Cover of Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)

Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)

  • 1970 first published
  • 317 pages
  • ★ 4.2 (24 ratings)
  • 9 editions

Richard Matheson's Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War) (1970) is a vampire fiction and horror novel. It is set in 1976–1979. It features Robert Neville (Fictional Character). Key subjects include Occult, vampires, epidemics and loneliness.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.2 out of 5 from 24 ratings, and 118 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 9 editions.

It runs to roughly 317 pages — 5–6 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)

Robert Neville may well be the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. An incurable plague has mutated every other man, woman, and child into bloodthirsty, nocturnal creatures who are determined to destroy him. By day, he is a hunter, stalking the infected monstrosities through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for dawn.... *From the publisher*
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Era

  • 1976–1979

Characters

  • Robert Neville (Fictional Character)

Subjects

  • Occult
  • American Horror tales
  • Vampires
  • Epidemics
  • Horror
  • Science Fiction
  • Horror fiction
  • Horror tales
  • Loneliness
  • Vampire fiction
  • Thriller Fiction
  • Science fiction

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)?

Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War) was written by Richard Matheson and first published in 1970.

What genre is Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)?

It is usually shelved as Vampire Fiction, Horror and Occult Fiction.

How long is Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)?

The median edition has 317 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Works (Buried Talents / Dance of the Dead / Dress of White Silk / From Shadowed Places / I Am Legend / Mad House / Person to Person / Prey / The Funeral / The Near Departed / Witch War)?

Readers who like it often enjoy 'Salem’s Lot, Night Shift and Works (Carrie / Night Shift / 'Salem's Lot / Shining).

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