i'm gonna have to go see this new version!, and chekk out the vincent price flik too!

kajira s worse half, lol, would know! jus kiddin!!

I think the book is simply "I am Legend" like you said, because if you get the 1970's print of "Omega Man" it has the subtitle "I am Legend". Both are by Richard Matheson.

 

Is "The Last Man on Earth" an Omega Man/I am Legend variant story? I haven't seen/read it at all. 

yes, "The Last Man on Earth"  1964 .. [film starred Vincent Price]

The book is available from Amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_w_h_?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=The+Last+Man+on+Earth&Go.x=9&Go.y=10

And here I thought I was the only one who noticed. Of course, I don't know what age demo you all come from, but apparently even twentysomething nerds have not heard of "The Omega Man". Who knew?

Now the question is: can anyone confirm the existence of a novel predating "The Omega Man"? I would most certainly enjoy reading that.

I guess this means I have to try and find it too...

yep, my partner is really into films like that

really, i didnt know about vincent price version!!

apparently yes it is the remake of the Charlton Heston film "the omega man" ..

And my better half says "for the geekier people among you, Vincent Price did the earliest version"

if I recall, the omega man (was that Charlton Heston?) was based on the novel "I am legend" ...don't recall the author, tho..I haven't seen the will smith trailers yet...sounds interesting