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What Dreams May Come
By : by Richard Matheson
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Original Title : What Dreams May Come
ISBN : 0765308703 (ISBN13: 9780765308702)
Edition Language : English
Series : Chris
Paperback, 288 pages
Published January 1st 2004 by Tor Books (first published September 1978)
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Description : The New York Times bestsellerA LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS HEAVEN AND HELLWhat happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death.But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and when tragedy threatens to divide them The New York Times bestsellerA LOVE THAT TRANSCENDS HEAVEN AND HELLWhat happens to us after we die? Chris Nielsen had no idea, until an unexpected accident cut his life short, separating him from his beloved wife, Annie. Now Chris must discover the true nature of life after death.But even Heaven is not complete without Annie, and when tragedy threatens to divide them forever, Chris risks his very soul to save Annie from an eternity of despair.Richard Matheson's powerful tale of life---and love---after death was the basis for the Oscar-winning film starring Robin Williams.
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REVIEWS :I enjoyed this thought provoking book. I have read Matheson before and I like his writing style. I feel like his prose is such that it will draw a wide variety of people in. The fact that it is so accessible with very little filler or unnecessary flowery-ness is a plus for me.When deciding whether or not to read this book, you must think about how you feel about stories that conjecture about the afterlife. If that is a touchy subject for you or you are uncomfortable reading about possibilities Unique, mindblowing and utterly preposterous heap of outrageous twaddle. Richard Matheson, author of the great apocalypse novel I Am Legend, decides to take on The Big One full frontal with no messing about. This novel describes exactly what happens to us after we die. The Afterlife! In full surroundsound 3D Panavision!So a guy is sitting peacefully at home in 1976 when a strange visitor calls : “I am a psychic type medium and your dead brother Chris has dictated the whole of this manuscript Well now, this one will get you to thinking about how you live your life! Remember the movie GHOST with Patrick Swayze....that's what I first thought of when disaster strikes and a good man finds himself watching the love of his life as she grieves his death. (no spoiler here) Struggling to come to terms with his own demise from the great beyond and terribly missing his wife, Chris pleads to know when she will finally join him....but discovers disturbing news. The storyline then turns to a I am going to start this review by talking about the one thing that caused this to be a 4-star book rather than a 5-star book. That one thing is the author's note at the beginning. Now, I almost never read author's notes or introductions, because I find that they inevitably ruin some aspect of the book for me. Whether it is a spoiler, or an introducer's opinion which causes me to think of the book in a certain way, or interpret things in a certain way, or whatever the case may be, it lessens my As hard as I tried to make myself care about this book and its characters, I just could not.First of all, it is very tedious, with too much exposition and endless infodumps in the dialogue form. The story gets so bogged down in the exposition that it becomes very dull to follow. At times it reads like a technical manual, with dry and repetitive narration. In this book, Matheson for the most part tells instead of showing, which makes it hard for me to enjoy the story. The characters are poorly Also a film starring Robin Williams, this spectacular portrayal of life, death and interconnection is still as timely as ever, a classic tale that any reader can find meaning in. (My fan went out on my laptop again so I'm writing this from my iPhone. So if I misspell or something...)I loved, absolutely loved this beautiful story. I don't agree with the theology. I'm a Christian. Nuf said bout that. The story reads like a myth or legend, and symbolism abounds for the lives we live. THE POWER OF LOVE. That phrase describes the theme. A man dies and goes to a heaven-like place. He wants his wife to come, but learns she has condemned herself to the lower regions through I was probably not in the right mood for this book, it tired me, it was a bit verbose, a bit too dark, a bit repetitive... Still, the last few sentences made it worth reading the whole thing. I picked this one up after I finished Barbara Gowdy's stories mainly because it was short and I wanted something quick to read and Hannibal wasn't being released for another couple of days. What a find.This is the novel that the movie of the same name is based upon, starring Robin Williams. In the introduction, Matheson explains that the only fiction in this story are the characters and their relationships. The rest came from intensive research on the subject. The end productmakes so much sense 4.5 starsI feel as if Richard Matheson is a brilliant writer that not enough people give credit to. He wrote I Am Legend, The Shrinking Man (often known as The Incredible Shrinking Man), Nightmare at 20,000 Feet for The Twilight Zone, Button, Button (which was adapted into the film The Box), and there was also this particular novel that touches upon death. While this book was published and released in 1978, many know about the film adaptation from 20 years later starring Robin Williams as Chris This book begins with an immediate fallacy: the author gives an introduction claiming that all events that occur in the book are true-to-life (though shown through fictional characters). This reminded me of Dan Brown's similar claims in "The Da Vinci Code." The problem here is that theological supernature is impossible to prove simply through research. Given that science and other such worldly ventures are based in what limited PHYSICAL proof we have, I don't believe for a second that someone First things first. In spite of being brought up in a Christian Orthodox environment, I don't consider myself a Christian. I guess you can call me an open-minded atheist. As for the afterlife, I think that all existing scenarios were created by the various religions either to concrete their earthly establishments, or to ease people's fear of dying, with the former being the most probable hypothesis. Personally, while recognizing that one can only speculate about this matter, I'm of the opinion Preferring the book over the movie is kind of my thing and I am willing to say it even if it is one of the most cliché statements ever. It is rare for me to happen upon a movie that equals the book and to prefer the movie over the book, are you freaking kidding me?!?! In fact, I am trying to think of a time besides this one (because it is super obvious that is where I am headed) that this has happened. This might be the first, which kind of does amaze me. I will have to check in with the fam Wonderful.......I was entrance by this book.A great book.....Matheson at is best!!!!Powerful written, with insight and guts.....I recommend it to everyone who feels eternity in his heart!!!!Dean:).
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