The Link
by Richard Matheson
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Author: Richard MathesonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-03-25
ISBN: 1887368833
Number of pages: 349
Publisher: Gauntlet Press
Book Reviews of The Link
Book Review: Oh, what might have been!
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Allright, whose most recent book bears the title THINGS WITHOUT EXPLANATION, has spent his entire life pursuing the paranormal, and has become an expert on topics such as telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, faith healing, psychic crime solving, out of body experiences, and various super- and preternatural occurrences and manifestations. Thus, it's no surprise when he is approached by Hollywood producer Alan Bremer to spearhead a project to explore these phenomena in a four-hour documentary film. Funded by Bremer, Allright and his team of experts travel the globe to experience the strange and mysterious firsthand. Robert's travels immerse his more deeply in the world of the super-normal, causing him to confront and embrace aspects of his own personality and nature that he has long denied. Embracing those traits will bring him closer to developing a unified theory of the supernatural, the so-called " Link" which inspired the title of this work.
THE LINK began as a 557-page outline Matheson wrote for a potential ABC miniseries in the 1970's (a la Roots and The Winds of War). The text offered in this Gauntlet edition IS that outline, in narrative form, a hybrid of script and novel; although Matheson briefly flirted with changing the outline from a script into an actual novel, he gave up when he realized the finished product would come to more than 2000 pages. Because it's an outline, it's not as rich a product as one would expect from the likes of Matheson, author of classics like I AM LEGEND, THE SHRINKING MAN, A STIR OF ECHOES, SOMEWHERE IN TIME and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. It's still a satisfying reading experience, however, for two reasons. First, readers can easily see what a glorious and engrossing minIseries this would have made, given the right creative team--Matheson's vision was as expansive as it was ambitious. Second, it represents Matheson's attempt to wrestle with many of the ideas and notions that have intrigued him over the decades--as such, it no doubt would have made for captivating entertainment in any form, whether visual or literary. Readers should enjoy this version, despite its somewhat stilted nature, as long as they realize that it, in the end, can only provide a tantalizing taste of what might have been.
Summary of The Link
The Link began as a 557-page outline Richard Matheson wrote for a proposed 20-hour ABC-TV mini-series in the 1970's. Television executives asked him to shorten the series into 7 hours. Later, after Matheson had written three hours of the miniseries the two parted company. Matheson's vision could not be condensed without destroying the essence of the plot and characters. This is that original outline, in narrative form, appearing here in publication for the first time.The story follows Robert Allright as he explores both his own demons and those of psychics past, as he struggles to decipher his father's dying wish to explore an archeological dig in Arizona. His only clue is a mystifying crystal that his father believes is the key to a great discovery.
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