Reading old classics apocalypse novels I felt the need recently to read a few dystopian/horror/sci-fi classics, especially after I read “A Canticle for Leibowitz” by Walter M Miller Jnr and I absolutely LOVED IT. I straightaway downloaded to my Kindle “I Am Legend” by Richard Matheson, "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy (eve though this isn't an old classic by any means it reads like one) a “Philip K Dick” collection, and “Lucifer’s Hammer” by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. First up is I Am Legend I saw the movie with Will Smith before I read the book. The concept is the same as the book: A lone survivor of a vampire plague who can’t venture anywhere further than a day’s round trip drive from his home. He’s driven mad with loneliness. He’s also intent on wiping out as many of these vampires as he finds. This is the only point on which the movie and the book agree upon. I was pleasantly surprised to read the book and discover a new ending, new characters, and
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