Literature (Alternity)

A list of major novels written in the past century or so, quite of few of which in recent years have been adapted into blockbuster films. This is largely due to movie studios using the original authors as screenwriters (if possible), in order to maintain the integrity of the original novels and attract audiences in greater numbers.

1870s

 * Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) -


 * Gone Second (1878) -

1880s

 * Eastern Skies (1882) -


 * Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) -


 * The Quake (1887) -


 * American Survival - Novels 1 - 5 (1888, 1889) -

1890s

 * American Survival - Novels 6 - 11 (1890 to 1892) -


 * The Red Badge of Courage (1895) -


 * American Survival - Novel 12 (1898) -

1900s

 * American Survival - Novels 13 - 22 (1904 to 1907) -

1910s

 * American Survival - Novels 23 - 32 (1910 to 1913) -


 * Indian Territory (1914) -


 * A Dark Nightmare (1918) -

1950s

 * American Survival - Novels 33 - 37 (1952 to 1954) - Final five novels of the American Survival series. The manuscripts were posthumously discovered among author Willie Lincoln's possessions by his sons Michael and Willie Jr. in 1949, twelve years after their father's death. The novels were finalized within a few years and published from 1952 to 1954.

1960s
The '60s was an era of both classic and controversial novels, with a sensationalized version of the inciting incident of the Philippine Sea War - the sinking of the 'large cruiser' USS Guam by a Philippine Imperial Navy destroyer west of the Marianas - being among them.


 * To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) -


 * What Really Happened to the USS Guam (1967) -


 * Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) -


 * The Godfather (1969) -

1980s

 * The Bourne Identity (1980) -


 * The Sicilian (1983) -


 * The Hunt for Red October (1984) -


 * Baja (1985) -


 * The Bourne Supremacy (1986) -


 * Red Storm Rising (1986) - In Europe in the waning years of the Cold War - in the late-1980s - a terrorist attack on an oil depot deep in Soviet territory drains the USSR of oil and forces them to launch an all-out war against NATO and its allies to avoid economic concessions to the West, initiating the third world war.


 * L'Anse Amour (1987) -


 * Patriot Games (1987) -


 * Last on Mars (1987) -


 * Earthian Expeditions (1987) - First book in the enormously popular and bestselling sci-fi series Earthian Expeditions.


 * Loch (1988) -


 * The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988) -


 * Lingering Landings (1988) - Second book in Earthian Expedition series.


 * February 30th (1989) -


 * Clear and Present Danger (1989) -


 * Race for Rights (1989) - Third book in Earthian Expedition series.

1990s

 * The Sum of All Fears (1990) -


 * Last on Mars: Red Skies (1990) -


 * The Bourne Ultimatum (1990) -


 * Voyager (1990) - Fourth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * The Mariner (1991) -


 * Trying Times (1991) - Fifth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Heir to the Empire (1991) - Provided the basis for next year's Star Wars Episode VII, the first of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.


 * Dark Force Rising (1992) - Still sold worldwide, it is the basis for Episode VIII. Many are reading it to perhaps gain insight into Episode VIII upon its in release in 2002.


 * Without Remorse (1992) -


 * High Tide (1992) - Sixth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * The Last Command (1993) - Unconfirmed to be basis for Episode IX, though it is sold out in many places.


 * Debt of Honor (1993) -


 * Flooded Banks (1993) - Seventh book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Receding Rage (1994) - Eighth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * The Good Son: No Fair (1994) - The literary sequel to the film, No Fair takes place two years after the events of the film as fourteen year-old Mark Evans and his father Jack are flying to Nova Scotia for a father-and-son vacation near Cape Breton. En-route, their plane, Eastern Airlines Flight 514, loses control and crashes in a field fifty miles outside Fredericton, Maine. With over a hundred killed - including his father - Mark becomes the sole survivor of the crash and flees into the nearby forest in a daze. Far from the nearest town, Mark is left to fend for himself and finds himself being pursued by an unknown person. But, to his horror, Mark realizes that person is wearing a white mask that is eerily familiar...


 * Last on Mars: Canyon Rains (1994) -
 * Nova Scotia: BB49 (1994) - Written by Elijah Lane, the novel follows the battleship USS Nova Scotia and its crew as they fight off a Nazi beachead on Bermuda in 1943, and prepare to strike back at an Axis stronghold in the frigid Arctic.


 * Culkin (1995) - Written by actor Macaulay Culkin, Culkin follows 15 year-old Macaulay himself in a fictional setting where all the dark characters of his movies start coming to life and begin to torment him, namely Mark Bardmann of Baja and Henry Evans of The Good Son. Macaulay has stated that he was inspired to write Culkin by the events of A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Ascension.


 * Executive Orders (1995) -


 * Another Way (1995) - A spinoff of The Good Son, Another Way posits an alternate world where Henry Evans made a decision long ago not to kill, and his little brother Richard is still alive.


