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Born Of Man And Woman
"Born of Man and Woman" is a science fiction short story by American writer Richard Matheson, originally published in the July 1950 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction''. It was his first professional sale, written when he was twenty-two years old. It became the title piece in Matheson's first short story collection in 1954. Plot summary The story is written in the form of an internal "diary" in broken English kept by what the reader presumes is a deformed child (gender unspecified) chained in the basement by its violently abusive parents (the story makes it clear that the man and woman who have imprisoned the child are its biological parents when the child recalls the man commenting about how, in stark contrast to the child, "Mother sso pretty and me decentlookingenough."). The child-narrator can sometimes pull its chain from the wall and observe the outside world through the basement window. On one occasion it even manages to sneak upstairs, although it ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres. He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fiction horror novel that has been adapted for the screen three times. Matheson himself was co-writer of the first film version, '' The Last Man on Earth'', starring Vincent Price, which was released in 1964. The other two adaptations were ''The Omega Man,'' starring Charlton Heston, and '' I Am Legend'' with Will Smith. Matheson also wrote 16 television episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'', including " Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Steel", as well as several adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories for Roger Corman and American International Pictures – '' House of Usher'', '' The Pit and the Pendulum'', ''Tales of Terror'' and '' The Raven''. He adapted his 1971 short story "Duel" as a screenplay directed by Steven Spielberg for the television f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |