![]() Die-hard fans may enjoy this, for me it was more of an interesting period piece rather than gripping and engaging. If this was the only Matheson book I had encountered, I wouldn't have bothered with any others. Everyone is talking about spiritual things and if they believe in it. Speeding up the delivery to 1.10 helped a bit. Richard Matheson, author of such well-known titles as I Am Legend and The Incredible Shrinking Man, is a masterful storyteller and his mad skillz are on full display in this 1958 suspense piece titled A Stir of Echoes, which takes its name from the Chambers of Imagery, a haunting poem by Archibald MacLeishA music and an eerie faint carouse, And stir of echoes down the creaking. A man named Tom Wallace attends a friendly party, his friends and brother are also there. The narrator was OK, but I found his voice irritating. A Stir of Echoes Richard, Matheson 3.87 avg rating 13,584 ratings by Goodreads ISBN 10: 0752271946 ISBN 13: 9780752271941 Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2000 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. I found the story dragged somewhat and the 1950s misogyny was hard to take. However, whilst his other heroes have had me rooting for them, I found the agonising of Tom intensely irritating, as is the behaviour of his wife. ![]() The typical Matheson hero, morally upright, (by 1950s American standards), isolated, but refusing to give up, whilst ploughing a lonely furrow, is front and centre here. I have also read and enjoyed other Matheson stories, including the Incredible Shrinking Man, so I was looking forward to this. I Am Legend is a favourite of mine, (I read it long before the Will Smith film and have seen all the film versions). The narrator, Scott Brick, did an excellent job. However, the book and the movie are different enough that I still recommend trying the book even if you've seen the movie. There was a movie with this title that came out in the late 90's and the two do have a lot in common. But something must have gone wrong, because now Tom is seeing things, knowing things, that he shouldn't. One night, at a party at his brother in laws house, he allows his brother in law to hypnotize him for the groups entertainment. Tom is your everyday likable guy with a wife and baby who adore him and another baby on the way. Because only white males really had such a fantastic deal in those days, and I'm pretty sure my homemaking skills would get me beat on a regular basis much like one of the women in the book. The book was written in 1958 and it shows in fun little ways like the neighbors knowing all of each others business whether they want to or not, and other little social norms like the husband going to the grocery store for his wife, and all the meals are home cooked. Veteran Richard Matheson (I Am Legend, etc.) continues his banner year with A Stir of Echoes, a reprint in a limited signed edition of his classic genre-bending 1958 novel, along with the. So no one is more surprised than Tom when it works. Tom sees himself as a pragmatist, and when his brother-in-law challenges him to undergo hypnotism, he obliges to prove a point. Until an evening of casual entertainment turns reality into nightmare. His life is very interwoven with his neighbors and he has a sweet little family. Tom Wallace is happy with his suburban lot. Tom is a regular guy with an active social life.
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