INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

Book ID/图书代码： 03890007B16654

English Summary/英文概要： 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.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 加州米爾谷(Mill Valley)這個平靜小鎮，Miles Bennell博士發現外星生物正以不為人知的手法，悄悄佔領人類的思想與身體。藉著外太空飄浮下來的荳莢苗，漸漸在小鎮四週生長，趁著人類入睡時，孵化出與人類相同面貌的軀體，並將原本的人類取而代之。從Miles Bennell博士的朋友、家人，甚至心愛的女人，無一倖免。此書諷刺麥卡錫時代(McCarthyism)的白色恐怖，影射政府以高壓箝制人民思想，使人民無法依照自己的意志行動，就如同機器人般徒有空殼。

1956年，本書由導演Don Siegel首度翻拍成電影，片名為《變體人》(天外魔花)，成為科恐片的經典之一。1978年，導演Philip Kaufman又重拍了這個題材，片名為《變形邪魔》。2007年，三度躍上大銀幕，由導演Oliver Hirschbiegel，帶領金球獎、英國金像獎及柏林影展銀獅獎最佳女主角妮可基嫚(Nicole Kidman)，與新生代007性格小生丹尼爾克雷格(Daniel Craig)重拍這部巨作，片名譯為《恐怖拜訪》。(Jamie)

Awards/获奖情况：Starred Review. While Miles’s patients start remarking about loved ones not seeming to be themselves, he merely chalks it up to paranoia. However, when he becomes witness to a distinct but subtle change in the personality of some townspeople, he and his friends realize something is afoot. Their fears are realized as they stumble upon faceless corpses and strange pods. But the pod people are spreading fast, and Miles is running out of places to hide and people to help him. Finney’s classic tale of alien invasion is recreated anew with more terror than the book or the film. Tabori delivers a performance that will chill listeners with his intensity and sense of urgency. His lightly raspy and mature voice works perfectly through the first-person perspective of Miles. He captures the mood and adjusts his pitch, speed and tone accordingly. By the end of this production, listeners will believe they are listening to Miles himself and not just some narrator. A brief interview with Tabori at the end reveals that he’s the son of Don Siegel, who directed the original 1957 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. A Touchstone paperback. (July) ---From Publishers Weekly

About the Author/作者介绍： Jack Finney為知名科幻驚悚小說家，生於1911年，卒於1995年。世界奇幻小說協會曾於1987年頒發世界奇幻獎(World Fantasy Awards，奇幻文學界最重要的獎項)的終生成就獎給Jack Finney，以表揚他在科幻小說界的貢獻。Jack Finney著有多部科幻驚悚小說，及批判性作品。首部小說《Five Against the House》即受讀者好評，並翻拍成電影。而短篇小說《The Love Letter》，也於1998年躍上大銀幕。著作包括《Time and Again》、《From Time to Time》與《Invasion of the Body Snatchers》等二十多部作品，其中《Invasion of the Body Snatchers》更三度翻拍成電影。

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.
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