R.I.P. Richard Matheson

[Borstalboy]

R.I.P. Richard Matheson#1

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:21pm

Sci-fi and horror lost one of its 20th century pioneers yesterday.
Richard Matheson passes

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[best12bars]

R.I.P. Richard Matheson#2

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:27pm

One of my favorite writers of fantasy and sci-fi. His Twilight Zones were among the best on the show. And Somewhere In Time is still one of my favorite romantic films (with a Twilight Zone flavor!).

I also loved his SHOCK short stories. So imaginative.

I got to sit in on a symposium in the early '90s with Matheson and other writers, directors, and actors from the Twilight Zone. I doted on his comments.

RIP, Mr. Matheson.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

---

blocked: logan2, Diamonds3, Hamilton22

[Roscoe]

R.I.P. Richard Matheson#2

Posted: 6/25/13 at 2:51pm

My life was changed when some beat up used paperbacks of SHOCK!, SCHOCK 2 and SHOCK WAVES fell into my bored little 5th grade hands one day. Marvelous unforgettable twisted little tales that never quite get out of one's head.

RIP Mr. Matheson.

"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers." Thomas Pynchon, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick My blog: http://www.roscoewrites.blogspot.com/

[kec]

R.I.P. Richard Matheson#3

Posted: 7/2/13 at 4:04pm

Absolutely love Somewhere in Time. Think the movie is much better than the book, but the book was good.