2001: A Space Odyssey. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the book novelization
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Arthur C. Clarke, 1968
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Stanley Kubrick, 1968

Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth. Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers and human to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.


2001: A Space Odyssey. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1951 book, The Sentinel
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The Sentinel
Arthur C. Clarke, 1951
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Stanley Kubrick, 1968

Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth. Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon’s surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers and human to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be.


King Rat. Poster of the 1965 movie and cover of the 1962 book
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King Rat
James Clavell, 1962
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Bryan Forbes, 1965

Taking place in a Japanese POW camp during World War II, this adaptation of the James Clavell novel follows an American corporal who orchestrates several lucrative schemes within the camp’s confines.


Oliver!. Poster of the 1968 movie and cover of the 1838 book, Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens, 1838
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Carol Reed, 1968

Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Oliver is a nine-year-old orphan who’s sold to an undertaker by workhouse officials for objecting to his scant rations; he soon manages to escape from bondage and make his way to London. There he’s befriended by the precocious Artful Dodger, a pickpocket who belongs to a gang of youthful thieves run by Fagin, a veteran cutpurse.