Jack Finney (1) (1911–1995)
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A propos de l'auteur
Jack Finney was born on October 2, 1911 with the given name John Finney. His father died when he was three years old and he was renamed Walter Braden Finney in honor of his father. He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. After moving to New York and working in the advertising industry, he afficher plus began writing stories for popular magazines like Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post and McCall's. His first novel, "Five Against the House" (1954), told the story of five college students who plot to rob a casino in Reno. A year later he published "The Body Snatchers" which was later reissued as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." Many critics interpreted the insidious infiltration by aliens as a cold-war allegory that dramatized America's fear of a takeover by Communists. Mr. Finney maintained that the novel was nothing more than popular entertainment. The 1956 film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" was remade twice. With "Time and Again," Mr. Finney won the kind of critical praise and attention not normally accorded to genre fiction. Finney died November 16, 1995 of pneumonia and emphysema at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif. He was 84. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Jack Finney
I'm Scared 9 exemplaires
The Third Level [short story] 7 exemplaires
Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket 7 exemplaires
Cousin Len's Wonderful Adjective Cellar [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
Such Interesting Neighbors 2 exemplaires
Where the Cluetts Are 2 exemplaires
Second Chance 2 exemplaires
Hey, Look at Me! 2 exemplaires
Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air 2 exemplaires
Novels by Jack Finney: Time and Again, From Time to Time, Of Missing Persons, The Body Snatchers (2010) 1 exemplaire
The Widow's Walk 1 exemplaire
Lunch Hour Magic [short story] 1 exemplaire
Home Alone [novelette] 1 exemplaire
Behind the News 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contributeur — 263 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 7: Magical Wishes (1891) — Contributeur — 90 exemplaires
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires
The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories (Young Oxford Books) (2001) — Contributeur — 35 exemplaires
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954, Vol. 7, No. 3 (1954) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Discovering Fiction Level 2 Student's Book: A Reader of North American Short Stories (2012) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Times 4: Four Science Fiction Tales — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Mystery and Suspense — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Finney, Jack (birth)
Finney, Walter Braden - Autres noms
- ジャック・フィニイ
ジャック フィニイ - Date de naissance
- 1911-10-02
- Date de décès
- 1995-11-14
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Greenbrae, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
Mill Valley, California, USA
Galesburg, Illinois, USA - Études
- Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, USA
- Professions
- science fiction writer
novelist - Courte biographie
- Jack Finney was a prolific writer best known for his science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers (1955) and Time and Again (1970).Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney, October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American author. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. The former was the basis for the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and its remakes.
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- Œuvres
- 42
- Aussi par
- 53
- Membres
- 8,365
- Popularité
- #2,879
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 273
- ISBN
- 168
- Langues
- 10
- Favoris
- 1
I read Jack Finney's THE BODY SNATCHERS, from the "Stephen King horror Library".
Couldnt help but thinking about Alien's eggs when reading about those seeds. >>> Loved it.