リチャード・マシスン Richard Burton Matheson 1926- U.S.A.
Novel

ニュージャージー州生まれ。ミズーリ大学卒業。表記はリチャード・マティスン、リチャード・マジスン、リチャード・マチスン等々。リチャード・マシスンで統一。大好きな作家。なんでもどれでもいい。

『愛人関係』 Someone in Bleeding (1953)
  • Tr:久保沢忠晃 Pb:平安書店
  • Cover:映画 1975/2/15
『吸血鬼』 I Am Legend (1954) 『縮みゆく人間』 The Shrinking Man (1956) 『渦まく谺』 A Stir of Echoes (1958) 『夜の訪問者』 Ride the Nightmare (1959) 『地獄の家』 Hell House (1971) 『ある日どこかで』 Somewhere in Time(Bid Time Return) (1975)

遠い昔、なにげなく読みはじめた一編が忘れられないインパクトを与えてくれた。それが「激突」と「二年めの蜜月」である。『地獄の家』でのけぞり、以降、凡作、傑作、気にせずむさぼるように読んだ。
ホラー、ＳＦと多彩で短編のおもしろさを存分に味合せてくれる作家である。
『ある日どこかで』は映画も見て、ビデオも持っているが、原作を読んでから再度見ることはしなかった。しかし、この作品が『地獄の家』の後に出たとは、とても思えないほどである。どちらかというと商売上は『地獄の家』の延長線上の作品になるはずなのであるが。
ひとことで言うと、若干かたっるい。たよとうムードを楽しめるひとにはすばらしい小説だろうなと思うのだが、少々、ねじの曲がったわたしには食いつきが足りなかった。
たぶん翻訳されなかった経緯のひとつには、この「たるさ（あるいは雰囲気）」が一因としてあるのでないかと思う。
全訳はもちろん正しい選択である。そして、後世に残るマシスンの代表作かどうかは、読者次第であろう。卑怯にもわたしは逃亡する。
個人的には、この作品は売れてほしいと願っている。短編集を出してほしいのだ。ともかく一冊でいい。いつでも入手可能の作品集を!
試案、短編集組むなら、「男と女から生まれたもの」(柿沼さんの訳は好みです)、「魔女戦線」、「白絹のドレス」、「二年目の蜜月」、「テスト」、「消えた少女」は忘れずに入れてくださいね。

『奇蹟の輝き』 What Dreams May Come (1978) 『奇術師の密室』 Now You See it... (1995)
List
  • 1953 Someone in Bleeding 『愛人関係』
  • 1954 Fury on Sunday
  • 1954 I Am Legend 『吸血鬼』
  • 1954 *Born of Man and Woman 『モンスター誕生』
    • Born of Man and Woman (F&SF 1950/Summer)
    • Third from the Sun (Galaxy 1950/10)
    • Through Channels (F&SF 1951/4)
    • Lover, When You're Near Me (Galaxy 1952/5)
    • SRL Ad (F&SF 1952/4)
    • Mad House (Fantastic 1953/1&2)
    • F... [The Foodlegger] (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1952/4)
    • Dear Diary (Original)
    • To Fit the Crime (Fantastic 1952/11∓12)
    • Witch War (Startling Stories 1951/7)
    • Return (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1951/10)
    • Dress of White Silk (F&SF 1951/10)
    • Full Circle (Fantastic Universe 1953/8&9)
    • Disappearing Act (F&SF 1953/3)
    • The Wedding (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/7)
    • Shipshape Home (Galaxy 1952/7)
    • The Traveller (Original)
  • 1955 *Third from the Sun (1954 *『モンスター誕生』 Born of Man and Womanの別ヴァージョン内容差違あり)
    • Born of Man and Woman (F&SF 1950/Summer)
    • Third from the Sun (Galaxy 1950/10)
    • Lover, When You're Near Me (Galaxy 1952/5)
    • SRL Ad (F&SF 1952/4)
    • Mad House (Fantastic 1953/1&2)
    • F... [The Foodlegger] (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1952/4)
    • Dear Diary
    • To Fit the Crime (Fantastic 1952/11∓12)
    • Dress of White Silk (F&SF 1951/10)
    • Disappearing Act (F&SF 1953/3)
    • The Wedding (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/7)
    • Shipshape Home (Galaxy 1952/7)
    • The Traveller
  • 1956 *Born of Man and Woman (U.K.版内容差違あり)
  • 1956 The Shrinking Man 『縮みゆく人間』
  • 1957 *The Shores of Space
    • Being (If 1954/8)
    • Pattern for Survival (F&SF 1955/5)
    • Steel (F&SF 1956/5)
    • The Test (F&SF 1954/11)
    • Clothes Make the Man (Worlds Beyond 1951/2)
    • Blood Son [Drink My Red Blood] (Imagination 1951/4)
    • Trespass [Mother by Protest] (Fantastic 1953/9&10)
    • When Day Is Dun (Fantastic Universe 1954/5)
    • The Curious Child (Fantastic 1954/6)
    • The Funeral (F&SF 1955/4)
    • The Last Day (Amazing 1953/4&5)
    • Little Girl Lost (Amazing 1953/10&1mp;11)
    • The Doll That Does Everything (Fantastic Universe 1954/12)
  • 1958 A Stir of Echoes 『渦まく谺』
  • 1959 Ride the Nightmare 『夜の訪問者』
  • 1960 The Beardless Warriors
  • 1961 *Shock ! 『13のショック』
    • The Children of Noah (AHMM 1957/3)
