![]() Yet, even if Matheson’s con-tributions to the genre are clear, fewer studies on Matheson have appeared than one might expect (despite a slight uptick of interest since the Will Smith film version in 2007). Ransom’s study is a timely one due to Richard Matheson’s great influence on North American SF – in fact, George Romero wrote the screenplay for Night of the Living Dead (1968) after encountering the novel Matheson’s story may thus be considered the starting point for the modern zombie genre. ![]() Still, it offers a wonderful opportunity to follow through on the changes in the many adaptations of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend (1954), which Ransom examines using gender, race, and adaptation theory. ISBN 978-1476668338.Īlthough Ransom’s previous work in Canadian SF has won the Pioneer Award offered by the Science Fiction Research Association, I Am Legend as American Myth unfortunately lacks the same ambition or cohesiveness. I Am Legend as American Myth: Race and Masculinity in the Novel and Its Film Adaptations. I Am Legend as American Myth: Race and Masculinity in the Novel and Its Film Adaptations Fafnir – Nordic Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy Research, Volume 7, Issue 2, pages 121–124.
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