Now and on Earth

Now and on Earth
First edition
Author	Jim Thompson
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Modern Age
Publication date	1942
Media type	Print

Now and On Earth is a 1942 novel by Jim Thompson. It was his first published novel.^[1]

Plot

Set in San Diego during World War II, it is a semi-autobiographical description of the author's life working in an airplane manufacturing plant during the war years and the frustrations he endured there and in his personal life at the time. The main character is named James Dillon, a pen name under which Thompson had previously published short stories.

References

↑ David Geffner (November–December 2009). "Soul of a Writer". Humanities.

Works by Jim Thompson

Novels

Now and on Earth (1942)
Heed the Thunder (aka Sins of the Fathers) (1946)
Nothing More Than Murder (1949)
The Killer Inside Me (1952)
Cropper's Cabin (1952)
Recoil (1953)
The Alcoholics (1953)
Savage Night (1953)
Bad Boy (1953)
The Criminal (1953)
The Golden Gizmo (1954)
Roughneck (1954)
A Swell-Looking Babe (1954)
A Hell of a Woman (1954)
The Nothing Man (1954)
After Dark, My Sweet (1955)
The Kill-Off (1957)
Wild Town (1957)
The Getaway (1958)
The Transgressors (1961)
The Grifters (1963)
Pop. 1280 (1964)
Texas By the Tail (1965)
South of Heaven (1967)
Child of Rage (1972)
King Blood (1973)
Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson (1988)
The Rip-Off (1989)

Films

The Killing (1956)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Getaway (1972)
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Série noire (1979)
Coup de Torchon (1981)
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
The Kill-Off (1990)
The Grifters (1990)
The Getaway (1994)
Hit Me (1996)
This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
The Killer Inside Me (2010)

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