{"product_id":"9781399617215","title":"The Body Snatchers","description":"Author: Jack Finney\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399617215\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 31 Oct 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to the Best of the Masterworks: a selection of the finest in science fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMill Valley, Marin County, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr  Miles Bennell has lived there all his life. But one day Miles sees a  patient who claims her Uncle isn't himself. He's a different person,  despite being identical in every way except one: he is only pretending  to have emotions.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMiles dismisses this as delusions and refers her to a psychiatrist.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen  he finds the pods. Giant seed pods, filled with a strange, grey  substance. A strange grey substance that can slowly, slowly, become a  perfect replica of a person.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what has happened to the people being replicated?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdapted for screen multiple times\u003c\/i\u003e, The Body Snatchers\u003ci\u003e  is the origin of the phrase 'pod people', and a staple of pulp science  fiction. Read by many as an allegory for the Cold War, or McCarthyism,  it perfectly encapsulates the paranoia that comes with not knowing who  around you can be trusted.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A good story, to be read and savoured' - Stephen King\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Will chill you straight to the marrow' - \u003ci\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Intensely readable and unpredictably ingenious' - \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449877778590,"sku":"ADS-9781399617215","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399617215.jpg?v=1769572601","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399617215","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}