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"'''A Thousand Deaths'''" is an 1899 short story by [[Jack London]], his first work to be published. It is about the experimentally induced death and resuscitation/resurrection of the protagonist, by a mad scientist who uses multiple scientific methods for these experiments. |
"'''A Thousand Deaths'''" is an 1899 short story by [[Jack London]], his first work to be published. It is about the experimentally induced death and resuscitation/resurrection of the protagonist, by a mad scientist who uses multiple scientific methods for these experiments. It was published in ''[[Black Cat (magazine)|Black Cat]]'' magazine.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=LD8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA40&lpg=RA1-PA40&dq=black+gold+robert+mcblair&source=bl&ots=UqJYHnARzm&sig=ACfU3U2l4v42pLxqsGTgZfxDYrLKqHZ7Kw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq1NmP_LLwAhXXSTABHcXqB_MQ6AEwCXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=black%20gold%20robert%20mcblair&f=false</ref> The story was adapted to film in 1939. |
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Revision as of 17:08, 5 May 2021
| "A Thousand Deaths" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Jack London | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Publication date | 1899 |
"A Thousand Deaths" is an 1899 short story by Jack London, his first work to be published. It is about the experimentally induced death and resuscitation/resurrection of the protagonist, by a mad scientist who uses multiple scientific methods for these experiments. It was published in Black Cat magazine.[1] The story was adapted to film in 1939.
Film adaptation
A film based on the A Thousand Deaths" was released in 1939 titled Torture Ship.[2]
Writer/director Adam Zanzie released a short film adaptation which premiered at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase in 2014, where it won awards for Best Actor (John Bratkowski) and Best Sound Design.[3] It later screened at the Trash Film Festival in Vȁraždīn, Croatia in 2016.[4]
See also
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=LD8oAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA40&lpg=RA1-PA40&dq=black+gold+robert+mcblair&source=bl&ots=UqJYHnARzm&sig=ACfU3U2l4v42pLxqsGTgZfxDYrLKqHZ7Kw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq1NmP_LLwAhXXSTABHcXqB_MQ6AEwCXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=black%20gold%20robert%20mcblair&f=false
- ^ "Torture Ship". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002870/2014
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
A Thousand Deaths public domain audiobook at LibriVox- A Thousand Deaths at GASLIGHT
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