- Was given the name John Finney at birth, but was legally renamed Walter Braden Finney at the age of three. (The renaming was to commemorate Finney's father, also named Walter, who died in 1914.) Despite the multiple names, Finney was known as Jack from birth, and continued to be called Jack by all who knew him throughout his life.
- Finney was well-known and much-beloved in science fiction and fantasy circles for writing stories of nostalgia, much like Ray Bradbury and, to a lesser extent, Alfred Bester.
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