
The Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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Narrated by:
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Kristoffer Tabori
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By:
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Jack Finney
This classic 1955 thriller of the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy inspired the acclaimed 1956 film, directed by Don Siegel and named one of Time magazine's 100 Best Films. Blackstone's edition is read by Don Siegel's son, actor-director Kristoffer Tabori, an Emmy and Audie Award winner, and concludes with the narrator's insider reminiscences of his father's work on the film.
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Critic reviews
- Nominee, 2008 Audie Award, Science Fiction
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GOOD READ
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Much better than I'd expected
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Interesting to Revisit a Classic
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers to be better than the print version?
Yes and no. I can't read as much as I like and resort to listening to books but either is doable.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Sheer enjoymentAny additional comments?
This is a great classic and worth the money. The characters are fun and the villain is unique and interesting.Great Suspense
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Good novel!
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classic good read
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Where does The Invasion of the Body Snatchers rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best! I really liked learning the differences from the book and the movie. I also like the actor who read it. You think you now how this book will end if you saw the movie but it has a nice twice.Who was your favorite character and why?
Miles. I like all four of the main characters in the book but he stood out and someone you want on your side.What about Kristoffer Tabori’s performance did you like?
He was great! Has a great voice that draws you in and really makes each person stand out and take form. You feel what each of them feels. He makes you feel the depth of their fear, hope and pain.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Yes and no, I did not laugh or cry but I did feel the doom and fear. I also felt the anger at the Invaders for not just coming here and taking over but also for the way they are proud of how they have done this to other words and left nothing but a dead wasteland.Any additional comments?
I was really happy that I finally got to read/hear this book as I always wondered what the difference was from the movie, if any. I love the details the book has that the movies did not and the information the book has that the movies never got into. There is more here then you know if you have only seen the movies.What you don't know...
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Author Jack Finney wrote the book, which he titled THE BODY SNATCHERS. Hollywood is responsible for “INVASION OF” but I prefer the book’s original title. Mr. Finney wrote, among other novels and short stories, a book that is as much a cult favorite as is Don Siegel’s film: TIME AND AGAIN. In Finney’s book, protagonists Miles and Becky go to a movie, which Miles describes as a good story about a man who travels back in time — this is the beginning of TIME AND AGAIN, which its many fans hope to someday see adapted to either a film or a limited series. I think that, to do it right, it needs to be told in episodic form. Miles’s friend Jack is a writer … Jack Finney, perhaps?
All that aside, the film (and its less worthy remakes) is referred to as an Animal Farm-like allegory against communism, against the Vietnam war, against authoritarian political debacles. Both Finney and Siegel just wanted to make a thriller; they had nothing more in mind than to scare us. The book succeeds admirably.
This is a simple, straightforward tale that starts quite innocuously but rapidly builds to a series of revelations each of which increases the horror of the situation in which Miles and Becky find themselves. I almost didn’t read the book, because I thought that I didn’t need to — I’ve seen the Siegel adaptation so I already knew the story. But I reasoned that film adaptations often DON’T do their source material justice. The Finney book is more detailed, compared to the short and swift film that leaves out pretty much all the interesting speculative thinking, so if you like reading What If contemplations, read the book whether you’ve seen the film or not.
The narrator spoke too slowly for me, so I increased the speed to 1.1 — thanks to Audible. He did a good job of reading, with variations on inflection, communicating emotion and consternation, that were appropriate.
So read the book, it’s worth it.
The original film is ALMOST as good as the book
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Hard SF with Small Town charm
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An excellent Sci-Fi Horror. It is amazing how scary a writer can get without gore, very little violence, no sex and no swearing. I am not a prude, I love sex and violence, just surprised, how much can be accomplished without these old stand-bys. I thought it was funny when the main character complained about the fast new society, with its new fangled inventions like dial phones. This is a masterpiece, don't let the time it was written hold you back. At least three movies have been made from this and they are good, but the book is also good. This has to be one of the more imaginative invasions every written.
Narrator is excellent.
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