4.1
La maison des damnés
Passer une semaine dans une maison réputée hantée depuis trente ans : telle est la mission confiée au Dr Barrett et à une équipe de spirites par un milliardaire mourant, qui veut savoir si son âme lui survivra. Mission que le parapsychologue s'empresse d'accepter, espérant bien ainsi triompher des « maléfices » et vérifier ses théories scientifiques sur l'existence d'une vie après la mort. Arrivés sur place, les investigateurs se rendent vite compte que le lieu est à la hauteur de sa réputation : résonnant des crimes et des orgies qu'elle a accueillis par le passé, la maison Belasco semble les attendre. Prête à posséder les audacieux qui oseront pénétrer en son sein...
Literature & FictionGenre FictionScience & MathEssays & Commentary
RELEASED1974
PUBLISHERJ'ai lu
LENGTH350
LANGUAGEFR
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Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents. He was raised in Brooklyn and started writing at age eight. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. Between 1950 and 1971, he wrote dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 1951 he moved to California and became a screenwriter, writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and Star Trek, and screenplays for horror movies such as The Devil Rides Out and Steven Spielberg's Duel. During the 1950s he published a handful of Western stories. His autobiographical war novel The Beardless Warriors was published in 1960.
4.1
La maison des damnés
Passer une semaine dans une maison réputée hantée depuis trente ans : telle est la mission confiée au Dr Barrett et à une équipe de spirites par un milliardaire mourant, qui veut savoir si son âme lui survivra. Mission que le parapsychologue s'empresse d'accepter, espérant bien ainsi triompher des « maléfices » et vérifier ses théories scientifiques sur l'existence d'une vie après la mort. Arrivés sur place, les investigateurs se rendent vite compte que le lieu est à la hauteur de sa réputation : résonnant des crimes et des orgies qu'elle a accueillis par le passé, la maison Belasco semble les attendre. Prête à posséder les audacieux qui oseront pénétrer en son sein...
Literature & FictionGenre FictionScience & MathEssays & Commentary
RELEASED1974
PUBLISHERJ'ai lu
LENGTH350
LANGUAGEFR
Richard Matheson was born in Allendale, New Jersey, the son of Norwegian immigrant parents. He was raised in Brooklyn and started writing at age eight. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1943. He served as an infantry soldier in World War II. He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1949. His first short story, "Born of Man and Woman," appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1950. Between 1950 and 1971, he wrote dozens of stories, frequently blending elements of science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 1951 he moved to California and became a screenwriter, writing episodes for The Twilight Zone, Lawman, and Star Trek, and screenplays for horror movies such as The Devil Rides Out and Steven Spielberg's Duel. During the 1950s he published a handful of Western stories. His autobiographical war novel The Beardless Warriors was published in 1960.
