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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 (film)|I Am Legend]]'' starring [[Will Smith]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ I Am Legend at the Internet Movie Database]</ref>
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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>[https://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>[https://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>[https://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>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/ I Am Legend at the Internet Movie Database]</ref>
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==See also==
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* [[The 100 (TV series)]]
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* [[28 Days Later]], 2002
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* [[28 Weeks Later]], 2007
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* [[Alas, Babylon]] by [[Pat Frank]]. A classic [[nuclear]] scenario.
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* [[Atlas Shrugged]]
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* [[Batman: The Dark Knight Returns]]
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* [[Battlestar Galactica‎]]
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* [[Blade Runner]]
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* [[The Book of Eli]], 2010
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* [[Brave New World]]
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* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]
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* [[Cast Away]], 2000
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* [[A Clockwork Orange]]
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* [[The Colony (TV series)]]
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* [[Deliverance]], 1972
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* [[Dr. Strangelove]] by Peter George and [[Stanley Kubrick]] (1964)
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* [[Earth Abides]] by George Stewart
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* [[Elysium]]
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* [[Enemies Foreign and Domestic]] by [[Matthew Bracken]]
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* [[Escape from New York]]
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* [[Fahrenheit 451]]
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* [[Falling Skies]]
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* [[Firefly (TV series)]]
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* [[The Flight of the Phoenix]], 1965 with [[James Stewart]]
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* [[The Handmaid's Tale]]
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* [[The Hunger Games]], 2008
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* [[The Grey]], 2011, with [[Liam Neeson]]
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* I Am Legend, 1954 by [[Richard Matheson]], 2007 film with [[Will Smith]]
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* [[Into the Wild]], 2007
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* [[Jericho (TV series)]]
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* [[Jeremiah (TV series)]]
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* [[Judge Dredd]] 1995
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* [[The Last Man on Earth]], or [[The Last Man on Earth]], 1964 [[Italian]] film with [[Vincent Price]]
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* [[Left Behind]], 1995 to 2007 by [[Tim LaHaye]]
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* [[Life of Pi]], 2012
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* [[Lifeboat]], 1944
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* [[Lights Out]] by [[David Crawford]] (Post-[[EMP]] attack.)
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* [[Logan's Run]]
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* [[Lucifer's Hammer]], 1977 by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
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* [[Mad Max]] 1981
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* [[Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome]] 1985
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* [[The Matrix]], 1999, 2003
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* [[Molon Labe!]] by [[Boston T. Party]]
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* [[Minority Report]]
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* [[Night of the Living Dead]], 1968 by [[George A. Romero]]
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* [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]] ([[1984]])
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* [[One Second After]], 2009 by [[William R. Forstchen]]
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* [[Outbreak (film)]], 1995 with  [[Dustin Hoffman]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Donald Sutherland]]
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* [[Open Water]], 2003
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* [[Panic in Year Zero!]], 1962 with [[Ray Milland]]
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* [[Planet of the Apes]] 1968 by Pierre Boulle
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* [[Some Will Not Die]] by Algis Budrys ([[Plague]] total wipe-out scenario.)
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* [[The Omega Man]], 1971
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* [[The Omen]]
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* [[The Poseidon Adventure]], 1972 with [[Gene Hackman]] and Ernest Borgnine
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* [[The Postman]], 1997
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* [[The Purge]]
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* [[Rescue Dawn]], 2006 by [[Werner Herzog]] with [[Christian Bale]]
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* [[Resident Evil]], 2002, 2007, 2010, 2012 with [[Milla Jovovich]]
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* [[Robinson Crusoe]], 1719 by [[Daniel Defoe]], 1954 and 1997 film with [[Pierce Brosnan]]
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* [[RoboCop]]
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* [[The Road Warrior]] 1981 (Mad Max 2)
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* [[The Running Man]]
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* [[Serenity (film)|Serenity]]
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* [[Silent Running]]
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* [[Soylent Green]]
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* [[Stagecoach (film)|Stagecoach]], 1939
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* [[Star Trek: First Contact]], 1996
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* [[The Stand (TV series)]], 1994 by [[Stephen King]], starring [[Gary Sinise]] and [[Rob Lowe]]
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* [[Swiss Family Robinson]], 1960, based on 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss
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* [[The Road]] by [[Cormac McCarthy]], 2006, 2009 film with [[Viggo Mortensen]]
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* [[The Terminator]] frachise, 1984, 1991, 2003, 2007, 2009
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* [[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]
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* [[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines]]
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* [[Terminator Salvation]]
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* [[Terminator Genisys]]
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* [[Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]
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* [[THX 1138]]
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* [[The Time Machine]] by [[H. G. Wells]]
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* [[Total Recall]]
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* [[V for Vendetta]]
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* [[The Walking Dead]], 2010-2015
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* [[WALL-E]]
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* [[Watchmen]]
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* [[World War Z]], 2006 by Max Brooks, 2013 film with [[Brad Pitt]]
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* [[X-Men: Days of Future Past]], 2014
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* [[Survivalist fiction]]
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* [[Dystopian]] [[fiction]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:14, April 9, 2019

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.[1] The novel has been adapted into three films, the first being The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964.[2] The second adaptation was the 1971 film The Omega Man which featured Charlton Heston in the lead role.[3] The most recent adaptation of the novel is the 2007 film I Am Legend starring Will Smith.[4]

See also


References

  1. ↑ Richard Matheson's I Am Legend at Amazon.com
  2. ↑ The Last Man on Earth at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ The Omega Man at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ↑ I Am Legend at the Internet Movie Database
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