Richard Matheson

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Richard Matheson (2008)

Richard Burton Matheson (born February 20, 1926 in Allendale , New Jersey , † June 23, 2013 in Calabasas , California ) was an American science fiction and screenwriter . He also published under the pseudonym Logan Swanson .

Life

Born in New Jersey in 1926, Matheson grew up in Brooklyn , New York City .

Matheson studied journalism at the University of Missouri . Its first publication in 1950 put it in the light of science fiction history. With Born of Man and Woman he landed a classic in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . His unique style of combining science fiction and horror found expression in numerous story collections.

Since 1951 he lived in California . In 1952 he married Ruth Ann Woodson. The marriage produced four children, including sons Chris , Richard Christian and Ali Marie Matheson , who are also active as a writer .

His first novel I Am Legend (1954) was filmed several times. In the first film adaptation from 1963 under the title The Last Man on Earth , Vincent Price took on the lead role. It was filmed in 1971 under the title The Omega Man with Charlton Heston and again in 2007 as I Am Legend with Will Smith . For the film adaptation of his second novel The Shrinking Man (1956) under the title The Incredible Story of Mister C. (1957) he also wrote the screenplay . This film also established his career in Hollywood and is considered a classic of the fantastic film.

As a result - with his growing success in the film industry - he put his literary work more and more in the background in the science fiction scene. He wrote screenplays for which he received numerous awards.

Matheson is an integral part of science fiction of the fifties. Although he came to the genre from the direction of horror , he decided to take advantage of the emerging science fiction boom and knew how to join emerging trends and also use them commercially for himself.

He proved his enduring connection to the fantastic genre through numerous screenplay works, especially with his Edgar Allan Poe adaptations for Roger Corman .

His novel The End is just the beginning, Behind the Horizon is the result of intensive research into the ideas of different religions and cultures about the afterlife. Among other things, he refers to the theosophist Emanuel Swedenborg . The novel was made into a film in 1998 with Robin Williams . The film Behind the Horizon offers expressive images, but has little of the depth of the novel.

For his novel Bid Time Return (1975) received the World Fantasy Award . He received another one in 1984 for his life's work. Matheson's novel Ich bin Legende won the 2012 Bram Stoker Award with the special Vampire Novel of the Century Award . In 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Matheson died at the age of 87 in June 2013 at his home in Calabasas, California .

