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The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Title: The Day of the Triffids Author: John Wyndham Year: 1951 Publishing Details: Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc., 2003 Modern Library Paperback Edition Genre: Science Fiction Topical Category: Man-eating Plants, Post-Apocalyptic Synopsis and Background: Post-apocalyptic imaginings are a fixture of science fiction. From the hypothesized post-Martian future of War of the Worlds (1898), …
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Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Title: Relic Author: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Year: 1995 Publishing Details: A Forge Book, Tom Doherty Associates, Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. First Mass Market Edition, January 1996 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery Topical Category: Mutant-on-the-loose Synopsis and Background: “Doug pitched me a murder mystery set in the museum that was literally called ‘Zero at…
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Orca by Arthur Herzog
Title: Orca Author: Arthur Herzog Year: 1977 Publishing Details: Original Pocket Book edition, June 1977, a Simon and Schuster Division Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Sea Monster, Animals Attack! Synopsis and Background: Once upon a time there was a movie called Jaws. Released in 1975, it was based on a bestselling novel from the…
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Prophecy by David Seltzer
Title: Prophecy Author: David Seltzer Year: 1979 Publishing Details: Ballantine Books, Random House, Inc., First Edition February 1979 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Eco-horror, Mutant-on-the-loose Synopsis and Background: Rachel Carson published her environmental opus Silent Spring in 1962, warning about the harm done to the environment through the use of industrial pesticides. Its publication…
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