Dennis Feltham Jones (15 July 1918 – 1 April 1981) was a British science fiction author who published under the name D.F. Jones. He was a Royal Navy

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during World War II and lived in Cornwall. His first novel, '' Colossus'' (1966), about a defence

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which uses its control over nuclear weapons to subjugate mankind, was made into the feature film '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970).

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Colossus'' series: *# '' Colossus'' (1966) *# ''

The Fall of Colossus ''The Fall of Colossus'' is a 1974 science fiction novel written by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones (writing as D. F. Jones). This is the second volume in "The ''Colossus'' Trilogy" and a sequel to Jones' 1966 novel ''Colossus''. The tr ...

'' (1974) *# ''

Colossus and the Crab ''Colossus and the Crab'' is a 1977 science fiction novel by the British author Dennis Feltham Jones (writing as D. F. Jones). It is the third and final volume in "The ''Colossus'' Trilogy" and a sequel to Jones's 1974 novel ''The Fall of Colos ...

'' (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

* "Coffee Break" (1968) * "Black Snowstorm" (1969) * "The Tocsin" (1970)

Adaptations

* '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970), film directed by Joseph Sargent, based on his novel '' Colossus''

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