BUTTON, BUTTON: UNCANNY STORIES

Book ID/图书代码： 03890007B15719

English Summary/英文概要： What if every time you pushed a button you received $50,000...but someone you didn’t know died? Would you still push the button? How many times?

"Button, Button", which inspired a memorable Twilight Zone episode, is just one of a dozen unforgettable tales in this new collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come. This volume contains a number of stories that were adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Matheson himself. This collection of stories features "Button, Button," soon to be a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz (Shrek, Charlie’s Angels, There’s Something About Mary) and James Marsden (27 Dresses, Enchanted, X-Men, The Notebook)

About the movie: THE BOX
Release Date: 25 November 2009 (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 電影The Box根據著名驚悚科幻大師Richard Matheson(電影-我是傳奇原著作者)短篇小說(Button, Button: Uncanny Stories)改編。
諾瑪（卡麥蓉狄亞）和亞瑟（詹姆斯馬斯登）是一對恩愛夫妻，但他們的兒子卻患有重病，需要大筆金錢進行手術與治療。此時，一個神秘男子出現在他們面前，並送來一個盒子，告訴他們只要在24小時內按下按鈕，即可獲得一百萬美金，但同時，在世界的另一角將有人因此死去...。來源【開眼電影】(CL)

Awards/获奖情况：From Publishers Weekly
Both longtime fans and readers who have never encountered horror and suspense author Matheson (I Am Legend), winner of Stoker and World Fantasy lifetime achievement awards among many others, should enjoy this collection of a dozen stories originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. In the standout title story, later adapted as a Twilight Zone episode, a discontented husband and wife are presented with a device and told they will get $50,000 every time they press its button. The catch is that every push will cause someone else’s death. Many of the other tales pack a similar punch. The collection also includes The Creeping Terror, a vicious parody of the author’s home state of California. The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of the ordinary men and women caught up by forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence. (Apr.)
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Review
"His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart."--Dean Koontz “Perhaps no other author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions."---The New York Times

“Richard Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.”---The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind."---San Jose Mercury News

電影版權已售 -上映日期：2009-12-04
電影發行公司: 福斯 (Fox Movie)
演員: 卡麥蓉迪亞(Cameron Diaz)、詹姆斯馬斯登(James Marsden)

About the Author/作者介绍： A Grand Master of horror and suspense, Richard Matheson has won the Hugo, the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writers Guild Awards, among others. He lives in Calabasas, California.

Format:TRADE PAPERBACK

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