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December book club canceled.
Short stories instead!
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Short Stories:
I have no mouth and I must scream - Harlan Ellison - this story was the apogee of sci-fi horror in the 70s and 80s.
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick's original short story and the inspiration for Total Recall.
Weird French Shit:
Fantastic Planet - Animated french scifi about humans being kept as pets by giant blue aliens.
City of Lost Children - steampunk cybercultists
Classic Movies:
They Live - In case you're out of bubblegum
Tremors - broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya?
Scanners - Pop!
Not scifi but still dark and very funny - the film Wild Tales from Spain is a collection of shorts with the common theme being revenge.