His other early novels include The Shrinking Man (1956, filmed in 1957 as The Incredible Shrinking Man, again from Matheson's own screenplay) and a science fiction vampire novel, I Am Legend (1954, filmed as The Last Man on Earth in 1964, The Omega Man in 1971, and I Am Legend in 2007). In 1960, Matheson published The Beardless Warriors, a non-fantastic, autobiographical novel about teenage American soldiers in World War II. It was filmed in 1967 as The Young Warriors, though most of Matheson's plot was jettisoned.
His other early novels include The Shrinking Man (1956 filmed in 1957 as The Incredible Shrinking Man again from Matheson's own screenplay) and a science fiction vampire novel I Am Legend (1954 filmed as The Last Man on Earth in 1964 The Omega Man in 1971 and I Am Legend in 2007) In 1960 Matheson published The Beardless Warriors a non-fantastic autobiographical novel about teenage American soldiers in World War II It was filmed in 1967 as The Young Warriors though most of Matheson's plot was jettisoned