The Looming Tower. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2006 book, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Lawrence Wright, 2006
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Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright, 2018

The Looming Tower traces the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda in the late 1990s and how the rivalry between the FBI and CIA during that time may have inadvertently set the path for the tragedy of 9/11. It follows members of the I-49 Squad in New York and Alec Station in Washington, D.C., as they travel the world fighting for ownership of information while seemingly working toward the same goal.


NOS4A2. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2013 book
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NOS4A2
Joe Hill, 2013
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Jami O'Brien, 2019-2020

NOS4A2 follows Victoria Vic McQueen, a young working-class artist who discovers that she has a supernatural ability to track the seemingly immortal Charlie Manx. Manx feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland—a twisted Christmas Village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas Day and unhappiness is against the law.


The Empty Man. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 2015 comic book
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The Empty Man
Cullen Bunn, Vanesa R. Del Rey, Michael Garland, 2015
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David Prior, 2020

In the Ura Valley, Bhutan in 1995; four friends – Greg, Fiona, Ruthie, and Paul go hiking on a mountain. After blowing into a flute-like instrument, Paul hears something calling to him and falls in a crevice while investigating. Greg enters to rescue him and finds Paul in a catatonic state and staring at a strange skeleton.