    • Lemmings (F&SF 1958/1)
    • The Splendid Source (Playboy 1956/5)
    • Long Distance Call [Sorry, Right Number] (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/11)
    • Mantage (Ed:Mary Kornbluth Science Fiction Showcase 1959)
    • One for the Books (Galaxy 1955/9)
    • The Holiday Man (F&SF 1957/7)
    • Dance of the Dead (Ed:Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 1954)
    • Legion of Plotters (Detective Story Magazine 1953/7)
    • The Edge (F&SF 1957/8)
    • The Creeping Terror [A Touch of Grapefruit] (Ed:Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No.5 1959)
    • Death Ship (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/3)
    • The Distributor (Playboy 1958/3)
  • 1964 *Shock II
    • A Flourish of Strumpets (Playboy 1956/11)
    • Brother to the Machine (If 1952/11)
    • No Such Thing as a Vampire (Playboy 1959/10)
    • Descent (If 1954/5)
    • Deadline (Rogue 1959/12)
    • The Man Who Made the World (Imagination 1954/2)
    • Graveyard Shift [The Faces] (Ed McBains Mystery Book No.1 1960)
    • The Likeness of Julie [Pen Name:Logan Swanson] (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962)
    • Lazarus II (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/7)
    • Big Surprise [What Was in the Box] (EQMM 1959/4)
    • Crickets (Shock Magazine 1960/5)
    • Mute (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962)
    • From Shadowed Places (F&SF 1960/10)
  • 1966 *Shock III
    • Girl of My Dreams (F&SF 1963/10)
    • 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (F&SF 1963/6)
    • Return (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1951/10)
    • The Jazz Machine (F&SF 1963/2)
    • The Disinheritors (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/1)
    • Slaughter House (Weird Tales 1953/7)
    • Shock Wave [Crescendo] (Gamma No.1 1963)
    • When the Waker Sleeps [The Waker Dreams] (Galaxy 1950/12)
    • Witch War (Startling Stories 1951/7)
    • First Anniversary (Playboy 1960/7)
    • Miss Stardust (Startling Stories 1955/9)
    • Full Circle (Fantastic Universe 1953/8&9)
    • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962)
  • 1970 *Shock Waves (U.K.版 Shock IV)
    • A Visit to Santa Claus [I'll Make It Look Good][Pen Name:Logan Swanson] (AHMM 1957/3)
    • Finger Prints (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962)
    • Deus Ex Machina (Gamma No.2 1963)
    • The Thing (Marvel Science Stories 1951/5)
    • The Conqueror (Bluebook 1954/7)
    • A Drink of Water (Signature 1967/4)
    • Dying Room Only (Fifteen Detective Stories 1953/10)
    • Advance Notice [Letter to the Editor] (Imagination 1952/1)
    • Wet Straw (Weird Tales 1953/1)
    • Therese [Needle in the Heart] (EQMM 1969/10)
    • Day of Reckoning [The Faces] (Ed McBains Mystery Book No.1 1960)
    • Prey (Playboy 1969/4)
    • Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (Original)
    • The Finishing Touches (Original)
  • 1971 Hell House 『地獄の家』
  • 1975 Bid Time Return
  • 1978 What Dreams May Come 『奇蹟の輝き』
  • 1982 Earthbound (Pen Name:ローガン・スワンソン 短縮版)
  • 1985 *The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories [Ed:Martin H. Greenberg, Richard Matheson & Charles G. Waugh)
    • Preface (Carol Serling)
    • Introduction (Richard Matheson)
    • One for the Angels (Anne Serling-Sutton) (Teleplay by Rod Serling)
    • Perchance to Dream (Charles Beaumont) (Playboy 1958/10)
    • Disappearing Act (Richard Matheson) (F&SF 1953/3)
