Seconds (1963 novel)

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Seconds (1963 novel) is a science fiction psychological thriller by David Ely that explores identity, aging, and the consequences of radically reinventing one’s life through experimental body transformation.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
psychological thriller novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Seconds (1966 film) ⓘ
author David Ely ⓘ
basedOn Seconds ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre psychological thriller ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-671-21409-0 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryTheme aging ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
body transformation ⓘ
consequences of reinvention ⓘ
identity ⓘ
midlife crisis ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation banker ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrative ⓘ
narrativeTone claustrophobic ⓘ
dark ⓘ
plotElement assumption of a new life and identity ⓘ
experimental body transformation ⓘ
secret organization offering new identities ⓘ
staged death of protagonist ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher Trident Press ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ

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Seconds → basedOn → Seconds (1963 novel) ⓘ