Woman

By Richard Matheson and TurtleMe

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1887368752
• ISBN13: 9781887368759
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Gauntlet Press
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A short good novel

When I read the dedication and first chapters of this book I was under the impression that it was intended to give women a moral boost. In the end I don't think he accomplished this goal, unless you believe Frankenstein is a treaty on humanities best attributes. Nonetheless it is a very creative novel that keeps readers attention to the very end.

A New Novel From Richard Matheson!

This is more than a book; this is an event! A brand new novel from the legendary Richard Matheson! Did I devour this novel like a starving cur? Yes! Did I love it? YES! YES! YES! And you will love it, too. Mr. Matheson returns to his suspense-terror roots with Woman, a heart-clenching and very adult story about the war between the sexes. When an odd young woman named Ganine Woodbury slips into a television producer's pre-Emmy award party, she effectively pits the men against the women in a deadly war of attrition that culminates in a shocking climax that will leave you slack-jawed and gasping. Written with a brilliance and verisimilitude that places the reader directly into the action, this book is yet another triumph of stylish storytelling and richly imagined plot by my favorite writer, Richard Matheson. Have you clicked on the cover and ordered your copy of Woman yet? Click! Buy! Enough said.

WOMAN by Matheson both horrific and controversial / A WINNER!!!

Richard Matheson's new novel WOMAN both harkens back to I AM LEGEND and HELL HOUSE and introduces the theme of the failure of the women's movement with a terrifying conclusion. Without giving away the plot, Matheson introduces Ganine a woman who feels she "no longer herself." She also claims she's pregnant, though she hasn't had sex in several years. She's obviously mad, which is why she seeks out a radio psychologist for help. Ganine has had certain destructive powers since she was young, but she can no longer control them. Is something controlling Ganine? That's for the reader to find out. The second half of the novel, in particular, is a page-turner with one surprise after another. The final surprise some might say comes out of the blue. But, just the title and cover blurb "Men and woman can no longer co-exist" actually foreshadows the end. WOMAN will have men quaking in their boots. Some women will love Matheson's solution to the gender problem, though others will feel deeply threatened. At $12.95 the book is well worth the asking price. Richard Matheson, now nearing 80, hasn't lost a step.

Interesting page-turner

I'd actually rate this 3.5 stars. Back in the sixties, Matheson wrote a Star Trek episode where Captain Kirk was split into 2: a strong, aggressive Kirk and a more frail, gentle and weak Kirk. Ultimately, the theme was that each version needed the other. Here, about 40 years later, Matheson writes more about male and feminine natures and how they differ, but the theme is different. Masculine and feminine forces may no longer need each other at this point in human evolution and one force acts on this decision - and it is a horror story. It's a fairly short novel, but it is a page-turner. The characters are realistic and the discussion of masculinity and feminity is intelligent and engaging. I wouldn't call this story preachy - none of the women are portrayed in particularly positive ways, nor are most of the men. The climax might have been a little stronger, but overall this is a fine story from a master storyteller.