I Am Legend

Paperback, 192 pages

Spanish language

Published by Booket.

ISBN:
978-84-450-7672-9
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Des vampires au rayon SF

Certains livres ont mal vieilli. Ce n'est pas le cas de Je suis une légende. Écrit en 1954, il ne fait pas ses 70 ans. Le récit est en effet intemporel, mais ce n'est pas ce qui en fait la force principale. Les sujets et préoccupations du présent de 1954, abordés ici par la science-fiction, se retrouvent pour certains avec une préoccupante modernité en notre vingt et unième siècle.

Jugez plutôt. C'est d'une épidémie mondiale dont il est question. Elle n'affecte pas le système respiratoire, comme nos années 2020 auraient pu le suggérer, mais modifie de manière assez importante le comportement des personnes infectées. Elles deviennent en effet nocturnes, fuyant la lumière du jour. Elles se nourrissent quasi-exclusivement de sang, préférentiellement humain. Leurs canines ont tendance à pousser un peu plus que d'habitude. Elles craignent l'ail. Il paraîtrait même qu'elles fuient devant les crucifix et les miroirs. Vous avez …

Groundbreaking, but later authors would do more with it.

This was primarily interesting to me because it showed me the early versions of tropes that have become familiar in the sci-fi and horror genres. It doesn't achieve greatness but sets the framework for later works by other authors that do.

It's kind of difficult to judge a book like this because things that were novel or big reveals have since become familiar tropes. The central concept of I Am Legend is rock solid, but it sometimes drags or goes on tangents, even with the short length, and I never found the scientific explanations either easy to follow or convincing.

Witch War was my favorite of the short stories, and I'd love to see someone adapt it or expand it into a larger book. From Shadowed Places had obviously outdated and questionable racial elements.

A lot of these felt like spec scripts for The Twilight Zone, so I wasn't surprised …

Introduces a Lot of New Concepts that Later Authors Used Better

This was primarily interesting to me because it showed me the early versions of tropes that have become familiar in the sci-fi and horror genres. It doesn't achieve greatness but sets the framework for later works by other authors that do.

It's kind of difficult to judge a book like this because things that were novel or big reveals have since become familiar tropes. The central concept of I Am Legend is rock solid, but it sometimes drags or goes on tangents, even with the short length, and I never found the scientific explanations either easy to follow or convincing.

Witch War was my favorite of the short stories, and I'd love to see someone adapt it or expand it into a larger book. From Shadowed Places had obviously outdated and questionable racial elements.

A lot of these felt like spec scripts for The Twilight Zone, so I wasn't surprised …

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