Aliens. Poster of the 1986 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Aliens
Alan Dean Foster, 1986
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James Cameron, 1986

For 57 years, Ellen Ripley has been in stasis in an escape shuttle after destroying her ship, the Nostromo, to escape a lethal alien creature that slaughtered her crew. She is rescued and debriefed by her employers at the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, but they are skeptical of her claims that her crew found alien eggs in a derelict ship on the exomoon LV-426, as it is now the site of the terraforming colony Hadleys Hope.


The Terminator. Poster of the 1984 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Terminator
Randall Frakes, Bill Wisher, 1985
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James Cameron, 1984

In 1984 Los Angeles, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator arrives from 2029 and steals guns and clothes. As they hide in a parking lot, Kyle explains to Sarah that an artificial intelligence defense network, Skynet, created by Cyberdyne Systems, will become self-aware in the near future and initiate a nuclear holocaust.


Tombstone. Poster of the 1993 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tombstone
Giles Tippette, 1994
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre, 1993

In 1879, members of an outlaw gang known to wear red sashes called the Cowboys, led by Curly Bill Brocius, ride into a Mexican town and interrupt a local police officer’s wedding. Wyatt Earp, a retired peace officer with a notable reputation, reunites with his brothers Virgil and Morgan in Tucson, Arizona, where they venture on toward Tombstone to settle down.


The Abyss. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Abyss
Orson Scott Card, 1989
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
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.


The Lords of Discipline. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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The Lords of Discipline
Pat Conroy, 1980
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Franc Roddam, 1983

In 1960s America, an African American cadet gains entry into a seemingly esteemed military academy, setting off a wave of corruption within the system that another cadet is determined to reveal.


K2. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the 1983 book
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K2
Patrick Meyers, 1983
movie vs book
Franc Roddam, 1991

Taylor and Harold are good friends and avid climbers. While climbing one day, they meet a man who it seems might be attempting to climb K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Always pushy, Taylor bugs the man for a spot on the team, claiming that he and Harold are good enough. They may be very good, but K2 is a very tough mountain.