Button, Button: Uncanny Stories - Couverture souple

Matheson, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0765312573 ISBN 13 : 9780765312570

Editeur : St. Martins Press-3PL, 2008

Synopsis

Button, Button What if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000... but someone you didn't know died? Would you still push the button? How many times? Button, Button, which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection. Full description

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Richard Matheson is The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Other Kingdoms, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels, Matheson wrote screenplays, and he wrote for several Twilight Zone episodes, including “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” based on his short story. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. He lives in Calabasas, California.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box?   But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don’t know.  Would you still push the button? “Button, Button," Richard Matheson’s chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis of The Box, the new film from the director of Donnie Darko.  In addition, this outstanding collection also contains many other unforgettable stories by Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. "The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of ordinary men and women caught up in forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence.”-Publishers Weekly  

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0765312573
• ISBN 13: 9780765312570
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208