The Box, Richard Matheson
The Box, Richard Matheson
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The Box
Uncanny Stories

Author: Richard Matheson

Narrator: Grover Gardner

Unabridged: 4 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2009

Synopsis

What if you were told that you could make a fortune just by pushing a button on a box? But pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world . . . someone you don't know. Would you still push the button?

"Button, Button," Richard Matheson's chilling tale of greed and temptation, is now the basis of The Box, the new film from the director of Donnie Darko. In addition, this outstanding collection also contains many other unforgettable stories by Matheson, the award-winning author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come.

"The inventive plots and spare but convincing portraits of ordinary men and women caught up in forces beyond their control demonstrate why Stephen King has called Matheson his most significant influence."

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.

About Grover Gardner

Grover Gardner has recorded more than 650 audiobooks since beginning his career in 1981.  He's been named one of the "Best Voices of the Century" as well as a "Golden Voice" by AudioFile magazine.  Gardner has garnered over 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards and is the recipient of an Audio Publishers Association Audie Award, as well as a three-time finalist.  In 2005, Publishers Weekly deemed him "Audiobook Narrator of the Year." Gardner has also narrated hundreds of audiobooks under the names Tom Parker and Alexander Adams.  Among his many titles are Marcus Sakey's At the City's Edge, as well as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and John Irving's The Cider House Rules.  Gardner studied Theater and Art History at Rollins College and received a Master's degree in Acting from George Washington University.  He lives in Oregon with his significant other and daughter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on February 26, 2021

This is a great little book. Matheson is one of my favorites especially I Am Legend. I first watched I Am Legend, in Omega Man with Charlton Heston. The story had a genuine impact on my life, so Matheson has a special place in my reading experience. Button Button is a group of short stories by Mathe......more

Goodreads review by Ahmed on November 28, 2016

It is a great short story to read but it contains crystal clear plot holes which have ruined it a bit. But the moral is excellent and universally well known. Moral Greedy is curse.......more

Quotes

“Some of these tales are just plain weird and require an experienced reader who knows when to insert humor and when to ramp up the horror. Grover Gardner does just that, holding listeners in thrall as he brings to life the quirky characters populating the often squirmy plotlines.” —Library Journal, Starred Review

“The twelve stories rapidly fall upon each other and hold the reader in pleasant suspense throughout. Grover Gardner, with an almost incredible range of completely convincing accented and gendered voices, performs the stories to a tee.” —Sound Commentary

“Grover Gardner, an audio-voice stalwart, does a fine job of posing...Mathesonian moral dilemmas.” —Winston-Salem Journal

“His stories not only entertain, but touch the mind and heart.” —Dean Koontz

“Perhaps no other author living is as responsible for chilling a generation with tantalizing nightmare visions.” —The New York Times

“Richard Matheson is one of the great names in American terror fiction.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer

“Matheson is the master of paranoia--pitting a single man against unknown horrors and examining his every slow twist in the wind.” —San Jose Mercury News

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