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Walter Braden "Jack" Finney (born John Finney; October 2, 1911 – November 14, 1995) was an American writer. His best-known works are
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and thrillers, including ''
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'' and '' Time and Again''. The former was the basis for the 1956 film ''
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'' and its remakes.


Personal life

Finney was born in
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, and given the name John Finney. After his father died when Finney was three years old, he was renamed Walter Braden Finney in honor of his father, but continued to be known as "Jack". He attended Knox College in
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, graduating in 1934. He married Marguerite Guest, and they had two children, Kenneth and Marguerite. After living in
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and working for an
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there, he moved with his family to
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in the early 1950s. He lived in
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, and died of
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and
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in
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, at the age of 84.


Writing career

Finney's first article, "Someone Who Knows Told Me …", published in the December 1943 issue of
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, reflects the message of the
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's (OWI) "Loose Lips Sink Ships" campaign of
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. As an advertising copywriter, Finney was doing his part, driving home the point that careless remarks by otherwise patriotic citizens can aid enemy agents, resulting in the death of US servicemen. His story "The Widow's Walk" won a contest sponsored by ''
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'' in 1946. His first novel, ''5 Against the House'', was published in 1954. It was made into a movie the following year. Finney's novel ''
The Body Snatchers ''The Body Snatchers'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack Finney, originally serialized in ''Collier's'' magazine in November–December 1954 and published in book form the following year. The novel describes the town of Mill ...
'' (1955) was the basis for the 1956 movie ''
Invasion of the Body Snatchers ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film was shot in Superscope and in the film ...
'' and multiple remakes. Another novel, ''Assault on a Queen'' (1959), became the film ''
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'' with
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as the leader of a gang that pulls a daring robbery of the RMS ''Queen Mary''. Finney's greatest success came with his science fiction novel '' Time and Again'' (1970). It involves
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to the past, a theme he had experimented with previously in short stories. Its protagonist, Simon Morley, is working in advertising in New York City when he is recruited for a secret government project to achieve time travel. Morley travels to the New York City of 1882. The novel is notable for Finney's vivid and detailed picture of life in the city at that time and for the art and photographs supposedly made by Morley during his experiences, which are reproduced in the pages of the novel. Morley sees many actual historical sites, some now gone (e.g., the post office that, until 1939, stood in what is now the southern tip of
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) and some still existing (e.g., St. Patrick's Cathedral, then the tallest building in its
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neighborhood). In 1987, Finney was given the
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for Life Achievement at the
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, held in
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. Finney's story " Such Interesting Neighbors" (''Collier's'', 6 January 1951) was the basis for the second episode of ''
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'', entitled "Time Is Just a Place". It was first broadcast on 16 April 1955. It co-starred
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and
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; it was then published in 1957, in the collection ''The Third Level'' by Rhinehart and Company; later, the story appeared as an episode of the
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-created anthology series ''
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'', starring
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and
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. Spielberg's version was first broadcast on 20 March 1987. In 1995, twenty-five years after ''Time and Again'', Finney published a sequel called '' From Time to Time'' featuring the further adventures of Morley, this time centering on
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in 1912. Finney died at the age of 84 not long after finishing the book. The 1998
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'' The Love Letter'', starring
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and
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, is based on Finney's short story of the same name, which appeared in ''
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'' in 1959. ''The Third Level'', Knox College's science fiction and fantasy publication, is named for Finney's short story "The Third Level", published in ''
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'' in October 1952.


