Latest US edition of I AM LEGEND available for pre-order

This November, Richard Matheson's I Am Legend will see a new hardcover release from Penguin Classics, as part of their Penguin Speculative Fiction Special series. This will be the first US edition in decades that features just the novel, without an accompanying selection of Matheson's short stories. This edition is also the first to feature a new foreword by Joe R. Lansdale. 

You can pre-order your copy today!

Latest US edition of I AM LEGEND available for pre-order

This October, I Am Legend & Other Stories joins Hell House as the latest release in Tor Books' Nightfire imprint.

Arriving just in time for Halloween, you can pre-order your copy today!

New Italian graphic novel adaptation of I AM LEGEND available for pre-order

 

Coming next May from our friends at Independent Legions in Italy (home of many Italian translations of great horror novels and stories), a 399-copy numbered limited edition graphic novel of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (Io Sono Leggenda).

Adapted by Alessandro Manzetti and illustrated by Stefano Cardoselli, with introduction by Richard Christian Matheson. You can pre-order the book here at a discounted price until November 30, 2020.

Soy Leyenda (1967) Available Online for a Limited Time!

Sorry to say that if you're just seeing this post now, you've missed it. For a brief window, the 1967 Spanish student film adaptation of I Am Legend was posted online on VIMEO.

Thanks to #DoréEnCasa, an initiative of the Spanish Film Library that allows access for a limited time to recently recovered and restored materials, for making this rarity available, if only for a limited time.

I've written a comprehensive article on the short film for bare•bones #2, which is now available.

I never expected to have the opportunity to see this without traveling to Spain. Very special thanks to David J. Schow for alerting me as to its availability!

Suntup Editions I Am Legend updates and Meltzoff art print

As the release of Suntup Editions' deluxe I Am Legend draws closer, they have revealed a few updates, including revisions to the binding of the letterpress numbered limited edition (of which it appears only a handful of copies remain).

They also announced that the dust jacket for their Artist Gift Edition will feature Stanley Metzoff's original painting from the 1954 Gold Medal 1st edition of the book. Less than 10% of this edition remain available for sale.

Suntup also announced that they will be offering a licensed fine art giclée print of Meltzoff's painting, limited to no more than 100 copies.

I AM LEGEND coming from Suntup Editions

Suntup Editions, a high-end specialty press known for their finely crafted limited editions, have announced three versions of Richard Matheson's I AM LEGEND that they will be publishing in 2020.

A deluxe leather bound lettered edition of 26 copies retailing for $3500 (and already sold out - I believe to existing subscribers) features a handcrafted wooden stake on the cover, laser engraved with title. The book is printed letterpress and signed by artist Allen Williams who provides six black and white illustrations.

A numbered edition of 250 copies retailing for $695 is also printed letterpress and signed by artist Allen Williams.

An offset-printed artist gift edition in dust jacket (limited to 1000 copies) retailing for $75 is also signed by artist Allen Williams.

Ordering information is at the links provided. We look forward to adding two of these three editions to the archive next year.

I Am Legend Hardcover edition coming from TOR Books this Fall

I recently stumbled onto this Amazon listing for a hardcover edition of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend coming from TOR Books on October 22, 2019.

This is the first time since TOR published their first paperback edition of the book in 1995 (along with several short stories) that they have offered a hardcover edition of the book.

The cover art is once again a digitally manipulated version of Jim Thiesen's painting from the first TOR paperback.

I've put out some feelers to see if I can get some additional details, but here's what we know right now:

• Binding is listed as a hardcover.
• Amazon lists the trim size as 4.2 x 6.7 inches, about the size of a mass market paperback
• The book is currently offered at $14.99, $3 cheaper than the current trade paperback edition.
• The page count is listed as 448 pages, which is 131 pages longer than the current trade paperback edition, and 128 pages longer than the current mass market paperback.

As soon as I have more details, I'll pass them on!