
By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes.

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Adapted to the screen three times: The Last Man on Earth, starring Vincent Price (1964) The Omega Man (1971), starring Charlton Heston and I Am Legend (2007), starring Will Smith. Its most significant achievement, however, is the imaginative inversion of the dynamics of the vampire tale: the vampires fear Neville as a predatory monster as much as he does them" (Fantasy and Horror 6-257). "Matheson's influential novel was one of the first to propose a scientific rationale for vampirism. Octavo, original white cloth, original dust jacket.įirst hardcover edition of Matheson's "instant classic," his groundbreaking treatment of "a traditional horror theme in a science-fictional manner" (Horror 100 Best, 162).

"A NEW TERROR BORN IN DEATH, A NEW SUPERSTITION ENTERING THE UNASSAILABLE FORTRESS OF FOREVER": FIRST EDITION OF I AM LEGEND