bibliography

Novels
  • Fury on Sunday (1953)
  • Someone Is Bleeding (1953)
  • I Am Legend (1954, also as The Omega Man: I Am Legend , 1971)
    • German: I, the last person. Translated by Werner Gronwald. Heyne General Series # 266, 1963. Also as: Ich bin Legende. Translated by Lore Straßl . Heyne (Library of Science Fiction Literature # 12), 1982, ISBN 3-453-30803-4 .
  • The Shrinking Man (1956, also as The Incredible Shrinking Man )
    • German: The incredible story of Mister C. Translated by Werner Gronwald. Heyne General Series # 58, 1960. Also as: The Strange Story of Mr. C. Heyne (Library of Science Fiction Literature # 22), 1983, ISBN 3-453-30961-8 .
  • Woman (1954)
  • A Stir of Echoes (1958)
    • German: Echoes: Voices from the intermediate world. Translated by Bettina Zeller. Heyne general series # 20052, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17078-4 .
  • Ride the Nightmare (1959)
  • The Beardless Warriors (1960)
  • Comedy of Terrors (1964, with Elsie Lee)
  • Hell House (1971)
    • German: Das Höllenhaus. Translated by Kurt Spieler. Heyne books # 5076, 1974, ISBN 3-453-00397-7 .
  • The Night Strangler (1973)
  • The Night Stalker (1973, with Jeff Rice)
  • Bid Time Return (1975, also as: Somewhere in Time , 1980)
  • What Dreams May Come (1978)
    • German: The end is just the beginning: Beyond the horizon. Translated by Elke Iheukumere and Edda Petri . Goldmann # 44356, 1998, ISBN 3-442-44356-3 .
  • Earthbound (1982, also as Logan Swanson)
  • Hunger and Thirst (1990)
  • Journal of the Gun Years (1991)
  • Seven Steps to Midnight (1993)
  • The Gunfight (1993)
  • The Path (1993)
  • Shadow on the Sun (1994)
  • Now You See It ... (1995)
  • The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok (1996)
  • Passion Play (2000)
  • Abu and the Seven Marvels (2001)
  • Camp Pleasant (2001)
  • Hunted Past Reason (2002)
  • Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002)
  • Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003)
  • Woman (2005)
  • The Link (2006)
  • Other Kingdoms (2011)
  • Generations (2012)
  • Leave Yesterday Alone (2014)
Collections
  • Born of Man and Woman (1954)
    • German: The third planet. Moewig (Terra Taschenbuch # 106), 1966.
  • Third from the Sun (1955)
  • The Shores of Space (1957)
  • Shock
    • 1 Shock! (1961, also as Shock I: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify , 1979)
    • 2 Shock II (1964)
    • 3 Shock III (1966)
    • 4 Shock Waves (1970, also as Shock 4 , 1980)
  • Ghost Trilogy (1987)
  • Scars and Other Distinguishing Marks (1987, with Richard Christian Matheson, also as Scars )
  • Richard Matheson (1989)
  • By the Gun (1993)
  • I Am Legend (1995)
  • Richard Matheson's "The Twilight Zone" Scripts (1998)
  • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (2002)
  • Richard Matheson's "The Twilight Zone" Scripts Volume Two (2002)
  • Pride (2002) (with Richard Christian Matheson)
  • Richard Matheson: Collected Stories (3 vols., 2003 and 2005)
  • Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson (2003)
  • Off Beat: Uncollected Stories (2003)
  • Darker Places (2004)
  • Unrealized Dreams (2004)
  • Duel & the Distributor: Stories & Screenplays (2004)
  • Bloodlines (2006)
  • Kiss the Whip (2007, with Robert Bloch , Henry Clement, Jean-Paul Denard and Jeremy Reed)
  • Visions of Death (2007)
  • Matheson Uncollected: Volume One (2008)
  • Button, Button: Uncanny Stories (2008, also as: The Box: Uncanny Stories , 2009)
  • Visions Deferred: Richard Matheson's Censored I Am Legend Script (2009)
  • Road Rage (2009, with Joe Hill and Stephen King)
  • Matheson Uncollected: Volume Two (2010)
  • Steel and Other Stories (2011)
  • Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales (2013)
  • The Best of Richard Matheson (2017)
Kolchak scripts
  • Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts (2004, collection)
  • The Night Killers (2004, with William F. Nolan )
  • The Night Stalker (2004)
  • The Night Strangler (2004)
  • Kolchak the Night Stalker: Night Killers (2017, collection, with Chuck Miller)
  • The Night Killers (2017, short story, with Chuck Miller)
Short stories

If only the title and year are given as sources for short stories, the complete information can be found under collections .

