A Question for Readers/Writers

[scififanatic]

Okay, so I'm trying to figure out how many "body snatcher" type of stories have been done in science fiction. I know of some stories but I'm hoping people on my friends list can point out some recent short stories or novels I've missed:

The Puppet Masters, by Robert A. Heinlein
It Came From Outer Space, by Ray Bradbury
The Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney
The Host, (forthcoming) by Stephenie Meyer

What have I missed? Also, what do you like or dislike about the body snatcher concept?

Your comments are very much appreciated and helpful to me right now!

Steph

Comments

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Oh yeah. What I don't like is the ease with which whatever it is actually manages to do the snatch. I mean, symbiosis is hard to cook up in a short span of time. The stuff needs to be real smart to pull it off. Yes somehow the bosdy-snatching aliens can interface perfectly with our brains soon after apparent first contact.

Reminds me, Greg Egan's Teranesia is a kind of hard-SF body/genome-snatcher involving, well, nothing from space.