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| "A Thousand Deaths" | |
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| Short story by Jack London | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
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| Publication date | 1899 |
"A Thousand Deaths" is an 1899 short story by Jack London, and is notable as his first work to be published. It is about the deliberate experimentally induced death and resuscitation/resurrection of the protagonist, by a mad scientist who uses multiple scientific methods for these experiments.
Film adaptation
A feature-film adaptation entitled Torture Ship, directed by Victor Halperin, was released in 1939.[1]
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.[2] It later screened at the Trash Film Festival in Vȁraždīn, Croatia in 2016.[3]
See also
References
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032047/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0002870/2014
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
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External links
A Thousand Deaths public domain audiobook at LibriVox- A Thousand Deaths at GASLIGHT
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