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CarrieNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1974
Horror and psychological horror, about psychic powers, set in small town.
The Terminal ManNovel
Michael Crichtonstandalone novel1972
Thriller & suspense, about artificial intelligence, set in big city.
“In 1974, it was made into a film of the same name.”
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Under the DomeNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel2009
Horror, about survival and political intrigue, set in small town.
“A small town in Maine finds itself suddenly cut off from the outside world by an impenetrable barrier, and the clash of personalities of the trapped people takes its inexorable devastating course.”
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The ShiningSeries
series5 books1977
Horror, about psychic powers and addiction.
“Together the two form a horror duology spanning nearly forty years of real-world publication.”
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Start with The Shining →
Library of America P. K. Dick CollectionSeries
series9 books1962
completed
Set in near future.
“Technically banned, a novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy imagines a world where the Allies won instead — and its reclusive author, Hawthorne Abendsen, becomes an obsession for characters on every side.”
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Start with The Man in the High Castle →
Sleeping BeautiesNovel
Stephen King & Owen Kingstandalone novel2017
Horror, about plague and pandemic and survival.