 * Far Out (1995) - Ninth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Gateway (1995) - Tenth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * P-Twin (1996) - Ben Corrin's latest publication, P-Twin deals with a twelve year-old boy named Noah Randell who suffers from nightmares, which turn out to be a kind of weak psychic link to his thought-dead twin brother, a vicious and psychopathic killer who soon targets Noah and his parents for murder.


 * Shattered (1996) - Eleventh book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Encounter (1996) - Twelfth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * SSN (1996) -


 * The Good Son: Imperfect One (1996) -


 * Rainbow Six (1996) -


 * The Bear and the Dragon (1997) -


 * Evans, Richard (1997) -


 * Tilt (1997) - Thirteenth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Strike (1997) - Fourteenth book in Earthian Expedition.


 * Baja II (1997) - A novel adaption of Corrin's screenplay, Baja II follows the same plotline as that of the film: In February 1942, teenage Louis Bardmann and his family are living surprisingly normal lives, even under the threat of the new world war. Louis' father, Simon Bardmann II and Louis' older brother Casey are shocked when the skeletal remains of Simon's younger brother Mark wash ashore one day, heralding a new series of disturbing events similar to the ones of 1907, events that could very well tear Lucaston apart...


 * Last on Mars: The Red Ocean (1997) - The final book in Elijah Lane's Last on Mars tetralogy, The Red Ocean follows the events of Canyon Rains as the Firmers prepare the last stages of making Mars' atmosphere breathable to humans and brace for a wave of thousands of potential colonists. However, the Founders - who oppose the terraforming process - will stop at nothing to prevent the Firmers from achieving their goals, even threatening the lives of everyone on the Red Planet.

Upcoming novels

 * North Eighty-Seven (1997) - The latest Ben Corrin novel, North Eighty-Seven takes place on an almost entirely ice-bound island hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle, at 87°N 50°W, where an unknown and vicious killer stalks a scientific team after they unexpectedly discover a 2000 year-old sarcophagus. Lastly, the team is surprised by the mysterious appearance of a young boy, who may hold the secret to this deadly island. North Eighty-Seven is scheduled for release on September 8.
 * Interaction (1998) - Soon-to-be released fifteenth book in Earthian Expedition to be released in January.
 * The Good Son: Time to Live (1998) -
 * Students of Lexington (1998) - The next Tom Clancy novel: In Lexington, Massachusetts, a group of young students in college start noting several strange things occurring, including one man on a street corner claiming that Napoleon VI is the President of France and that a massive Russian nuclear strike will destroy the world. The students then discover clues that lead to Egypt, where they only discover the first part of a rapidly unfolding mystery puzzle. The novel is rumored to be Clancy's first science fiction publication, with elements such as either time travel or 'parallel universes' likely to be involved.
 * Gulf No. 9 (1998) – The next Ben Corrin novel, Gulf No. 9 is set on an uncharted, fog-cloaked island in the center of the Gulf of Mexico in 1943, after the US Navy cruiser Sherbrooke runs aground there. It is scheduled to be released March 13, and is rumored to be a crossover with Elijah Lane's Nova Scotia: BB49.
 * Meeting (1998) - Scheduled sixteenth book in Earthian Expedition, to be released next July.
 * Received (1998) - An FBI agent intercepts a local group of smugglers while conducting an operation in Seattle. However, when he discovers what they are smuggling, he unlocks a mystery from his past - or rather, his future. All of them or from the future, coming back into the past to prevent something from happening in their future. However, he's trying to do it the good way, while they have to break the laws to do it. But what exactly are they trying to prevent?
 * Beyond (1998) - Scheduled seventeenth book in Earthian Expedition, to be released next December.
 * Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe (1999) - Another upcoming Ben Corrin novel.

Planned novels

 * The Speaker (2000) - Sixteen year-old Charlie Michaels (sometimes referred to as 'Charlie Mike') is a severe autistic and lost half of his left leg to a car accident when he was seven, forcing him to use a cybernetic leg. As a result, his mobility is somewhat limited, complicating his parents' problem of having him interact with others outside their home in Denver. One day, Charlie leaves his home and parents for the first time in years to attend a special school for children like him. When he returns home later that day, he finds his parents dead: brutally shot by a presumable militia assassin. Now orphaned, Charlie becomes a ward of the state and is sent to a hospital for an evaluation before moving to a foster home. While undergoing his eval, Charlie is visited by government agents claiming the boy pertains to national security. Unconvinced, the hospital staff contact the local FBI and their lead agent, David Martin, to verify the mystery agents' claim, but before the FBI can confirm, Charlie is kidnapped, sending Martin and his top agents into a race to find the boy. Soon, Martin will find Charlie, but will also discover that saving him may be more difficult than he ever thought. The Speaker is written by bestselling authors Ben Corrin and Tom Clancy, and is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2000.


 * The Lonely One (2001) - Sequel to The Speaker by Ben Corrin and Tom Clancy.