Tales of the City. Poster of the 1993 TV series and cover of the 1978 book
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Tales of the City
Armistead Maupin, 1978
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Alastair Reid, 1993

Mary Ann Singleton, who has recently arrived in wild 1970s San Francisco, rapidly realizes how far away she actually is from Cleveland. Mary Ann moves into a quirky property at 28 Barbary Lane where her landlady greets her with a joint. There, she makes friends with the other inhabitants and discovers a home among the drugs, drama, and excess.


The Thing. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1938 book, Who Goes There?
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Who Goes There?
John W. Campbell Jr., 1938
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John Carpenter, 1982

In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Norwegian pilot fires a rifle and shouts at the Americans, but they cannot understand him and he is shot dead in self-defense by station commander Garry. Blair grows paranoid that the creature could assimilate all life on Earth in a matter of years.


The Thing. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Thing
Alan Dean Foster, 1982
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John Carpenter, 1982

In Antarctica, a Norwegian helicopter pursues a sled dog to an American research station. The Norwegian pilot fires a rifle and shouts at the Americans, but they cannot understand him and he is shot dead in self-defense by station commander Garry. Blair grows paranoid that the creature could assimilate all life on Earth in a matter of years.


The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1984 book
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera, 1984
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Philip Kaufman, 1988

Tomas, a successful brain surgeon in communist Czechoslovakia, is pursuing an affair with Sabina, an equally carefree artist in Prague. She continues to be distressed by Tomas’s promiscuity, and though she considers leaving him, she becomes more attached when the Soviet Army invades Czechoslovakia.


Clear and Present Danger. Poster of the 1994 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Clear and Present Danger
Tom Clancy, 1989
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Phillip Noyce, 1994

The discovery of the murder of an American businessman, Peter Hardin, and his family, outrages U.S. President Bennett, Hardin’s personal friend. When Hardin is found to have been connected to a Colombian drug cartel, from which he skimmed over $650 million, Bennett tells James Cutter, his National Security Advisor, that the cartels represent a clear and present danger to the United States, tacitly instructing him to use force against the men responsible for his friend’s murder.


The Bourne Identity. Poster of the 1988 TV series and cover of the 1980 book
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The Bourne Identity
Robert Ludlum, 1980
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Roger Young, 1988

An unconscious man is washed ashore on the beach of a small French village during a heavy storm. A retired doctor takes care of the unconscious stranger. When the mysterious man recovers, he can’t remember a thing. He does not know his name, he does not know where his flashback memories come from, and he does not know why the access code for an anonymous Swiss bank account is implanted in his thigh. As he seeks his own identity, things quickly become dangerous.


The Evening Star. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1992 book
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The Evening Star
Larry McMurtry, 1992
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Robert Harling, 1996

Following the story of Aurora Greenway during her later years, the challenges mount following the death of her daughter. Aurora grapples with keeping her family united, contending with a grandson in jail, a defiant granddaughter, and another grandson residing just above the poverty line.


The Terminal Man. Poster of the 1974 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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The Terminal Man
Michael Crichton, 1972
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Mike Hodges, 1974

Harry Benson, an intelligent computer scientist in his 30s, suffers from epilepsy. He often has seizures that induce blackouts, after each of which he awakens to unfamiliar surroundings with indications of violent behavior on his part. He also suffers from delusions that computers will rise up against humans.