Title: Not quite what it is marketed as
Product review: Besides the title story (written in the early seventies) these are essentially science fiction stories written in the 1950's (rather than the straight horror that the book's cover seems to indicate). While these stories are fascinating as a product of their time, don't expect them to read as anything other than very dated.Matheson does include an element of horror in each story and that is generally the least dated, most successful aspect. If you don't mind the seriously lame 50's B movie sci fi trappings and the humorously outdated mores that appear in this collection, you can really see why Matheson would come to be a well regarded horror writer in later days.
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