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What Dreams May Come | 
| Author: Richard Matheson
Publisher: Tor Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 27026
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0765361183
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780765361189
ASIN: 0765361183
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...
 nice idea, possibly unwriteable June 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was prepared to stretch my credulity considering this was a book written in the mid 1970s and there was plenty of off wack new age stuff floating around at that time. However, I cannot forgive some of the stiled and cringemaking writing inside it. It's a really nice idea, it's fairly well constructed, but I get the impression that Mr Matheson ran out of ideas or steam or something and ended up taking the focus away from the very thing that made me pick the book up in the first place.
It's not Shakespeare, or if it is, then it's cymbeline.
 A book that should be read by everyone August 28, 2001
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is the best I have ever read. It is a journal dictated to a medium by a man who has died. It tells of what lies beyond death. It reads like reality and not fiction and one feels uplifted and hopeful after reading it (which is surprising as it is simply a work of fiction). However it was thoroughly researched and the author has drawn from near death experiences, the amount of research shows and the eternal nature of the human soul shine through and make one feel alive. It will also make you examine your life in the here and now and wonder which of your actions will follow you through to the next life and which are superfluous. An amazing read. RUN out and buy it!
The most thought provoking, evocative novel ever. July 15, 2001
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I read this book with great regularity - as a hospice nurse, having spiritual views can help enormously to cope with death and dying on a daily basis. Whilst it is, indeed, fictional the expansive list of references included demonstrates the amount of research conducted by Mr Matheson. Most of the references are non-fictional studies into near-death experiences. I would urge readers who enjoy this story to take a look at work by Raymond Moody and George Ritchie. The story is all-absorbing - one feels acquainted with Chris Neilson (the dead guy) and desperate for him to find peace. The description of 'Summerland' is fantastic, reassuring (especially if you've been bereaved)and very convincing. It's hard to remember this is a novel not an eye witness account. The film adaptation was a travesty - this book is ahead of its time and an absolute gem.
Fantastic Book Brings Reading Alive! August 22, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I loved this book. Right from the start, it whisks you right into its brilliantly conceived plot and Richard Matheson's brilliant descriptions of the beautiful afterlife are truly marvellous. I am 16 years old and part of a new generation that seems to be more partial to television shows with violence and films with the word 'Destruction' in the tagline. But this brilliant book has brought reading alive for at least one of the new generation. Me. It carefully balances sentiment with horror and at certain points throughout the story I was actually worrying so much for the main characters. Although they are ficticious, I feel like they are brilliant people who really do exist. The film was the same as the book, and yet so different - those of you who have read the book and seen the film will agree. I watched the film first and reading the book second has proved to be a great idea. I wonder is there may be a sequel to when Chris finds Annie? I hope so. I read every word on every page of this book like a hawk in three days I was so impressed by it. I think you will be too.
Affirming my own beliefs November 29, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a great book, having seen the film with my husband, (my very own lost love) I had to read the book, and loved every page of it. I have been a spiritualist for seven years and all my beliefs were affirmed in this one book.
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