What Dreams May Come: A Novel by Richard Matheson Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Our Price: $6.15 You Save: $8.80 (59%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $3.76 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of What Dreams May Come: A Novel
Book Review: beautifully written love story describing life after death
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again, as in "Bid Time Return" aka "Somewhere in Time" , Matheson has given us a main character whose purest motive is love and the sacrifices he makes in love's name.My husband and I were deeply moved by this brilliant novel. Both of us have lost parents and found this novel to be extremely comforting. We have decided to believe that what Matheson describes to be possible. We have recommended this book to many friends who have suffered the loss of someone close. Each person who has read it has been comforted.
You will want 2 copies of this book: one to keep and one to share.
Book Review: A wonderful tale of love that spans lifetimes
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book many years ago. Now that the movie is coming out in October with Robin Williams, I hope to be able to find a copy again. I would heartily recommend this book. Richard Matheson does it again like he did with _Bid Time Return" (Somewhere in Time). The depth of his depiction of the Afterlife touches a resonant chord. Find this book!Book Review: Fascinating book...
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this novel many years ago and I have been trying to find a copy since that time. This is one of those novels that you can't help but remember. The descriptions of the afterworlds are so vivid and one is transported there. I have read many, many novels, however, this is one that has remained the most memorable.Book Review: A love story that transcends death
Summary: 5 Stars
Author Richard Matheson researched many life-after-death experience books and synthesized the best (bibliography included) in this fantasy love story about a man who dies too soon and has infinite longings for his bereaved wife. When his mourning wife, in despair, commits suicide, the husband must embark on a perilous, and indeed, soul-searching journey to the nether regions of the afterlife to rescue her.
This hero's journey is ultimately a beautiful love story, satisfyingly rendered by master SF/horror writer Matheson.
Watch for this book to be in print again shortly, as Robin Williams has been cast in the lead role in the film version retitled "Midvale." I can only hope that the sentiments in this book are translated as carefully as the FX that will be necessary to depict Summerland, the land beyond death.
My prediction: A blockbuster film and a new audience for this long neglected and intensely satisfying novel.