Reply #31: I looked for the Richard Matheson book 'I Am Legend' for years. [View All]

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

It was out of print. It's a vampire tale, from which the film "The Omega Man" came as I understand it. Stephen King touted it in his book "Danse Macabre" and I always wanted to read it.

Of course this was not a full time vocation, there was school, work, etc. that happened during those years, I just always looked for that book anytime I was in any bookstore of significance. I looked for it at The Strand in N.Y.C., at City Lights in S.F., at any scifi/fantasy oriented bookstore I was ever in.

Of course this quest started long before the era of amazon.com and ebay.

Finally I found it, several years ago at a sci fi bookstore in the San Diego area. Started reading it. Story didn't really grab me.

I've still never finished the book.