    • Time Enough at Last (Lynn A. Venable) (If 1953/1)
    • What You Need (Lewis Padgett) (Astounding 1945/10)
    • Third from the Sun (Richard Matheson) (Galaxy 1950/10)
    • Elegy (Charles Beaumont) (Imagination 1953/2)
    • Brothers Beyond the Void (Paul W. Fairman) (Fantastic Adventures 1952/3)
    • The Howling Man [Pen Name:C. B. Lovehill] (Charles Beaumont) (Rogue 1959/11)
    • It's a Good Life (Jerome Bixby) (Ed:Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 1953)
    • The Valley Was Still (Manly Wade Wellman) (Weird Tales 1939/8)
    • The Jungle (Charles Beaumont) (If 1954/12)
    • To Serve Man (Damon Knight) (Galaxy 1950/11)
    • Little Girl Lost (Richard Matheson) (Amazing 1953/10&11)
    • Four O'Clock (Price Day) (AHMM 1958/4)
    • I Sing the Body Electric! [The Beautiful One Is Here] レイ・ブラッドベリ(Ray Bradbury) (McCall's 1969/8)
    • The Changing of the Guard (Anne Serling-Sutton) (Twilight Zone 1985/1&2)(Teleplay by Rod Serling)
    • In His Image [The Man Who Made Himself] (Charles Beaumont) (Imagination 1957/2)
    • Mute (Richard Matheson) (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962)
    • Death Ship (Richard Matheson) (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/3)
    • The Devil, You Say? (Charles Beaumont) (Amazing 1951/1)
    • Blind Alley (Malcolm Jameson) (Unknown 1943/6)
    • Song for a Lady (Charles Beaumont) (Night Ride and Other Journeys 1960)
    • Steel (Richard Matheson) (F&SF 1956/5)
    • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Richard Matheson) (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962)
    • The Old Man (Henry Slesar) (The Diners Club Magazine 1962)
    • The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (Henry Slesar) (F&SF 1961/5)
    • The Beautiful People (Charles Beaumont) (If 1952/9)
    • Long Distance Call [Sorry, Right Number] (Richard Matheson) (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/11)
    • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce) (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 1891)
  • 1989 Earthbound (完全版)
  • 1989 *Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
    • Born of Man and Woman (F&SF 1950/Summer)
    • Third from the Sun (Galaxy 1950/10)
    • When the Waker Sleeps [The Waker Dreams] (Galaxy 1950/12)
    • From Ray Bradbury レイ・ブラッドベリ(Ray Bradbury)
    • Blood Son [Drink My Red Blood] (Imagination 1951/4)
    • Clothes Make the Man (Worlds Beyond 1951/2)
    • Dress of White Silk (F&SF 1951/10)
    • Return (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1951/10)
    • The Thing (Marvel Science Stories 1951/5)
    • Through Channels (F&SF 1951/4)
    • Witch War (Startling Stories 1951/7)
    • From Robert Bloch (Robert Bloch)
    • Advance Notice [Letter to the Editor] (Imagination 1952/1)
    • Brother to the Machine (If 1952/11)
    • F... [The Foodlegger] (Thrilling Wonder Stories 1952/4)
    • Lover, When You're Near Me (Galaxy 1952/5)
    • Mad House (Fantastic 1953/1&2)
    • Shipshape Home (Galaxy 1952/7)
    • SRL Ad (F&SF 1952/4)
    • To Fit the Crime (Fantastic 1952/11∓12)
    • Death Ship (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/3)
    • From William F. Nolan (William F. Nolan)
    • Disappearing Act (F&SF 1953/3)
    • The Disinheritors (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/1)
    • Dying Room Only (Fifteen Detective Stories 1953/10)
    • Full Circle (Fantastic Universe 1953/8&9)
    • The Last Day (Amazing 1953/4&5)
