Date: 7 Mar 92
Subject: Author Lists: Richard Matheson
From: jwenn@world.std.com (John Wenn)
To: rec.arts.sf.written
Edited: 27-Jun-95

Richard Matheson is one of the most cinematic SF writers.  A number of 
his books have been made into films: Somewhere in Time, I am Legend 
(filmed as The Last Man on Earth and as The Omega Man, Hellhouse (filmed 
as The Legend of Hell House) and The Incredible Shrinking Man.  I think 
that Hellhouse (both the book and movie version) makes an interesting 
contrast with Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House (filmed as The 
Haunting).  Both deal with a team of psychics investigating a powerful 
haunted house.  Both are wonderful books with excellent movie adaptions, 
but they have completely different approaches.  Matheson's story is a 
very scientific investigation while Jackson's story is more of a moody 
psychological piece.

In addition to his books, Matheson has written extensively for TV (many 
Twilight Zones, a Star Trek, The Night Stalker, Duel, Night Gallery and 
many others) and Movies (several of his own books, several Poe adaptions 
for Roger Corman, a Twilight Zone segment, and others).

[C] == Story Collection.
[O] == Omnibus.  Includes other books.
[Abr.] == Abridgment of other title.
[= ...] == Also known by this other title.

Matheson, Richard (Burton)	(U.S.A., 2/20/1926- )	G, H
	(awards: Dracula Society 1972, 1974; Hugo 1958; Saturn 1981; Stoker 1990, Lifetime Achievement 1991; WFA 1976, Lifetime Achievement 1984, 1990; WGA)
	(GoH World Fantasy Con 1977; WorldCon 1958)
	(pseudonym: Logan Swenson)

Bid Time Return (1975) [= Somewhere in Time] [WFA 1976]
Born of Man and Woman (1954) [rev. 1956] [C]
Hellhouse (1971)
I Am Legend (1954) [= The Omega Man]
I Am Legend (1995) [C]
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1994) [C]
Now You See It ... (1995)
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories (Dream/Press, 1989) [C] [WFA 1990]
Shock! (1961) [C= Shock I]
Shock II (1964) [C]
Shock III (1966) [C]
Shock 4 (1980) [C]
Shock Waves (1970) [C]
The Shores of Space (1957) [C]
Somewhere in Time / What Dreams May Come: Two Novels of Love and Fantasy (Dream/Press, 1991) [O/2N]
The Shrinking Man (1956) [= The Incredible Shrinking Man]
A Stir of Echoes (1958)
Third from the Sun (1955) [C] [Abr./ Born of Man and Woman]
Through Channels (1989) [CB]
What Dreams May Come (1978)

as Logan Swenson
	Earthbound (1982) [rev. 1989]

Edited
with Martin Greenberg and Charles Waugh
	The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories (1985)

Non-Genre Fiction
7 Steps to Midnight (1993)
The Bearless Warriors (1960)
By the Gun (1994) [C]
Fury on Sunday (1953)
The Gunfight (1993)
Journal of the Gun Years (1991)
Ride the Nightmare (1959)
Shadow on the Sun (1994)
Someone is Bleeding (1953)

Nonfiction
The Path: Metaphysics for the 90's (1993)

with Ricia Mainhardt
	Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (1995) [forthcoming]

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