“Dress of White Silk” is written in the first person and from the viewpoint of a young child. The only problem is no one believes the man when he tells them about it and every time the gremlins sees anyone else about to look out of the window it pulls a disappearing act. He is a rather nervous passenger and it does not help the poor guys nerves any when he looks out of the window and sees a gremlin on the wing, busy sabotaging the plane’s engines. The first story, Matheson’s famous “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, and it is the tale of a man travelling on a plane. That admiration works both ways though, and the dedication in the book reads: “To Stephen King with much admiration for taking the ball and running with it all the way.” If you are one of the latter group, you are missing out on something special and the fact that King is so full of praise for Matheson should probably tell you this. Most people reading this review will be familiar with Stephen King, but younger readers might be totally unfamiliar with Richard Matheson and his work. It was such a popular episode it was revamped and used in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)Īll of the stories in the anthology are very good and the book contains an introduction by Stephen King, who seems to be a great admirer of Matheson. The first of which I am sure you will be familiar with because it was used in an episode of The Twilight Zone, starring William Shatner and called, of course, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. Richard Matheson’s Nightmare at 20,000 Feet anthology is 335 pages long and contains 20 short stories.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |