TRON: Legacy. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tron: Legacy
Alice Alfonsi, 2010
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Joseph Kosinski, 2010

Seven years after the events of the first film, Kevin Flynn, who has been promoted to CEO of ENCOM International, disappears. Twenty years later, his son Sam, now ENCOM’s primary shareholder, pranks the corporation by releasing the company’s signature operating system online for free. Nonetheless, Sam is arrested for trespassing.


TRON. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tron
Brian Daley, 1982
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Steven Lisberger, 1982

Kevin Flynn is a leading software engineer, formerly employed by the computer corporation ENCOM, who now runs a video game arcade and attempts to hack into ENCOM’s mainframe system. Before Flynn can get the information he needs to reveal Dillinger’s acts, the MCP uses an experimental laser to digitize and download Flynn into the ENCOM mainframe cyberspace.


The Door in the Floor. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1998 book, A Widow for One Year
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A Widow for One Year
John Irving, 1998
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Tod Williams, 2004

Taking place in the idyllic beach community of East Hampton, New York, this film delves into the profound events of a crucial summer that shapes the lives of the renowned children’s book author Ted Cole and his captivating wife Marion. Their once flourishing marriage has been tested and strained by a heartbreaking tragedy. Nevertheless, the Coles shower their surviving child, the bright and resilient four-year-old Ruth, with affectionate care, witnessing her resilient spirit as she navigates life’s challenges with the unique grace that only a child possesses.


White Squall. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1962 book, The Last Voyage of the Albatross
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The Last Voyage of the Albatross
Charles Geig, Felix Sutton, 1962
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Ridley Scott, 1996

In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline. But the youthful crew are about to get some unexpected instruction in survival when they get caught in the clutches of a white squall storm.


The Giver. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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The Giver
Lois Lowry, 1993
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Phillip Noyce, 2014

Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society has been reorganized. Conflict, pain, and suffering have been mostly removed from human experience. The Receiver of Memory and their protégé are the only people able to see in color, which is otherwise eliminated from the community to prevent envy. The community is ruled by elders, including the Chief Elder.


Tideland. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2000 book
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Tideland
Mitch Cullin, 2000
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Terry Gilliam, 2005

Tideland centers on an abandoned child, Jeliza-Rose, and her solitary adventures during one summer in rural Texas while staying at a rundown farmhouse called What Rocks, and focuses on the increasingly dark, imaginative fantasy life the girl creates with the aid of dismembered Barbie doll heads that she often wears on her fingertips.


How to Lose Friends & Alienate People. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 2002 book, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Toby Young, 2002
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Robert B. Weide, 2008

Sidney Young, an aspiring British journalist who runs a failing polemical magazine, attempts to infiltrate a party organized by Clayton Harding, the CEO of Sharps, one of the most prestigious magazines in the world. Sidney gains Alison’s respect by explaining his disapproval of Eleanor’s practices, and Alison reveals that she also despises her job, and has been working sporadically on a novel for years, which she hopes to publish.


The Vanishing. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the 1984 book
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The Vanishing
Tim Krabbé, 1984
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George Sluizer, 1993

A young woman mysteriously disappears, sending her boyfriend Jeff on a years-long quest to find her. Not even a new love can keep him from his obsessive search. All the while, the calculating psychopath who kidnapped his girlfriend stalks Jeff, ultimately taking him through the exact same steps that led to the crime.


The Men Who Stare at Goats. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2004 book
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The Men Who Stare at Goats
Jon Ronson, 2004
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Grant Heslov, 2009

In a short prelude, U.S. Army General Dean Hopgood is painfully thwarted in an attempt to pass paranormally through a solid wall by simply running into it. However, he stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when he meets a retired U.S. Army Special Forces operator, Lyn Cassady, who reveals that he was part of a U.S. Army unit training psychic spies to develop a range of parapsychological skills including invisibility, remote viewing, and phasing.


Texasville. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1987 book
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Texasville
Larry McMurtry, 1987
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Peter Bogdanovich, 1990

In the 1980s Duane Jackson, who is now in his 40s, is struggling with the challenges of midlife. Duane is dealing with financial troubles, a failing marriage, and the changing dynamics of the small Texas town.


Wild Bill. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1986 book, Deadwood
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Deadwood
Pete Dexter, 1986
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Walter Hill, 1995

At Wild Bill Hickok’s funeral, his friend Charley Prince explains his final days in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Calamity Jane mourns him especially.Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.


Wild Bill. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1980 book, Fathers and Sons
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Fathers and Sons
Thomas Babe, 1980
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Walter Hill, 1995

At Wild Bill Hickok’s funeral, his friend Charley Prince explains his final days in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Calamity Jane mourns him especially.Biopic about famous gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock. The early career of legendary lawman is telescoped and culminates in his relocation in Deadwood and a reunion with Calamity Jane.