The Ωmega Man. Poster of the 1971 movie and cover of the 1954 book, I Am Legend
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I Am Legend
Richard Matheson, 1954
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Boris Sagal, 1971

In March 1975, a Sino-Soviet border conflict escalates into full-scale war in which biological warfare destroys most of the human race. Struggling to maintain his sanity, he spends his days patrolling the now-desolate Los Angeles, hunting and killing members of the Family, a cult of plague victims who were turned into nocturnal albino mutants.


The Thousand Plane Raid. Poster of the 1969 movie and cover of the 1965 book
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The Thousand Plane Raid
Ralph Barker, 1965
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Boris Sagal, 1969

During World War II, a U.S. Air Force colonel persuades the Allies that conducting a daylight bombing raid on Germany will hasten the conclusion of the war.