Dennis Feltham Jones
Dennis Feltham Jones (15 July 1918 – 1 April 1981) was a British science fiction author who published under the name D.F. He was a Royal Navy commander during World War II and lived in Cornwall. His first novel, Colossus (1966), about a defence super computer which uses its control over nuclear weapons to subjugate mankind, was made into the feature film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970).
Also recorded as D. F. Jones
Dennis Feltham Jones
- Born
- 1918 · London.
- Died
- 1981 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- writer
- Fields
- literary activity · science fiction · science fiction literature
- Honours
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- Languages
- English
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The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is literary activity, science fiction and science fiction literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are science fiction. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
• Colossus series: • Colossus (1966) • The Fall of Colossus (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
Short stories
• "Coffee Break" (1968) • "Black Snowstorm" (1969) • "The Tocsin" (1970)
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• Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), directed by Joseph Sargent, based on his 1966 novel Colossus
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