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Henry SturgesSeries
series2 books2010
Historical fantasy.
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The TerrorNovel
Dan Simmonsstandalone novel2007
Tense in tone, about madness and expeditions, set in arctic & antarctica.
“In the novel, while Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation and illness, and forced to contend with mutiny and cannibalism, they are stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster.”
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Jerusalem's LotSeries
series3 books1975
Tense in tone, set in contemporary and small town.
“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
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The HungerNovel
Alma Katsustandalone novel2018
Eerie in tone, about madness, set in mountains.
“Fictionalized supernatural/horror treatment of the Donner Party.”
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KindredNovel
Octavia E. Butlerstandalone novel1979
Science fiction and time travel, emotional in tone, about race and racism.
“Widely popular, it has frequently been chosen as a text by community-wide reading programs and book organizations, and for high school and college courses.”
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I Am LegendNovel
Richard Mathesonstandalone novel1954
Post-apocalyptic, about last of their kind, set in our world and mid 20th century.
“The last human survivor of the vampire epidemic has to maintain his defences against their onslaught, while attempting to research the cause and possibly solution to the plague.”
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