Dennis Feltham Jones (15 July 1918 – 1 April 1981) was a British

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author who published under the name D.F. Jones. He was a

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commander during

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and lived in

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. His first novel, '' Colossus'' (1966), about a defence super computer which uses its control over

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s to subjugate mankind, was made into the

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'' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970).

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Colossus'' series: *# '' Colossus'' (1966) *# ''

The Fall of Colossus ''The Fall of Colossus'' is a 1974 science fiction novel written by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones (writing as D. F. Jones). This is the second volume in "The ''Colossus'' Trilogy" and a sequel to Jones' 1966 novel '' Colossus''. The t ...

'' (1974) *# '' Colossus and the Crab'' (1977) * '' Implosion'' (1967) * ''Don't Pick the Flowers'', or ''Denver is Missing'' (1971) * ''The Floating Zombie'' (1975) * ''Xeno'', or ''Earth Has Been Found'' (1979) * ''Bound in Time'' (1981)

Short stories

* "Coffee Break" (1968) * "Black Snowstorm" (1969) * "The Tocsin" (1970)

Adaptations

* '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970), film directed by

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, based on his novel '' Colossus''

References

External links

Fantastic Fiction

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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continu ...