Robert Bloch

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1984

Orwell invented the vocabulary every dystopian work still borrows

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House of Leaves

The most formally inventive horror novel — the house that defies space, the text that defies reading

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Dune

Herbert's foundational epic — ecology, religion, and empire across the stars

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Outer Wilds

The most meditative space exploration game — about curiosity and loss

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Silent Hill 2

The greatest horror game — a journey into guilt and self-punishment

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Cyberpunk 2077

Night City is late-stage capitalism as a playground and a warning

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Hereditary

Ari Aster's debut — grief as a haunting, family as a trap

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Arrival

Denis Villeneuve's quiet masterpiece about language, time, and choice

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Black Mirror

Brooker's anthology of technology-enabled social collapse