  • Born of Man and Woman (1950)
  • Third from the Sun (1950)
    • German: The third planet. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Waker Dreams (1950, also as: When the Waker Sleeps )
  • The Hunt (1951)
  • Clothes Make the Man (1951)
    • German: An impossible story. In: The last day. 1972.
  • "Drink My Red Blood ..." (1951, also as: Blood Son )
    • English: The vampire. In: The last day. 1972. Also called: Drink my blood. Translated by Jürgen Abel . In: Peter Haining (Ed.): Hour of the Vampires. Fischer Taschenbuch (Fischer Taschenbücher # 1527), 1974, ISBN 3-436-02002-8 .
  • Through Channels (1951)
    • German: Through channels. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Thing (1951)
  • Witch War (1951)
    • German: War of the Witches. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • Dress of White Silk (1951)
    • German: Mom's room. In: The Third Planet. 1966. Also called: The dress made of white silk. Translated by Anne Gebhardt. In: Charles G. Waugh, Martin Greenberg (Eds.): Vampire. Bastei Lübbe (Bastei Lübbe General Series # 13134), 1988, ISBN 3-404-13134-7 . Also called: a dress made of white silk. Translated by Stefan Troßbach. In: Edward L. Ferman, Anne Jordan (eds.): The best horror stories. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Horror # 1835), 1989, ISBN 3-426-01835-7 .
  • Return (1951)
  • Mountains of the Mind (1951)
  • Richard Matheson's Letter to the Editor (1952, also as: Advance Notice )
  • Gunsight (1951)
  • SRL Ad (1952)
    • English: Lonely Venus Girl. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Foodlegger (1952, also as: F --- )
    • German: The indecent. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • Lover When You're Near Me (1952)
    • English: Das Drei-Monde-Madhouse. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • Shipshape Home (1952)
    • German: Women are always right. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): Galaxy 1. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3040), 1965.
  • Brother to the Machine (1952)
  • To Fit the Crime (1952)
  • Mad House (1953)
    • German: The mad house. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Disinheritors (1953)
  • Wet Straw (1953)
    • German: The wet straw. In: Exclusive nightmares. Pabel (Vampire Paperback # 4), 1974.
  • Death Ship (1953)
  • Disappearing Act (1953)
    • German: The disappearance. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Last Day (1953)
    • German: The last day. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Lazarus II (1953)
  • Legion of Plotters (1953)
    • English: Conspiracy against Mr. Jasper. In: HW Mommers , AD Krauss (Ed.): 22 horror stories. Heyne (Heyne Anthologies # 16), 1966.
  • Slaughter House (1953)
  • The Wedding (1953)
    • German: The superstitious. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • Full Circle (1953)
  • Mother by Protest (1953, also as: Trespass )
    • German: The misstep. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Little Girl Lost (1953)
    • English: Little girl disappeared. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Sorry, Right Number (1953, also as: Long Distance Call )
  • Dying Room Only (1953)
  • Dear Diary (1954)
    • German: Dear Diary. In: The Third Planet. 1966.
  • The Man Who Made the World (1954)
  • The Traveler (1954)
  • Descent (1954)
  • The Conqueror (1954)
  • When Day Is Dun (1954)
    • German: The day is over. In: The last day. 1972.
  • The Curious Child (1954)
    • German: The curious child. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Being (1954)
    • German: Das Wesen. In: The last day. 1972.
  • The Test (1954)
    • German: The exam. In: The last day. 1972.
  • The Doll That Does Everything (1954)
    • German: The doll that can do everything. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Go West, Young Man (1954)
  • Dance of the Dead (1955)
  • Miss Stardust (1955)
  • The Funeral (1955)
    • German: The funeral celebration. In: The last day. 1972.
  • Pattern for Survival (1955)
    • German: model for survival. Translated by Charlotte Winheller . In: Anthony Boucher (Ed.): 20 Science Fiction Stories. Heyne (Heyne Anthologies # 2), 1963.
    • German: recipe for survival. In: The last day. 1972.
  • One for the Books (1955)
  • Too Proud to Lose (1955)
  • Boy in the Rocks (1955)
  • Steel (1956)
    • German: Ring frei !. In: William F. Nolan (ed.): The others among us. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3120), 1968. Also called: Steel. In: The last day. 1972.
  • The Splendid Source (1956)
  • A Flourish of Strumpets (1956)
  • A Visit to Santa Claus (1957, also as I'll Make It Look Good , as Logan Swanson)
  • The Children of Noah (1957)
  • The Holiday Man (1957)
  • Old Haunts (1957)
  • Lemmings (1958)
    • German: Lemmings. In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): The last city on earth. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3048), 1965.
  • The Distributor (1958)
  • The Edge (1958)
    • German: Who are you? In: Walter Ernsting (Ed.): In the jungle of primeval times. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3064), 1966.
  • Big Surprise (1959)
  • Mantage (1959)
