Cannonball Read 17

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time
| Log in
  1. Follow us on Facebook
  2. Follow us on Instagram
  3. Follow us on Bluesky
  4. Follow us on Goodreads
  5. RSS Feeds

  • Home
  • About
    • Getting Started in CBR17
    • Rules of Respect
    • Cannon Book Club
    • Diversions
    • Fan Mail
    • Holiday Book Exchange
    • Book Bingo Reading Challenge
    • Participation Badges
    • AlabamaPink
    • About Cannonball Read
  • Our Team
    • The CBR Team
    • Leaderboard
    • Recent Comments
    • Participant Interviews
    • Cannonballer Location Maps
    • Our Volunteers
    • Meet MsWas
  • Categories
    • Review Genres
    • Tags
    • Star Ratings
    • Featured Review Archive
  • Fight Cancer
    • How We Fight Cancer
    • Donate
    • CBR Merchandise
  • FAQ
  • Contact
    • Contact Form
    • Suggest a Review
    • 2025 Registration
    • Newsletter Sign Up
    • Newsletter Archive
    • Social Media

Size does matter

The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson

September 25, 2025 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

The Shrinking Man is a science fiction novel first published in 1956, written by Richard Matheson. You guessed it: the story follows a man who is shrinking. The novel opens with a detailed description of a fight between the protagonist, Scott Carey, who by this point is about an inch tall, and a spider. He is trapped in the basement. Scott fights the spider with a pin, and the narrative describes in depth the difficulties of navigating the terrain of the basement. It makes for […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Richard Matheson

Caesar's Wife's CBR17 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Richard Matheson ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

Hell House

Hell House by Richard Matheson

October 22, 2023 by jmsudar Leave a Comment

I have a weird relationship with Richard Matheson. I’m a big fan of his work, sort of. He certainly was influential, with his work on the Twilight Zone and I Am Legend having a large impact in my life. But also the book I Am Legend is significantly weirder than any of the movie adaptations. The closest film is Omega Man with Charlton Heston, with the weird sexuality of the vampires being one of their biggest threats. Matheson often disliked adaptations of his work that […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Richard Matheson

jmsudar's CBR15 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Richard Matheson ·
· 0 Comments

Three Horror Short Story Collections

The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson

Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

Night Shift by Stephen King

September 25, 2023 by GentleRain 2 Comments

CBR15Bingo: Violence (plenty of violence here!) It’s interesting going back and doing these reviews a while after I read the books because I get to see what sticks around in my mind and what doesn’t. Say what you will about Stephen King, but his stories stay with you. There’s something about his ability to get across a strong visual image and have it embed itself in your brain forever. He really taps into something very primal with his writing, especially his earlier work. I am […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, horror, Richard Matheson, short story collection, Stephen King

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:49 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr15bingo, horror, Richard Matheson, short story collection, Stephen King ·
Rating:
· 2 Comments

Mixed Bag of Mixed Bags

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell

Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

Steel and Other Stories by Richard Matheson

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

Going Solo by Roald Dahl

Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert Heinlein

V2 by Robert Harris

June 2, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Wordy Shipmates – 4/5 Stars I wonder how many people know that if you’re from parts of the country, you’re basically not taught about the Puritans at all. You get the same kind of education that Sarah Vowell talks about early in this book with discussions about “the first Thanksgiving” and plenty of other oblique, but not entirely in depth look into the early colonialization of New England. In the South, you’re mostly taught about Jamestown, or your own respective colony (if you had […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Deesha Philyaw, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, Robert Harris, Robert Heinlein, Sarah Vowell

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:247 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Deesha Philyaw, Richard Matheson, Roald Dahl, Robert Harris, Robert Heinlein, Sarah Vowell ·
· 0 Comments

Short story review dump (Part V)

The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick

Human Is? by Philip K. Dick

A Kiss With Teeth by Max Gladstone

Let Those Who Would by Genevieve Valentine

Mirror by Haruki Murakami

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson

Blood Son by Richard Matheson

August 15, 2020 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

This is something new I’m trying this year, where I review short stories as stand alone stories, not part of anthologies or collections. Here are parts I, II, III, and IV. The Eyes Have It by Philip K Dick (3 stars) This is, so I’ve read, the shortest story in Philip K. Dick’s bibliography. And the copyright doesn’t appear to have ever been renewed, so it can easily be found online. Here it is at Project Guttenberg. It tells the story of a man reading […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: Genevieve Valentine, haruki murakami, Max Gladstone, Philip K. Dick, Richard Matheson, short stories

Genres: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: Genevieve Valentine, haruki murakami, Max Gladstone, Philip K. Dick, Richard Matheson, short stories ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments

He never looked at them anymore.

I am Legend by Richard Matheson

October 24, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you, but if the world ended and all there were left were these kind of vampires and kind of zombies and I spent my time trying to figure out if they were inflicted with a virus or the vampires of myth and legend, I don’t think I’d spend half my time constantly pounding my head about whether or not I’d ever get to have sex again. It’s such a weird go to for so many sci-fi writer, and like, I get […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: i am legend, Richard Matheson

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:584 · Genres: Horror · Tags: i am legend, Richard Matheson ·
Rating:
· 0 Comments
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Next Page »


Recent Comments

  • Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
  • Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
  • Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
  • Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
  • Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.
See More Recent Comments »

Support Our Mission

  • Support Our Mission: Donate Today!
  • FAQ
  • Shop
  • Volunteers
  • Leaderboard
  • AlabamaPink
  • Contact

Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo

The reviews and comments posted on this site reflect the opinions of individual posters and do not reflect the views of Cannonball Read.

© 2025 Cannonball Read Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) | Log in