Starship Troopers. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1959 book
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Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein, 1959
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Paul Verhoeven, 1997

In the 23rd century, while colonizing new planets, humans have encountered a hostile non-technological insectoid species known as Arachnids, but commonly referred to as Bugs. After graduating from high school in Buenos Aires, John Johnny Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez, and psychic best friend Carl Jenkins enlist in the Federal Service, despite Rico’s parents’ disapproval of military service.


DragonHeart. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Dragonheart: Junior Novelization
Adriana Gabriel, 1996
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Rob Cohen, 1996

An English knight of’The Old Code’ named Bowen mentors a Saxon prince named Einon in his ideals in the hopes that he will be a better king than his tyrannical father, King Freyne. While suppressing a peasant rebellion, the king is killed and Kara, a young peasant girl, accidentally causes Einon a mortal wound to his heart.


Poodle Springs. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Poodle Springs
Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker, 1989
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Bob Rafelson, 1998

Marlowe, who is in his middle age, has gained a few pounds and a new wife named Laura, a wealthy heiress, in 1963. The couple resides in a home that Laura’s father gave them in Poodle Springs, California, near the Nevada line. Marlowe is released after being falsely accused of murder thanks to Laura, and he is then recruited to find a gambler who owes $100,000. Marlowe discovers a blackmail plot involving stripper Lola while looking into the lowlife photographer Larry Victor.


Johnny Mnemonic. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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Johnny Mnemonic
William Gibson, 1981
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Robert Longo, 1995

In 2021, society is deeply engaged in a virtual Internet, which has a degenerative effect referred to as nerve attenuation syndrome, or NAS. Johnny is a mnemonic courier with a data storage device implanted in his brain, allowing him to discreetly carry information too sensitive to transfer across the Net, the virtual-reality equivalent of the Internet.


Johnny Mnemonic. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Johnny Mnemonic
Terry Bisson, 1995
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Robert Longo, 1995

In 2021, society is deeply engaged in a virtual Internet, which has a degenerative effect referred to as nerve attenuation syndrome, or NAS. Johnny is a mnemonic courier with a data storage device implanted in his brain, allowing him to discreetly carry information too sensitive to transfer across the Net, the virtual-reality equivalent of the Internet.