Other Kingdoms, Richard Matheson
Other Kingdoms, Richard Matheson
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Other Kingdoms

Author: Richard Matheson

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Unabridged: 8 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy

Synopsis

For over half a century, Richard Matheson has enthralled and terrified readers with such timeless classics as I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and What Dreams May Come. Now the grand master returns with a bewitching tale of erotic suspense and enchantment. The year is 1918.Alex White, a young American soldier recently wounded in the Great War, comes to Gatford to escape his troubled past.The pastoral English village seems the perfect spot to heal his wounded body and soul, but the neighboring woods are said to be haunted by capricious, even malevolent, spirits.He is warned to steer clear of the woods, and the perilous faerie kingdom it borders, but Alex cannot help himself.Drawn to its verdant mysteries, he finds love, danger, and wonders that will forever change his view of the world. Other Kingdoms casts a magical spell, as conjured by a truly legendary storyteller.

About Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) is the author of many classic novels and short stories. He wrote in a variety of genres including terror, fantasy, horror, paranormal, suspense, science fiction and western. In addition to books, he wrote prolifically for television (including The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Star Trek) and numerous feature films. Many of Matheson’s novels and stories have been made into movies including I Am Legend, Somewhere in Time, and Shrinking Man. His many awards include the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Hugo Award, Edgar Award, Spur Award for Best Western Novel, Writer’s Guild awards, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maciek on March 18, 2012

How can an author with such a lasting legacy can produce a book so subpar, boring and unsatysfying? Other Kingdoms is a short story or novella gone wrong. Poorly executed, meandering and seemingly directionless, not specially imaginative or exceptional in any way. It's just sort of there, showing sig......more

Goodreads review by Jim on February 05, 2018

This certainly strayed from the path of Matheson's other novels & I really liked it, although I'm not sure why. It was rather long, sagged pretty badly about 3/4 of the way through, & wound up pretty much where I knew it would from early on. Overall, it was an interesting journey. Very intimate. It's......more

Goodreads review by Craig on January 13, 2015

Richard Matheson wrote some really great things, some true classics, but this, sadly, is not one of them. The story is told by an eighty-some year old man, remembering events from when he was eighteen. He fought in the First World War, then traveled to England to visit the home of his friend who was......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on March 31, 2011

I'm giving this 2 stars, rather than 1, only out of respect for Richard Matheson. Uhg. What a disappointment! I had high hopes going into Other Kingdoms and they were just SMASHED. The more I read, the more I was just SAD about this book. It was just so irritating. The narrator or the story, Alex Whit......more

Goodreads review by Dustin the wind Crazy little brown owl on June 06, 2022

What a different view of the world dawns upon us when we open ourselves to the soul-life in Nature . . . To do this deliberately . . . is to experience a quickening that knows no end. It leads through door after door, over threshold after threshold . . . - Marjorie Spock _______ What has not worked w......more

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