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Richard Matheson Legendary author Richard Matheson has sadly passed away at the age of 87. From his longtime editor Greg Cox: “For over sixty years, Richard Matheson’s imagination enriched our lives and contributed vastly to the literature and entertainment of the twentieth century. In addition, he was a true gentlemen who was never less than…
By Greg Cox, Consulting Editor Richard Matheson recently celebrated his 85th birthday. For an author whose first novel (Someone is Bleeding) was published nearly sixty years ago, Matheson has more going on today than many authors half his age. His story, “Steel,” which was previously filmed as a classic episode of the original Twilight Zone…
by Christopher Conlon When He Is Legend won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology some months ago, my friends were obviously happy for me—almost as happy as I was myself, and I was pretty darned happy. But I was surprised at how often those same friends of mine said things like,…
The legendary Richard Matheson has been named as one of the 2010 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame! The Science Fiction Museum writes: “EMP|SFM is proud to announce the 2010 Hall of Fame inductees: Octavia E. Butler, Richard Matheson, Douglas Trumbull and Roger Zelazny. The induction ceremony will be held Saturday, June 26,…
The Broadway musical adaptation of Richard Matheson’s Somewhere in Time has been announced! From Variety: “The developing tuner version of “Somewhere in Time” has set its creative team, with original novelist-screenwriter Richard Matheson co-writing the book and Leslie Arden on board to pen songs. Producer Ken Davenport will co-write the book with Matheson. Stafford Arima,…