The Terror. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2007 book
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The Terror
Dan Simmons, 2007
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David Kajganich, Max Borenstein, Alexander Woo, 2018-2019

The series’ first season begins with the Royal Navy’s polar explorer ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror having recently left Beechey Island, heading south toward King William Island into uncharted territory, seeking the Northwest Passage. The ships are soon stuck, frozen and isolated, and those aboard must survive the harsh weather conditions and each other, while being stalked by an elusive menace.


Masters of the Air. Poster of the 2024 TV series and cover of the 2006 book
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Masters of the Air
Donald L. Miller, 2006
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Cary Joji Fukunaga, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Dee Rees, Timothy Van Patten, 2024-

Elevated five miles above the ground and situated behind enemy lines, eleven men aboard a bomber, famously referred to as a ‘Flying Fortress,’ engage in a fierce struggle against swarms of German fighters.


The Lost City of Z. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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The Lost City of Z
David Grann, 2009
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James Gray, 2016

In 1905 Percy Fawcett is a young British officer participating in a stag hunt on an Irish baronial estate for the benefit of the visiting Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Fawcett meets the renowned biologist James Murray, who agrees to back Fawcett’s expedition to the Amazon to find what Fawcett calls the Lost City of Z. Fawcett attempts to convince the members of the RGS to back the expedition, but is publicly ridiculed.