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And really, that’s the problem with this book: There’s a reason why much of these stories have gone uncollected. They’re not bad, per se; they’re just not very good, especially when you hold them up to the author’s other work. A good portion of the collection is given to unfinished novels, with one (RED IS THE COLOR OF DESIRE) literally ending with Matheson’s outline of how he planned to end the novel. That is, if he had ever completed it. Cheapest valium without prescription, The other unfinished novels just sort of drift off into the ether.
Listen, this is my feeling about publishing unfinished novels: There’s a reason why they’re unfinished, and that's because the author lost interest. And if he can’t be bothered to finish writing it, why should I bother to read it. Really, unless your name is Robert E. Howard, I don’t want to read your unfinished work. Keep it in the drawer where it belongs, cheapest valium without prescription.
The second half of the book is taken up by Matheson’s first-draft screenplay of WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. If you’ve read the novel, you’re not missing anything by skipping this, although it is much better than the Robin Williams (horribly miscast) film version.
Unless you’re a Matheson completist — to whom this is probably intended, in all fairness — skip this book entirely and buy his far superior novels. —Slade Grayson
Buy it at Amazon or Gauntlet Press..
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Hmm. I wonder if I can track down that one good story on the Internet somewhere. Must Google.
Nice work, Slade.
Thanks Josh. Enjoyed your Mick Garris interview.
Hey Slade-
Just to clarify the reasoning behind the Matheson Uncollected volumes, it’s to pull together the stories that he wrote that have not been in collections of his work before. Since almost all of his classic stories is included in the three-volume set of collected stories, these editions are definitely geared towards the Matheson completist.
As the stories go, you’re dead on that Where There’s A Will is the best story in the book (again, it’s an oversight that it’s never been included in a Matheson collection prior to this). It makes sense that at this point in Matheson’s career, anything that hasn’t already been collected will not be from the cream of the crop. Frankly, as you can tell by the contents, there’s really not that much left to collect.
I’m currently writing a series of entries on the original appearances of Matheson’s short stories over at our blog: http://barebonesez.blogspot.com, and for the Matheson fan who’s interested in every last thing he wrote and unable to track down all of the rare original appearances, MUv2 fills that hole nicely. But it’s definitely not for the casual fan (who will be steered clear by the price), and not representative of the man’s amazing body of work. To sample that, any of the recent Tor collections do an admirable job offering up his greatest hits, with my pick obviously going to I Am Legend, since that in addition to his greatest novel contains what I feel is his greatest short story, Prey.
Readers interested in Where There’s a Will should be able to find a copy of Dark Forces cheap – and it’s well worth it as it contains a number of great stories, including the first appearance of King’s The Mist.
I think you give an accurate assessment of the book in your review, I just wanted to throw in my two cents lest anyone think less of Matheson as a writer based on this collection alone.
John
P.S. “Now Die it It,” as pointed out in Matt Bradley’s new book Matheson On Screen, later evolved into his crime novel Ride the Nightmare (possibly why it has up to now remained uncollected).
P.S. Drop me a line if you want to unload your copy!
A very fair assessment, John. We completists need love, too! And thanks for mentioning RICHARD MATHESON ON SCREEN. I’m proud to report that Richard just received his copy and was thrilled with it.