine in a local diner.
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Slow start but as tension builds - great episode.
- De Mike T. en 11-07-16
De: Richard Matheson
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- Abel
- 03-29-18
Solid.
Like twilight zone? You'll probably dig this then. A bit sporadic in consistency but all solid.
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- Jessica
- 11-30-17
Victor LaValle Introduction is NOT included
I was excited for this collection, as I've only read Matheson's novels and have always enjoyed his work. Unfortunately the introduction by Victor LaValle which is part of the reason I purchased this collection is not included even though it's listed in the book information on Audible.
There are several narrators here, which is a nice way to break up the stories. They are all very traditional style audiobook narrators, which isn't always my preference, but they fit Matheson's work nicely.
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- O.
- 11-13-23
Hallelujah! Got What I Paid For
The audiobook does not contain the long sermon that serves as an "introduction" to the print and ebook versions. This is Matheson with his mystery, his humor and his epoch. No social-progress speeches unrelated to the wonderful content from a 20th century master of thrillers. No redemption needed. Fun for everyone. Isn't that what we want?
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- Jerod Mann
- 10-30-18
Equal Parts Horror and Weird Fiction
I had never heard of Richard Matheson before purchasing this audio book. The synopsis sounded interesting, and I felt adventurous so I downloaded it one weekend. The first story in this collection had me hooked, because of its unique perspective and empathetic portrayal. Overall, the whole collection is brilliantly written and narrated.
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- teejay spina
- 03-05-19
Wonderful
Absolutely terrific ! I had no idea. This is a great collection of stories; highly entertaining
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- Davy Sprocket
- 07-10-20
Great Collection, Varied Readings, Mostly Holds Up
MOST of the readers are pretty solid. The first two stories have their issues. The first reader is doing a *nearly* offensive portrayal of a developmentally disabled person but it's accurate enough that it still works. The second reader I just found off-putting. After that things pretty much smooth out. Sound is great all the way through.
Matheson's writing is a separate issue. The man was a master of his genre to the point where a lot of what is collected here will sound like retreads of plots and premises you're well familiar with but there's good reason for this. First of all his writing was featured on anthology television frequently eg he wrote maybe most of the best known and revered episodes of the original Twilight Zone (some of which are included here) although younger listeners will as likely recognize their Treehouse of Horror counterparts. Many horror nerds will recognize the stories in this collection which would eventually be adapted to film "Prey", "Duel", "Button Button" and "Dance of the Dead". Although he is probably best known for writing the book "I Am Legend" (not included) which became "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price, "The Omega Man" with Charlton Heston, and the eponymous film starring Will Smith. So the prolific consumer of genre fiction may have to think of this the same way modern metal fans think of Black Sabbath; the bones upon which a genre was built.
It's also worth noting that if you're coming to Matheson via The Twilight Zone that you may need a forewarning. While he's no Clive Barker in terms of graphic intensity, this is primarily a horror collection, not science fiction. While there are elements of other genres throughout, horror is by far the more accurate label here. Not the best bedtime listening unless that's specifically what you're into.
This collection spans his entire career, from the 50s into the 00s. So if the first few stories feel clunky and dated (which they largely didn't to me, although Witch War is.. o d d) hang around, because it gets more streamlined as it goes. All in all this is an amazing collection from an awesome writer that I strongly recommend to any fan of horror or aspiring writer.
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- epoul
- 01-30-18
A seminal collection of horror
In spite of this book not having many reviews at the time of my download and the fact that I did not love The Shrinking Man (one of Matheson's most famous novels), I took a chance and downloaded it anyway, mostly on the strength of Stephen King's reverence for Matheson's work. I was not disappointed. This book deserves much more love than it's so far received here at Audible. It is a hidden, under-appreciated gem of wide-ranging horror, from supernatural to sci-fi influenced.
Matheson's work is seminal; you know it even if you don't know you know it. But even aside from its better known inclusions such as Duel (which would become Steven Spielberg's first directed feature), Death Ship and Third Planet from the Sun (which would become beloved Twilight Zone episodes), all of which deserve their recognition, there are scads of genuinely unsettling tales here, all superbly written with a deft, understated style. At times humorous, and often existentially unnerving, any fan of horror, well-written prose, or student of suspenseful writing should give this book a listen.
The narrator's performances are nothing to write home about, but perfectly serviceable. It's Matheson himself and his writing that shines here, or rather, flickers before leaving you in the dark with a strange, heavy breathing coming from the corner of the room behind you.
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- R. MCRACKAN
- 03-11-22
Very good anthology
Anthologies are always hit and miss affairs. The best you can hope for is more hits than misses. By this measure, The Best of Richard Matheson is a success. This collection is a strong reminder of how influential Matheson was. He is also, bleak, original, and at times surprisingly funny.
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- M. SALMAN
- 11-09-19
A master in his element
After listening to this audiobook I had a profound realization...
Richard Matheson is the father of modern science fiction .
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- 09-19-24
Epic Horror Anthology!!
If you enjoy Brian Everson, Harlan Ellison, Chuck Palahniuk, Chuck Windig and the like, you will love this! It includes “Duel” the basis for the Dennis Weaver classic movie!
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