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• Alien

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  Aliens, but not the little green guys you're used to -- far creepier. This film follows a starship crew terrorized by a cosmic being that has ruined their trip home. This movie is great for people who are tired of movies about space; the plot keeps…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cat's Cradle

  Vonnegut, Kurt

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  In this Vonnegut classic, a writer decides to interview the children of the scientist primarily responsible for creating the atomic bomb. Darkly hilarious, and yes, sci-fi!

• Carrie

  King, Stephen, 1947-,

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  A troubled teen grapples with her mother's tight grip around her life and her own blooming telekinetic powers. Yes, Stephen King writes sci-fi too.

• Carrie

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  A troubled teen grapples with her mother's tight grip around her life and her own blooming telekinetic powers -- the movie version.

• The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

  Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937

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  While Lovecraft might be considered the father of horror, he is also regarded as influential in the world of sci-fi. Aliens, cosmic beings, exploration of the weird, everything you could want in a sci-fi story collection.

• The Fifth Element

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  In order to save Planet Earth, a taxicab driver must help a young woman who falls into his cab recover four stones essential for the defense against an attack by a malevolent cosmic entity.

• Inception

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  A professional thief makes a living by infiltrating the minds of his targets. In order to clear himself of his criminal record, he is asked to implant an idea into his target's subconscious. This movie will leave you wondering, "What's real and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dune

  Herbert, Frank

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  Dune can only be described as a space western; it is set in the far future (think 20,000 years away) in a feudal society where noble houses control various planetary areas of dominion.

• 2001

  a Space Odyssey

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  Sure, this movie is entirely set in space, but it is so pretty that you won't even care. A spacecraft super computer starts to have human-like thoughts and feelings, sending a visit to Jupiter into disarray.

• Rabbits

  a Novel

  Miles, Terry,

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  This 2021 novel centers on protagonist K, a pattern obsessed gamer, who finds theirself caught in an interdimensional game (conspiracy?).