I Am Legend by Richard Matheson was a brilliant, enticing read. It is definitely the most interesting, multi-layered vampire story I have ever read. It provided the genre with such unique and authentic qualities, allowing Matheson to impregnate a unique believability of these vampires into my mind.
Robert Neville, the protagonist of the novel, is the only survivor of a devastating pandemic which plagued the rest of the population with a form of vampirism. Neville spends much of his days barricading his house from these vampires, and killing them. He is also consumed by his excessive consumption of alcohol. As time passes, he starts to search for the origin of this virus. However, his goal is not to find a cure, instead to find more efficient
Robert Neville, the protagonist of the novel, is the only survivor of a devastating pandemic which plagued the rest of the population with a form of vampirism. Neville spends much of his days barricading his house from these vampires, and killing them. He is also consumed by his excessive consumption of alcohol. As time passes, he starts to search for the origin of this virus. However, his goal is not to find a cure, instead to find more efficient