  • A Touch of Grapefruit (1959, also as: The Creeping Terror , 1961)
  • No Such Thing as a Vampire (1959)
  • Deadline (1959)
  • Day of Reckoning (1960)
  • Graveyard Shift (1960)
  • Crickets (1960)
  • First Anniversary (1960)
  • From Shadowed Places (1960)
    • German: demon dance. In: Michel Parry (Ed.): Horror creeps silently. Pabel (Vampire Paperback # 22), 1975.
  • Finger Prints (1962)
  • Mute (1962)
  • The Likeness of Julie (1962, also as Logan Swanson)
    • English: The witch with the child's face. Translated by Werner Maibohm. In: Michel Parry (ed.): Eight Teufelseier. Pabel (Vampir Taschenbuch # 42), 1976. Also called: Beguiling Julie. Translated by Michael Plogmann. In: Jeff Gelb, Lonn Friend (ed.): Hot Blood: Until death unites you. Festa (Festa Horror TB # 1519), 2007, ISBN 978-3-86552-074-6 .
  • Tis the Season to Be Jelly (1963)
  • Crescendo (1963, also as: Shock Wave )
  • Girl of My Dreams (1963)
    • German: dreams. In: Charlotte Winheller (ed.): The survivors. Heyne (Heyne General Series # 272), 1964.
  • Deus Ex Machina (1963)
  • Interest (1965)
  • Star Trek: "The Enemy Within" (1966)
  • A Drink of Water (1967)
  • Prey (1969)
  • Therese (1969, also as: Needle in the Heart )
  • Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (1970)
  • By Appointment Only (1970)
  • Button, Button (1970)
  • The Finishing Touches (1970)
  • Duel (1971)
  • Leo Rising (1972)
  • Where There's a Will (1980, with Richard Christian Matheson)
  • The Doll (1982)
  • A World of His Own (screenplay, 1983)
  • And Now I'm Waiting (1983)
  • Blunder Buss (1984)
  • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (screenplay, 1984)
  • Getting Together (1986)
  • Buried Talents (1987)
  • The Near Departed (1987)
  • Shoo Fly (1988)
  • Person to Person (1989)
  • Til Death Do Us Part (1989)
  • CU: Mannix (1991)
  • Two O'Clock Session (1991)
  • The Legend of Hell House (1997)
  • A World of Difference (screenplay, 1998)
  • Little Girl Lost (screenplay, 1998)
  • Nick of Time (screenplay, 1998)
  • Once Upon a Time (screenplay, 1998)
  • The Invaders (screenplay, 1998)
  • The Last Flight (screenplay, 1998)
  • Always Before Your Voice (1999)
  • Relics (1999)
  • And in Sorrow (2000)
  • Purge Among Peanuts (2001)
  • The Prisoner (2001)
  • A Stir of Echoes (Screenplay, 2002)
  • Death Ship (screenplay, 2002)
  • He Wanted to Live (2002)
  • Life Size (2002)
  • Mute (screenplay, 2002)
  • Night Call (screenplay, 2002)
  • Pride (2002, with Richard Christian Matheson)
  • Professor Fritz and the Runaway House (2002)
  • Spur of the Moment (Screenplay, 2002)
  • Steel (screenplay, 2002)
  • That Was Yesterday (2002)
  • Man with a Club (2003)
  • Maybe You Remember Him (2003)
  • Mirror, Mirror ... (2003)
  • Phone Call from Across the Street (2003)
  • The Last Blah in the Etc (2003, also as: All and Only Silence )
  • Counterfeit Bills (2004)
  • Cassidy's Shoes (2004)
  • Creature: A Screenplay (2004)
  • Intergalactic Report (2004)
  • Little Girl Knocking at My Door (2004)
  • Revolution (2004)
  • The Hill (2004)
  • The Puppy (2004)
  • 1984 1/2 (2005)
  • The Link (excerpt) (2006)
  • Haircut (2006)
  • Colony Seven: An Unpublished Novel (2008)
  • Pride (2008)
  • Original Screenplay: Conjure Wife (2009, with Charles Beaumont)
  • Madri-Gall (a skit for the stage) (2009, with Richard Christian Matheson)
  • An Element Never Forgets (2010)
  • Now Die in It (2010)
  • Portrait (2010)
  • Portrait Illustration (2010)
  • Red Is the Color of Desire (2010)
  • The House of the Dead (2010)
  • What Dreams May Come (Screenplay, 2010)
  • The Window of Time (2010)
  • Dr. Morton's Folly (2011)
  • I Am Legend (Screenplay, 2012)
  • A Murder Story Told in Two Hundred Clichés (2013)
  • Backteria (2013)
  • My Conversation with Superman (2013)
Anthologies
  • The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories (1985, with Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh)
Non-fiction
  • The Path: A New Look At Reality (1993)
  • Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (1995, with Ricia Mainhardt)
  • Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts Extra (2003)
  • 2012 vs Reality (2011)

Filmography

Scripts

Literary templates

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Science fiction author Richard Matheson is dead. In: Spiegel Online , June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2011 Bram Stoker Award ™ winners and Vampire Novel of the Century Award winner at horror.org, accessed June 25, 2013
  3. ^ Science fiction awards database - Richard Matheson . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ Iconic Sci-Fi Author Richard Matheson Dies at 87 at hollywoodreporter.com, accessed June 25, 2013
  5. ^ Richard Matheson, 1926-2013 at tor.com, accessed June 25, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Matheson, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matheson, Richard Burton (full name); Swanson, Logan (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American SF and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Allendale , New Jersey , United States
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2013
Place of death Calabasas , California , United States