Works


Short stories

* "Someone Who Knows Told Me …", ''Cosmopolitan'' (Non-Fiction) (December 1943) * "The Widow's Walk", ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' (July 1947) * "Manhattan Idyl", ''Collier's'' (April 1947) * "I'm Mad at You", ''Collier's'' (December 1947) * "Breakfast in Bed", ''Collier's'' (May 1948) * "It Wouldn't Be Fair", ''Collier's'' (August 1948) - Also published in ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' * "You Haven't Changed a Bit", ''Colliers'' (April 1949) * "The Little Courtesies", ''Collier's'' (June 1949) * "A Dash of Spring", ''Cosmopolitan'' (June 1949) * "Week-end Genius", ''Colliers'' (May 1950) * "I Like It This Way", ''Collier's'' (June 1950) * "My Cigarette Loves Your Cigarette", ''Collier's'' (September 1950) * " Such Interesting Neighbors", ''Collier's'' (January 1951) * "One Man Show", ''Collier's'' (June 1951) * " I'm Scared", ''Collier's'' (September 1951) * "It Wouldn't be Fair", ''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' (November 1951) * "Obituary" (co-written with C.J. Durban), ''Collier's'' (February 1952) * "The Third Level", ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (October 1952) * "Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air", ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (December 1952) * " Of Missing Persons" (1955) * "Man of Confidence", ''Good Housekeeping'' (September 1955) * "Second Chance", ''Good Housekeeping'' (April 1956) * "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket", ''Good Housekeeping'' (June 1956) * "The Love Letter", ''Saturday Evening Post'' (August 1, 1959) lso re-published in January/February 1988 issue of ''Saturday Evening Post''* "The U-19’s Last Kill", ''Saturday Evening Post'' (six-part series, beginning August 22, 1959, and ending September 26, 1959) * "The Other Wife" (also known as "The Coin Collector"), ''Saturday Evening Post'' (January 30, 1960) * "An Old Tune" (also known as "Home Alone"), ''McCall's'' (October 1961) * "Old Enough for Love", ''McCall's'' (May 1962) * "The Sunny Side of the Street", ''McCall's'' (October 1962) * "Time Has No Boundaries" (also known as "The Face in the Photo"), ''Saturday Evening Post'' (October 13, 1962) * "Hey, Look at Me!" (1962) * "Lunch Hour Magic" (1962) * "Where the Cluetts Are" (1962)


Novels

* ''5 Against the House'' (1954) * ''
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'' (1955) * ''The House of Numbers'' (1957) (for film, see '' House of Numbers'') * ''Assault on a Queen'' (1959) * ''Good Neighbor Sam'' (1963) * ''The Woodrow Wilson Dime'' (1968) * '' Time and Again'' (1970) * ''Marion's Wall'' (1973) * ''The Night People'' (1977) * '' From Time to Time'' (1995)


Collections

* ''The Third Level'' (1957), short story collection, in England as ''The Clock of Time'' (1958) * ''I Love Galesburg in the Springtime'' (1963), short story collection * ''Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories'' (1983), nonfiction * ''About Time'' (1986), short story collection, a subset of only the time stories from ''The Third Level'' and ''I Love Galesburg in the Springtime'' * ''Three by Finney'' (1987), an omnibus edition of ''The Woodrow Wilson Dime'', ''Marion's Wall'', and ''The Night People''


Plays

* ''Telephone Roulette: A Comedy in One Act'' (1956) * ''This Winter's Hobby: A Play'' (1966)


Film adaptations

* '' 5 Against the House'' (1955 Phil Karlson film starring
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) * ''
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'' (1956
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and Larry Gates) * '' House of Numbers'' (1957
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'' (1964 David Swift film starring
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'' (1966 Jack Donohue film based on ''The U-19's Last Kill'' starring
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that was inspired by ''The Body Snatchers'')


References


External links

* * * Obituary. * bituaries from ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,'' ''San Francisco Examiner,'' ''Dayton Daily News,'' and ''The New York Times''!-- The Wayback Machine does not currently have any copies of the page --> * Academic journal article on time-slip in science fiction, with special reference to ''Time and Again'' and ''The Love Letter''. * An appreciation of Jack Finney on the 100th anniversary of his birth. * Annotated bibliography with other materials.
The Dell Paperback Collection
at the
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has first edition paperbacks of Finney's works. {{DEFAULTSORT:Finney, Jack 1911 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American science fiction writers American thriller writers Deaths from emphysema Knox College (Illinois) alumni People from Mill Valley, California World Fantasy Award-winning writers Writers from Milwaukee Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers Novelists from California Novelists from Wisconsin