Catch-22. Poster of the 1970 movie and cover of the 1961 book
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Catch-22
Joseph Heller, 1961
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Mike Nichols, 1970

Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier, is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II. Futilely appealing to his commanding officer, Colonel Cathcart, who continually increases the number of missions required to rotate home before anyone can reach it, Yossarian learns that even a mental breakdown is no release when Doc Daneeka explains the Catch-22 the Army Air Corps employs.


Westworld. Poster of the 1973 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Westworld
Michael Crichton, 1974
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Michael Crichton, 1973

In the then-future year of 1983, a high-tech, highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed worlds: Western World, Medieval World, and Roman World. For $1,000 per day, guests may indulge in any adventure with the android population of the park, including sexual encounters and a simulated fight to the death.


Goodbye, Columbus. Poster of the 1969 movie and cover of the 1959 book
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Goodbye, Columbus
Philip Roth, 1959
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Larry Peerce, 1969

A Jewish man and a jewish woman meet and while attracted to each other find that their worlds are very different. She is the archetypical Jewish-American-Princess, very emotionally involved with her parents world and the world they have created for her while he is much less dependent on his family. They begin an affair which brings more differences to the surface.


Portnoy's Complaint. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1969 book
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Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth, 1969
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Ernest Lehman, 1972

The film focuses on the trials and tribulations of Alexander Portnoy, a Jewish man employed as the assistant commissioner of human opportunity for New York City. Via flashbacks, we learn about his affairs with Bubbles Girardi, the daughter of a local hoodlum; Israeli Naomi; and gentile Mary Jane Reid, whose nickname Monkey reflects her remarkable agility at achieving a variety of sexual positions.