《我是传奇》(I Am Legend)[MP3]
中文名: 我是传奇
英文名: I Am Legend
资源格式: MP3
发行时间: 2007年8月1日
地区: 英国
语言: 英语
简介:
【中文名】我是传奇
【英文名】I Am Legend
【出版】Blackstone Audio Inc
【作者】理查德·马特森 Richard Matheson
【朗读】Robertson Dean and Yuri Rasovsky
【语言】英语
【类别】科幻/幻想
【版本】未删节版
【时长】270分钟
【语言】英语
【格式】MP3
【码率】128Kbps
【官网】 http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/audiobook.cfm?id=4545
【介绍】
《我是传奇》I Am Legend 是电影魔间传奇的原著科幻小说，作者是美国作家理查德·马特森(Richard Matheson)，该书初版于1954年并三度改编成电影。该书可算是人尸大战型故事的鼻祖，亦可以视为吸血鬼和丧尸分歧的起点，主角又是以含有吸血鬼基因的人类，对付吸血鬼或丧尸的超级英雄始祖。
理查德·马特森描述的，不是一个仅仅充斥着恐怖和吸血鬼的世界，他开创了用科学手段、医学定义来刻画吸血鬼的写作方法。同时小说中弥漫着的对人、对世界的反省与思考，这是一个有点悲伤的故事，但将让你因人类面临绝境的挣扎、勇气与希望而感动。
理查德·马特森（Richard Matheson），1926年出生于美国新泽西，1951年移居加州工作至今。
理查德·马特森是《纽约时报》畅销书作家，在通俗文学领域，他的作品影响了当代的许多知名作家。曾创作经典科幻小说《华氏451》的布拉德伯里，就尊他为20世纪最重要的作家；而恐怖大师斯蒂芬·金更是公开表示：“一般人们谈论恐怖小说，首先会提到我的名字；但是，如果没有理查德·马特森，就根本不会有我这号人。他是我的父亲，这就像贝茜·史密斯是猫王的母亲。”
理查德·马特森的作品跨越恐怖、科幻、悬疑和奇幻等多个领域，同时，在影视剧写作方面也缔造了许多传奇：如大导演斯皮尔伯格的处女作《飞车杀机》、上世纪80年代风靡全球的《时光倒流七十年》、以及热播四十载、被欧美科幻影迷奉为信经的《星际迷航》，而其代表作《我是传奇》，更是连续三次被好莱坞搬上大银幕。
在横跨50年的文坛生涯中，理查德·马特森获奖无数，其中包括世界奇幻文学协会颁发的终身成就奖、恐怖小说家协会颁发的布莱姆·斯托克终身成就奖、爱伦·坡奖、雨果奖、鹅毛笔奖、美国编剧工会奖······等等。
此有声读物由Blackstone Audio出版，共9集，每集30分钟，官网有试听。
引用
In Matheson’s vampire classic I Am Legend, a plague has decimated the world, and transformed the unfortunate survivors into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Robert Neville is the last living man on earth. Every other man, woman, and child has become a vampire, hungry for Neville’s blood. By day, he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive in a world of vampires?
This recording also includes a sampling of other horror stories by Richard Matheson, some comic, all scary: “Buried Talents,” “The Near Departed,” “Prey,” “Witch War,” “Dance of the Dead,” “Dress of White Silk,” “Mad House,” “The Funeral,” “From Shadowed Places,” and “Person to Person.”
Episode 1:
In the then-future of 1976-1979 Robert Neville is apparently the only survivor of an apocalypse caused by a pandemic of a bacterium the symptoms of which are very similar to vampirism.
Episode 2:
On a pilgrimage to his wife's tomb, Robert Neville discovers that vampires have been using it as a lair.
Episode 3:
Driven to distraction by memories, Neville has decided that scientific investigation is his only weapon against the plague.
Episode 4:
After several false starts, Neville resolves to take a more rigorous approach to his search for the plague's origins.
Episode 5:
Buoyed by his success in isolating the germ, Neville believes he must be close to a cure - but he's about to be distracted.
Episode 6:
Crushed by the death of the dog and no closer to a scientific breakthrough, Neville decides to look for answers in the past.
Episode 7:
The discovery of another living human leaves Neville shocked and deeply suspicious. Is Ruth all that she seems?
Episode 8:
Neville harbours doubts that Ruth is free from the plague and begins to regret the information he has shared with her.
Episode 9:
Despite learning that the new society is preparing to attack him, Neville refuses to leave the sanctuary of his house.
【评论】
引用
“The incomparable talents of Robertson Dean shine as he becomes Neville, and the listener can only follow his lead ever deeper into this nightmare world….This is one of those magical audiobooks that you simply have to enjoy in one session….”—AudioFile
“In a tale that plays with the slippery slope of sanity, Dean makes the perfect choice for a narrator. His powerful performance proves chilling and haunting.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“[A] sink-your-teeth-in vampire masterpiece….It will change the way you look at yourself and the amalgam of the world around you right now….If ever a book was made to read in one sitting, this complex horror novel is it.”—SFsite.com
“One of the best audiobooks I’ve ever listened to….The novel alone is worth killing for. If you’re a fan of Matheson, the included short story collection is a bonus….the perfect storm of psychology, science fiction, and noir.”—SFFAudio.com
“One of the ten all-time best novels of vampirism.”—Fangoria
“The most cleaver and riveting vampire novel since Dracula.”—Dean Koontz
“I think the author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson.”—Stephen King
