The Fly. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1957 book
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The Fly
George Langelaan, 1957
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Kurt Neumann, 1958

In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, scientist André Delambre is found dead with his head and arm crushed in a hydraulic press. Communicating with typed notes only, André tells Hélène that he tried to transport himself but that a fly was caught in the chamber with him, which resulted in the mixing of their atoms.


The Crystal Trench. Poster of the 1959 movie and cover of the 1915 book
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The Crystal Trench
A.E.W. Mason, 1915
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Alfred Hitchcock, 1959

While staying at an Alpine ski resort, English mountain climber Mark learns that a fellow Englishman, a young climber, has perished on a nearby mountain, his body awaiting retrieval. Mark breaks the news to the dead man’s pretty young widow, Stella, before setting off to recover the corpse. The attempt to fetch the body is botched, the corpse falling from the mountain deep into a crevasse below, making it irrecoverable.