Well finally got the book (thank you Sharon) and read it too. Didn't take very long (one of the shortest books I have read lately) and a page turner as well. It was actually pretty riveting reading but fairly gruesome, more horror than science fiction/fantasy which is what I like best.
I haven't seen the new movie with Will Smith or any of the previous films so can't comment on the similarities or differences. It does get you thinking though about how you would survive or even if you would want to survive if you were the last man/woman alive.
The whole vapirism as a disease based on scientific evidence rather than superstition was something I hadn't read about before and the tie in with the plague and and other pandemics was an interesting concept.
Cool twist at the end. He didn't save the world, but became the minority. Humanity survived (or did it) and he became legend like the vampires before him.
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Of the film adaptations, The Omega Man is the closest to the book (that I've seen). On the other hand, I Am Legend was a great movie. Worth watching.
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