Earthbound (Dark Fantasy) - Hardcover

Matheson, Richard (1926-2013)

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9781854870032: Earthbound (Dark Fantasy)

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ISBN 10: 1854870033 ISBN 13: 9781854870032

Publisher: London : Robinson Publishing, 1989

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Hoping to rekindle their troubled marriage, David and Ellen take a vacation at a lonely beachside cottage, but their efforts are thwarted by the appearance of a beautiful and sensual ghost, Marianna, whom David cannot resist.

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"Matheson, master of horror, gives us picture of a man obsessed, then possessed, by the ghost of a beautiful, depraved woman....Incredibly powerful."

"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson."--Stephen King

"Matheson, master of both horror and suspense, here gives us picture of a man obsessed, then possessed, by the ghost of Marianna, a beautiful, depraved woman....Incredibly powerful."--"Library Journal" on "Earthbound"

The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. "Stephen King"

Matheson, master of both horror and suspense, here gives us picture of a man obsessed, then possessed, by the ghost of Marianna, a beautiful, depraved woman....Incredibly powerful. "Library Journal on Earthbound""

"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson." --Stephen King

"Matheson, master of both horror and suspense, here gives us picture of a man obsessed, then possessed, by the ghost of Marianna, a beautiful, depraved woman....Incredibly powerful." --Library Journal on Earthbound

About the Author:

Richard Matheson was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, A Stir of Echoes, The Beardless Warriors, The Path, Seven Steps to Midnight, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," based on his short story, along with several other Twilight Zone episodes. He was born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, and fought in the infantry in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. Matheson died in June, 2013, at the age of eighty-seven.

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