The Abyss. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Abyss
Orson Scott Card, 1989
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James Cameron, 1989

In January 1994, the U.S. Ohio-class submarine USS Montana has an encounter with an unidentified submerged object and sinks near the Cayman Trough. Hiram Coffey, the SEAL team leader, is ordered to accelerate their mission and takes one of the mini-subs without Deep Core’s permission to recover a Trident missile warhead from the Montana just as the storm hits above, leaving the crew unable to disconnect from their surface support ship in time.


Maximum Overdrive. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the 1987 book, Trucks
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Trucks
Stephen King, 1987
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Stephen King, 1986

As the Earth crosses the tail of a comet, previously inanimate machines suddenly spring to life; an ATM insults a customer and a bascule bridge rises during heavy traffic, causing all vehicles upon the bridge to fall into the river or collide. At the Dixie Boy Truck Stop just outside Wilmington, North Carolina, employee Duncan Keller is blinded after a gas dispenser sprays diesel in his eyes.