Welcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fictionMill Valley,Marin County,California. DrMiles Bennell has lived there all his life. But one day Miles sees apatient who claims her Uncle isn't himself. He's a different person,despite being identical in every way except one: he is only pretendingto have emotions.Miles dismisses this as delusions and refers her to a psychiatrist.Thenhe finds the pods. Giant seed pods,filled with a strange,greysubstance. A strange grey substance that can slowly,slowly,become aperfect replica of a person.But what has happened to the people being replicatedAdapted for screen multiple times,The Body Snatchersis the origin of the phrase'pod people',and a staple of pulp sciencefiction. Read by many as an allegory for the Cold War,or McCarthyism,it perfectly encapsulates the paranoia that comes with not knowing whoaround you can be trusted.'A good story,to be read and savoured'- Stephen King'Will chill you straight to the marrow'- Galaxy Science Fiction'Intensely readable and unpredictably ingenious'- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781399617215Number of pages: 240Weight: 220 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 22 mm
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