It's the is the birthday of author Richard Matheson, born in Allendale, New Jersey (1926), writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels. His work inspired Anne Rice and Stephen King, who once said: "Without Richard Matheson, I wouldn't be around. He is as much my father as Bessie Smith is Elvis Presley's mother." He wrote for television shows like The Twilight Zone and Star Trek; several of his sci-fi novels and stories have been made into movies, including I Am Legend (book, 1954; film, 2007), A Stir of Echoes (book, 1958; film, 1999).
His novel Bid Time Return (1975) - the story of a man who falls in love with the photograph of a woman from the past and goes back in time to meet her - was made into the movie Somewhere in Time in 1980; the book was eventually reissued under the new title.
-Writer's Almanac
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Richard Matheson
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