Jack Finney – författare

Originally published in 1955 Jack Finney''s sinister SF tale has outgrown the initial debate about whether it satirized Communism or the conformity of US society at the time, to become a classic of paranoia; an examination of our fear of ''the other''.Most people know the story from seeing THE INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the classic 1978 remake (one of the few Hollwood remakes said to better than the original, made in 1956) starring Donald Sutherland. Here''s your chance to read the original source; a story that has resonated with readers and viewers for more than 50 years.

Ruben Prien is still at work with the Project, still dreaming of altering man''s fate by going back in time to adjust events... to interfere, some might say, with destiny. Once again, his conduit to that bygone era, his messenger to that lost world, is Simon Morley, the man who actually proved himself capable of traveling back and forth in time.Rube''s purpose in summoning Si back from that earlier world, where he has taken up permanent residence, is no less grand than an attempt to prevent World War I from erupting. It is ironic, therefore, that the man assigned to carry to America the papers that might help avert the Great Catastrophe travels to his meeting on board the Titanic. And it is Si''s task to attempt to ensure his safe passage.

''It is there...the relentless pressure of a million craving minds on the barrier of Time - and if it should break...''From the author of The Body Snatchers and Time and Again, a collection containing:Such Interesting NeighboursThe Third LevelI''m ScaredCousin Len''s Wonderful Adjective CellarOf Missing PersonsSomething in a CloudThere is a Tide...Behind the NewsQuit Zoomin'' Those Hands Through the AirA Dash of SpringSecond ChanceContents of the Dead Man''s Pocket

About Time offers a delightful return to the world of time travel and light comedy that distinguished Jack Finney’s all-time classic Time and Again. The protagonists of these twelve stories are well-meaning but at odds with their surroundings and their lives. The time to which they escape—through time travel—doesn’t always fulfill their expectations in the way they had hoped, but sometimes, they can still find their dreams.

On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot.

Silently, subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the woman he loves—the world as he knows it. Miles knows the invasion is linked to the mysterious seed pods that have been turning up everywhere—and the pod people are spreading fast.

This classic 1955 thriller of the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy inspired the acclaimed 1956 film, directed by Don Siegel and named one ofTimemagazine''s 100 Best Films. Blackstone''s edition is read by Don Siegel''s son, actor-director Kristoffer Tabori, an Emmy® and Audie® Award winner, and concludes with the narrator''s insider reminiscences of his father''s work on the film.