The Andromeda Strain, by Michael CrichtonĬrichton’s debut novel follows the government’s attempts to prepare for any bio-organisms entering our atmosphere from space. How do survivors cope when pitted against these creatures from beyond? Do they rally and fight, or turn on themselves? King at his finest.

Along with others, a father and son in Maine flee into a supermarket. In The Mist, an inexplicable disaster causes a fog to roll across the world, hiding monstrous, murderous creations.

I nearly led with King’s brilliant novel It, and those who’ve read the book know there are plenty of reasons I could have (in fact many of King’s novels make this list- Tommyknockers, Desperation, Under The Dome) but I instead went with his novella The Mist, one of my all-time favorites. That fear that, as much as we want to use science to define the universe, there are some things beyond our comprehension. The quality that makes meshing sci-fi with horror so unnerving is that it touches on the unknown. In the last few decades videogames have even followed suit, melding the two to nail-biting effect. These crossovers take us to the edge of the galaxy, or pin us to our seats when outer space comes to us.

Enjoy!įor decades writers have mixed science fiction and horror to create haunting stories. We recently asked him to pick his seven favorite sci-fi/horror books, most of which still give us the heebie-jeebies in a really good way. Our friend Ethan Reid published The Undying in October 2014.

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