    • Lazarus II (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/7)
    • Legion of Plotters (Detective Story Magazine 1953/7)
    • Little Girl Lost (Amazing 1953/10&1mp;11)
    • Long Distance Call [Sorry, Right Number] (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/11)
    • Slaughter House (Weird Tales 1953/7)
    • Trespass [Mother by Protest] (Fantastic 1953/9&10)
    • The Wedding (Beyond Fantasy Fiction 1953/7)
    • Wet Straw (Weird Tales 1953/1)
    • Being (If 1954/8)
    • The Conqueror (Bluebook 1954/7)
    • From Jack Finney (Jack Finney)
    • The Curious Child (Fantastic 1954/6)
    • Dear Diary
    • Descent (If 1954/5)
    • The Doll That Does Everything (Fantastic Universe 1954/12)
    • The Man Who Made the World (Imagination 1954/2)
    • The Test (F&SF 1954/11)
    • The Traveller (1954, F&SF 1962/2)
    • When Day Is Dun (Fantastic Universe 1954/5)
    • Dance of the Dead (Ed:Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No.3 1954)
    • The Funeral (F&SF 1955/4)
    • Miss Stardust (Startling Stories 1955/9)
    • One for the Books (Galaxy 1955/9)
    • Pattern for Survival (F&SF 1955/5)
    • From George Clayton Johnson (George Clayton Johnson)
    • A Flourish of Strumpets (Playboy 1956/11)
    • The Splendid Source (Playboy 1956/5)
    • Steel (F&SF 1956/5)
    • A Visit to Santa Claus [I'll Make It Look Good][Pen Name:Logan Swanson] (AHMM 1957/3)
    • The Children of Noah (AHMM 1957/3)
    • The Holiday Man (F&SF 1957/7)
    • Lemmings (F&SF 1958/1)
    • The Distributor (Playboy 1958/3)
    • The Edge (F&SF 1957/8)
    • Big Surprise [What Was in the Box] (EQMM 1959/4)
    • The Creeping Terror [A Touch of Grapefruit] (Ed:Frederik Pohl Star Science Fiction Stories No.5 1959)
    • Deadline (Rogue 1959/12)
    • Mantage (Ed:Mary Kornbluth Science Fiction Showcase 1959)
    • No Such Thing as a Vampire (Playboy 1959/10)
    • From Harlan Ellison ハーラン・エリスン(Harlan Ellison)
    • Crickets (Shock Magazine 1960/5)
    • Day of Reckoning [Graveyard Shift] [The Faces] (Ed McBains Mystery Book No.1 1960)
    • First Anniversary (Playboy 1960/7)
    • From Shadowed Places (F&SF 1960/10)
    • Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962)
    • Finger Prints (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962)
    • The Likeness of Julie [Pen Name:Logan Swanson] (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962)
    • Mute (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962)
    • Deus Ex Machina (Gamma No.2 1963)
    • Girl of My Dreams (F&SF 1963/10)
    • The Jazz Machine (F&SF 1963/2)
    • From Stephen King スティーヴン・キング(Stephen King)
    • Shock Wave [Crescendo] (Gamma No.1 1963)
    • 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (F&SF 1963/6)
    • Interest (Gamma No.5 1965)
    • A Drink of Water (Signature 1967/4)
    • Therese [Needle in the Heart] (EQMM 1969/10)
    • Prey (Playboy 1969/4)
    • Button, Button (Playboy 1970/6)
    • From Dennis Etchison (Dennis Etchison)
    • By Appointment Only (Playboy 1970/4)
    • The Finishing Touches
    • 'Til Death Do Us Part (EQMM 1970/9)
    • The Near Departed (Ed:J. N. Williamson Masques No.2 1987)
    • Buried Talents (Ed:J. N. Williamson Masques No.2 1987)
    • Duel (Playboy 1971/4)
    • From Richard Christian Matheson (Richard Christian Matheson)
  • 1991 Bid Time Return/『奇蹟の輝き』 What Dreams May Comeの合本
  • 1991 Journal of the Gun Years
  • 1993 7 Steps to Midnight
  • 1993 The Gun Fight
  • 1994 By the Gun
  • 1995 Shadow of the Sun
  • 1995 Now You See It...
