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'''''I Am Legend''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] written in 1954 by the American author Richard Matheson. The story of the novel takes place in a then-futuristic Los Angeles of 1976 where a plague has transformed all of humanity into [[vampires]], except for the protagonist Robert Neville.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/031286504X Richard Matheson's I Am Legend at Amazon.com]</ref> The novel has been adapted into three [[films]], the first being ''[[The Last Man on Earth]]'' starring [[Vincent Price]], which was released in 1964.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/ The Last Man on Earth at the Internet Movie Database]</ref> The second adaptation was the 1971 film ''[[The Omega Man]]'' which featured [[Charlton Heston]] in the lead role.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/ The Omega Man at the Internet Movie Database]</ref> The most recent adaptation of the novel is the 2007 film ''[[I Am Legend]]'' starring [[Will Smith]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ I Am Legend at the Internet Movie Database]</ref>
'''''I Am Legend''''' is a [[science fiction]] [[novel]] written in 1954 by the American author Richard Matheson. The story of the novel takes place in a then-futuristic Los Angeles of 1976 where a plague has transformed all of humanity into [[vampires]], except for the protagonist Robert Neville.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Legend-Richard-Matheson/dp/031286504X Richard Matheson's I Am Legend at Amazon.com]</ref> The novel has been adapted into three [[films]], the first being ''[[The Last Man on Earth]]'' starring [[Vincent Price]], which was released in 1964.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/ The Last Man on Earth at the Internet Movie Database]</ref> The second adaptation was the 1971 film ''[[The Omega Man]]'' which featured [[Charlton Heston]] in the lead role.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/ The Omega Man at the Internet Movie Database]</ref> The most recent adaptation of the novel is the 2007 film ''[[I Am Legend]]'' starring [[Will Smith]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ I Am Legend at the Internet Movie Database]</ref>
==See Also==
* [[The 100 (TV series)]]
* [[28 Days Later]], 2002
* [[28 Weeks Later]], 2007
* [[Alas, Babylon]] by [[Pat Frank]]. A classic [[nuclear]]|nuke]] scenario. This book was a key influence in [[James Wesley Rawles]] writing and it was his inspiration to write “[[Patriots Novels Series|Patriots]]” in a similar style
* [[Atlas Shrugged]]
* [[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]
* [[Battlestar Galactica]]
* [[Blade Runner]]
* [[The Book of Eli]], 2010
* [[Brave New World]]
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]
* [[Cast Away]], 2000
* [[A Clockwork Orange]]
* [[The Colony (TV series)]]
* [[Deliverance]], 1972
* [[Dr. Strangelove]] by Peter George and [[Stanley Kubrick]] (1964)
* [[Earth Abides]] by George Stewart
* [[Elysium]]
* [[Enemies Foreign and Domestic]] by [[Matthew Bracken]]
* [[Escape from New York]]
* [[Fahrenheit 451]]
* [[Falling Skies]]
* [[Firefly (TV series)]]
* [[The Flight of the Phoenix]], 1965 with [[James Stewart]]
* [[The Handmaid's Tale]]
* [[The Hunger Games]], 2008
* [[The Grey]], 2011, with [[Liam Neeson]]
* [[I Am Legend]], 1954 by [[Richard Matheson]], 2007 film with [[Will Smith]]
* [[Into the Wild]], 2007
* [[Jericho (TV series)]]
* [[Jeremiah (TV series)]]
* [[Judge Dredd]] 1995
* [[The Last Man on Earth]], or [[The Last Man on Earth]], 1964 [[Italian]] film with [[Vincent Price]]
The Last Man on Earth
* [[Left Behind]], 1995 to 2007 by [[[Tim LaHaye]]
* [[Life of Pi]], 2012
* [[Lifeboat]], 1944
* [[Lights Out]] by [[David Crawford]] (Post-[[EMP]] attack.)
* [[Logan's Run]]
* [[Lucifer's Hammer]], 1977 by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
* [[Mad Max]] 1981
* [[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]] 1985
* [[The Matrix]], 1999, 2003
* [[Molon Labe!]] by [[Boston T. Party]]
* [[Minority Report]]
* [[Night of the Living Dead]], 1968 by [[George A. Romero]]
* [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] ([[1984]])
* [[One Second After]], 2009 by [[William R. Forstchen]]
* [[Outbreak (film)]], 1995 with [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Donald Sutherland]]
* [[Open Water]], 2003
* [[Patriots Novels Series]] by [[James Wesley Rawles]]
** [[Survivors - A Novel of the Coming Collapse]]
** [[Founders - A Novel of the Coming Collapse]]
** [[Expatriates - A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse]]
** [[Liberators - A Novel of the Coming Global Collapse]]
* [[Panic in Year Zero!]], 1962 with [[Ray Milland]]
* [[Planet of the Apes]] 1968 by Pierre Boulle
* [[Some Will Not Die]] by Algis Budrys ([[Plague]] total wipe-out scenario. This book was another with an influence in [[James Wesley Rawles]] writing.)
* [[The Omega Man]], 1971
* [[The Omen]]
* [[The Poseidon Adventure]], 1972 with [[Gene Hackman]] and Ernest Borgnine
* [[The Postman]], 1997
* [[The Purge]]
* [[Rescue Dawn]], 2006 by [[Werner Herzog]] with [[Christian Bale]]
* [[Resident Evil]], 2002, 2007, 2010, 2012 with [[Milla Jovovich]]
* [[Robinson Crusoe]], 1719 by [[Daniel Defoe]], 1954 and 1997 film with [[Pierce Brosnan]]
* [[RoboCop]]
* [[The Road Warrior]] 1981 (Mad Max 2)
* [[The Running Man]]
* [[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]
* [[Silent Running]
* [[Soylent Green]]
* [[Stagecoach (film)|Stagecoach]], 1939
* [[Star Trek: First Contact]], 1996
* [[The Stand (TV series)]], 1994 by [[Stephen King]], starring [[Gary Sinise]] and [[Rob Lowe]]
* [[Swiss Family Robinson]], 1960, based on 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss
* [[The Road]] by [[Cormac McCarthy]], 2006, 2009 film with [[Viggo Mortensen]]
* [[The Terminator]] frachise, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2007, 2009
* [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]
* [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]
* [[Terminator Salvation]]
* [[Terminator Genisys]]
* [[Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]
* [[THX 1138]]
* [[The Time Machine]] by [[H. G. Wells]]
* [[Total Recall]]
* [[V for Vendetta]]
* [[The Walking Dead]], 2010-2015
* [[WALL-E]]
* [[Watchmen]]
* [[World War Z]], 2006 by Max Brooks, 2013 film with [[Brad Pitt]]
* [[X-Men: Days of Future Past]], 2014
* [[Survivalist fiction]]
* [[Dystopian]] [[fiction]]
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