Tuesday, May 24, 2005

List: Favorite Richard Matheson short stories

Richard Matheson is my favorite writer. Unfortunately few people have ever heard of him. He wrote wrote the book The Incredible Shrinking Man. He also wrote the book I Am Legend, which is the basis for the Charlton Heston movie The Omega Man. He also wrote several scripts for The Twilight Zone, including Nightmare at 20,000 feet, with the guy who sees the gremlin on the plane. Anyway, the reason he's my favorite author is because of his short stories. So I thought I'd rank all of his short stories. And I thought I'd post it here, evan if nobody cares.

1. Witch War
2. Through Channels
3. The Distributor
4. When the Waker Sleeps
5. Being
6. Born of Man and Woman
7. The Children of Noah
8. Steel
9. The Last Day
10. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
11. Dance of the Dead
12. Duel
13. Lover When Your Near Me
14. Legion of Plotters
15. Trespass
16. From Shadow Places
17. Prey
18. The Holiday Man
19. Crickets
20. F ------
21. The Test
22. Blood Son
23. Mad House
24. Buried Talents
25. The Likeness of Julie
26. Button, Button
27. Shipshape Home
.8. First Anniversary
29. Mantage
30. Brother to the Machine
31. By Appointment Only
32. Death Ship
33. Disappearing Act
34. Return
35. Slaughter House
36. SRL Ad
37. One For the Books
38. Long Distance Call
39. The Near Departed
40. Wet Straw
41. Little Girl Lost
42. Third From the Sun
43. Shoofly
44. Person to Person
45. The Funeral
46. Dress of White Silk
47. Old Haunts

That's it. I really need to find three more to read so I can get a full top 50.

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