Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Softcover

Finney, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0684852586 ISBN 13: 9780684852584

Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1998

Synopsis

On a quiet fall evening in the small, peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovered an insidious, horrifying plot. Silently, subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms were taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, his friends, his family, the woman he loved -- the world as he knew it.
First published in 1955, this classic thriller of the ultimate alien invasion and the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy inspired three major motion pictures.

About this title

About the Author:

Jack Finney was the author of the much-loved and critically acclaimed novel Time and Again, and its sequel, From Time to Time. Best known for his thrillers and science fiction, a number of his books were made into movies. Mr. Finney died in 1995.

From AudioFile:

This science fiction classic is expertly narrated by Kristoffer Tabori, who reads the first-person narrative with gritty intensity that will remind listeners of a noir detective novel. And why not? The book was published in 1955 and is the basis of at least three films. It portrays a world whose population is being taken over, person by person, by an alien race. Taboris narration captures the earthiness of the main character, Miles, who is ever smart and practical no matter how strange things get. Tension mounts as people succumb and Miles finds himself more isolated and more desperate to survive. Tabori is interviewed at the end of the audio about the books first film version, which his father directed in 1956. S.D.D. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner Paperback Fiction
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684852586
• ISBN 13: 9780684852584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224