Dennis Feltham Jones
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Dennis Feltham Jones was a British
science fiction
author who wrote under the byline D.F. Jones. He was a naval commander in World War II
and lived in Cornwall
.
His novel, Colossus, about a defence super computer which uses its control over nuclear weapon
s to subjugate mankind, was filmed as Colossus: The Forbin Project
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
author who wrote under the byline D.F. Jones. He was a naval commander in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and lived in Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
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His novel, Colossus, about a defence super computer which uses its control over nuclear weapon
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission bomb test released the same amount...
s to subjugate mankind, was filmed as Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus: The Forbin Project is an American science fiction thriller film. It is based upon the 1966 novel Colossus, by Dennis Feltham Jones, about a massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becoming sentient and deciding to assume control of the world.-Plot:Dr. Charles A...
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Selected bibliography
- The Colossus Series
- ColossusColossus (novel)Colossus is a science fiction novel by British author Dennis Feltham Jones, about super-computers assuming control of man. Two sequels, The Fall of Colossus and Colossus and the Crab continued the story...
(1966) - The Fall of ColossusThe Fall of ColossusThe Fall of Colossus is a science fiction novel written in 1974 by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones. It is the second volume in the Colossus trilogy and a sequel to Jones' 1966 novel Colossus.-Plot summary:...
(1974) - Colossus and the CrabColossus and the CrabColossus and the Crab is a science fiction novel written in 1977 by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones. It is the third and final volume in "The Colossus Trilogy" and a sequel to Jones's 1974 novel The Fall of Colossus.-Plot summary:...
(1977)
- Colossus
- Other novels
- ImplosionImplosion (novel)Implosion is a science fiction novel by D. F. Jones, published in 1967, set in a United Kingdom just attacked by an unnamed minor Eastern Bloc country. The weapon used, 'Prolix', is a chemical sterilant, that, once ingested, renders most women sterile....
(1967) - Don't Pick the Flowers (1971, a.k.a. Denver is Missing)
- The Floating Zombie (1975)
- Xeno (1979, a.k.a. Earth Has Been Found)
- Bound in Time (1981)
- Implosion