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Title | : | The Third Level |
Author | : | Jack Finney |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | #D274 |
Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
Published | : | March 1959 by Dell Publishing Co., Inc. (first published 1948) |
Categories | : | Science Fiction. Short Stories. Fiction. Time Travel. Speculative Fiction |
Jack Finney
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 4.11 | 209 Users | 23 Reviews
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Contents:The Third Level
Such Interesting Neighbors
I’m Scared
Cousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective Cellar
Of Missing Persons
Something in a Cloud
There Is a Tide...
Behind the News
Quit Zoomin’ Those Hands Through the Air
A Dash of Spring
Second Chance
Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets
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Original Title: | The Third Level |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 209 Users | 23 ReviewsWeigh Up Out Of Books The Third Level
Fantastic collection of science-fiction and fantasy short stories. I have become a fan of Jack Finney.My favourite stories in order of likeability:1. Of Missing Persons2. There is a Tide3. Such Interesting Neighbours4. The Third Level5. I'm Scared6. Behind The News7. Second ChanceWorth the price of admission just for the stories "I'm Scared," and "Of Missing Persons." The latter was once a staple of high school literature textbooks (mid-1960s), and still holds up today. This collection was cited by Stephen King as having defined the boundaries of what later became Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and that's a spot-on assessment. Anyone looking for stories that have that Twilight Zone feel could do a lot worse than picking up this collection along with Finney's I LOVE
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Mr. Finney specialized in thrillers and works of science fiction. Two of his novels, The Body Snatchers and Good Neighbor Sam became the basis of popular films, but it was Time and Again (1970) that won him a devoted following. The novel, about an advertising artist who travels back to the New York of the 1880s, quickly became a cult favorite, beloved especially by New Yorkers for its rich,
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Best known via his classic The Body Snatchers (made into a movie as Invasion of the Body Snatchers - twice - and ripped off without credit other times as well), this is a collection of short stories that could easily be source material for Twilight Zone episodes.
issac asimov who? these are some truly great stories in par with the illustrated man and some of asimov's short stories. shocked I had not read about them before. the running theme of escapism and fear typical of the post war literature reached meta levels in this collection and I love it.'of missing persons' is going to be everything rounding my head for the next week. brilliant.
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