The changes in the revised text, as far as I can tell, were minor. In 1978 another film version was made, and Finney updated his novel to coincide with the release of the new movie and to make the book more appealing for a younger generation After this, reprints of the book bore the film’s title. The movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers came out in 1956. The first whole edition came out in 1955. The Body Snatchers was originally serialised in Colliers Magazine in 1954. I wish somebody had told me this before I read the book. If you haven’t read The Body Snatchers already, let me tell you a bit about its history before you rush out to buy a copy. I didn’t know they were based on a book until I saw this novel being discussed in Stephen King’s Danse Macabre, a history of horror. I have known of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movies and had an idea of what they were about for as long as I remember, but I have never actually seen either of them. Dell Books – 1955 (Originally serialised 1954)
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