Jack Finney
4 SeriesJack Finney was an American author renowned for his novels "The Body Snatchers" and "Time and Again." His work "The Body Snatchers" inspired the 1956 film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," celebrated as a significant political allegory of the 1950s.
In Jack Finney's "Time and Again," advertising agent Si Morley joins a secret government project to explore time travel, volunteering to travel from the 20th century to New York in 1882. His mission is to investigate a recently discovered, half-burned letter from that year. Upon arriving in the past, Morley unexpectedly falls in love, complicating his assignment. This relationship forces him to choose between returning to his own time or staying in the past with his new love. Finney's novel masterfully blends historical detail with the intrigue of time travel and the emotional stakes of personal choice.
