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I think it is definitely a shame that his name is not more well known. Everyone is familiar with something he made or had a hand in but they don't know who he was

Oh, you're in for a treat! Those classic Twilight Zone episodes are really good.

As for The Box, you confirmed what the commercials seemed to tell me. I don't want to know who Mr. Steward is or what organization he works for or why they're doing what they're doing. I think that would rob the story of most of its magic. It's complete as is.

I wouldn't mind having that book, certainly. It's cool to see what's going on behind the scenes sometimes

Yeah, it's just over a year since Bradbury's passing. I'm not sure who of that generation of writers is even still living.

My word, that's a lot of flying! I like reading when on planes too. They can't tell you to stow your dang book! But if there's any turbulence and I try reading, I get motion sick really fast

Have not seen Soylent Green or Rollerball but I suppose I'm pretty deficient on my '70s sci-fi movies lol

While I delusionally hope to play all the games I have, I know there's no way I'll get through all my books lol. It seems like there is a site similar to backloggery but for books. Can't remember what it is though. But you should definitely pick up a copy of I Am Legend. It's pretty short, for a novel, and wouldn't add much to your burden

I didn't even know he had written for Star Trek before I did some research this morning. I'm gonna try to watch that episode somehow. And as for the books, just keep an eye out for I Am Legend. It's a pretty short novel and usually comes with some short stories to fill out the physical book. Shouldn't take you long to read.

I wouldn't say he created zombies. Those have roots back in voodooism at the very least, but I guess you could say he took them out of the supernatural and into real life and paved the way for them to become popular. I haven't seen any of the old adaptions of I Am Legend but I'd like to. I have seen the original Planet of the Apes and liked that. Did you know Rod Serling is responsible for the twist ending? Now there was another great storyteller

I've heard that the ending of the original story is different than the Twilight Zone one and Matheson was not happy about the change. It tried to make a statement about interpersonal relations and the gray area of how well we really know each other...but dang, that Twilight Zone ending is just so creepy. It's perfect.