  • 1995 *Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master [リシア・メイハートと共同編集]
  • 1997 Noir:3 Novels of Suspense (1953 『愛人関係』 Someone in Bleeding/1954 Fury on Sunday/1959 『夜の訪問者』 Ride the Nightmareの合本)
  • 1999 *Richard Mathrson's Twilight Zone Scripts [ミステリー・ゾーン脚本集]
  • 1999 The Path
Collection
『モンスター誕生』 Born of Man and Woman (1954) 『13のショック』 Shock! (1961) 『激突』 Duel (1971) 『不思議の森のアリス』
Short Fiction
「終りの日」 The Last Day (Amazing 1953/4&5) 「二年目の蜜月」 First Anniversary (Playboy 1960/7) 「機械の兄弟」 Brother to the Machine (If 1952/11) 「おれの夢の女」 Girl of My Dreams (F&SF 1963/10) 「消えた少女」 Little Girl Lost (Amazing 1953/11&12) 「指あと」 Finger Prints (Shock Waves 1962) 「チャンネル・ゼロ」 Through Channells (F&SF 1951/4) 「大学街の怪」 Old Hauts (F&SF 1957/10) 「異星人襲来」 Beeing (If 1954/8) 「ショック・ウェーブ」 Shock Wave (Gamma 1963/1) 「コールガールは花ざかり」 A Flourish of Strumpets(Call Girl Agent) (Playboy 1956/5) 「死線」 Deadline (Rogue 1959/12) 「わが心のジュリー」 The Likeness of Julie (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962) 「暗黒の妖術師」 From Shadowed Places (F&SF 1960/10) 「精神一到…」 Where There's a Will (Ed:Kirby McCauley Dark Forces 1980) 「ミス・スターダスト」 Miss Stardust (Startling Syories 1955/Spring) 「箱の中にあったものは?」 What Was in the Box? (EQMM 1959/4) 「吸血鬼などは…」 No Such Thing as a Vampire (Playboy 1959/10) 「針」 Needle in the Heart (EQMM 1969/10) 「死が二人を」 Till Death Do Us Part (EQMM 1970/9) 「言葉のない少年」 Mute (Ed:Charles Beaumont The Fiend in You 1962) 「スティール」 Steel (F&SF 1956/5) 「死の宇宙船」 Death Ship (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/3) 「消えていく」 Disappearing Act (F&SF 1953/3) 「埋もれた才能」 Buried Talents (Ed:J. N. Williamson Masques II 1987) 「ラザロII世」 Lazarus II (Fantastic Story Magazine 1953/7) 「ぼくはだれだ!」 「死の部屋の中で」 Dying Room Only (Fifteen Detective Stories 1953/10) 「世界を創った男」 The Man Who Made the World (Imagination 1954/2) 「指名通話」 Person to Person 「若者よ、西部をめざせ」 Go West, Young Man 「人形」 The Doll 「サンタクロース訪問」 A Visit to Santa Claus 「死を招くボタン・ゲーム」 Button, Button (Playboy 1970/6)
Anthology
『ミステリーゾーン 3』 The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories Vol.1 (1985) 『ミステリーゾーン 4』 The Twilight Zone: The Original Stories (1985)
Juvenile
「高度7000メートルの悪夢」 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (Ed:Michael & Don Congdon Alone By Night 1962) 『ミクロの恐怖 -縮小人間』 The Shrinking Man (1956) 『吸血鬼』
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