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Button, button : uncanny stories / Richard Matheson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Tor, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 205 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0765312573
  • 9780765312570
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Contents:
Button, button -- Girl of my dreams -- Dying room only -- A flourish of strumpets -- No such thing as a vampire -- Pattern for survival -- Mute -- The creeping terror -- Shock wave -- Clothes make the man -- The jazz machine -- 'Tis the season to be jelly.
Summary: "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.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Matheson, Richard Available 33111005539982
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This collection of stories features "Button, Button," the basis for the major motion picture, "The Box," starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden.

Button, Button: Uncanny Stories contains a number of tales that were also adapted for television, as well as a new introduction by Richard Matheson himself.

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 collection by Richard Matheson, the New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Button, button -- Girl of my dreams -- Dying room only -- A flourish of strumpets -- No such thing as a vampire -- Pattern for survival -- Mute -- The creeping terror -- Shock wave -- Clothes make the man -- The jazz machine -- 'Tis the season to be jelly.

"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.

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