Dennis Feltham Jones
born London, England: 15 July 1918
died Cornwall, England: 1 April 1981
D F Jones was a British science fiction author who was a Royal Navy commander during World War II. He is best known for his debut novel, Colossus (1966), which explores the story of a defence supercomputer that gains control over nuclear weapons to dominate humanity, along with a comparable machine constructed by the Soviets, named Guardian. There were further novels in a series, and it was made into the film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). These books have been the subject of several queries in our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
He had eight books, and three short stories published. His work has the themes of artificial intelligence, dystopia, alien invasion and geological devastation.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: D. F. Jones
Wikipedia page: Dennis Feltham Jones - Wikipedia
born London, England: 15 July 1918
died Cornwall, England: 1 April 1981
D F Jones was a British science fiction author who was a Royal Navy commander during World War II. He is best known for his debut novel, Colossus (1966), which explores the story of a defence supercomputer that gains control over nuclear weapons to dominate humanity, along with a comparable machine constructed by the Soviets, named Guardian. There were further novels in a series, and it was made into the film Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). These books have been the subject of several queries in our SFF Chronicles Book Search forum.
He had eight books, and three short stories published. His work has the themes of artificial intelligence, dystopia, alien invasion and geological devastation.
A list of his works is to be found here: Summary Bibliography: D. F. Jones
Wikipedia page: Dennis Feltham Jones - Wikipedia
