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== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
- | *Requiem for a Dream (1978) - Hubert Selby Jr. | + | *''[[Requiem for a Dream]]'' by Hubert Selby Jr. |
- | *The Stand (1978) - Stephen King | + | *''[[The Stand]]'' by Stephen King |
**Stephen King says of The Stand, the greatest allegory of good vs evil since Heart of Darkness: "I love to burn things up," . "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke." | **Stephen King says of The Stand, the greatest allegory of good vs evil since Heart of Darkness: "I love to burn things up," . "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke." | ||
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==== Non-fiction ==== | ==== Non-fiction ==== | ||
- | *Freaks: Myths and images of the secret self by [[Leslie Fiedler]] | + | *''[[Freaks: Myths and images of the secret self]]'' by [[Leslie Fiedler]] |
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
- | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Piranha (1978) - Pretty Baby (1978) | + | *''[[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]'' |
+ | *''[[Piranha]]'' | ||
+ | *''[[Pretty Baby]]'' | ||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
*[[Telex]] debuts | *[[Telex]] debuts | ||
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== Births == | == Births == | ||
==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
- | Roger Caillois - Ed Wood, Jr. - Jacques Brel - Hannah Höch - Giorgio de Chirico | + | *[[Roger Caillois]] |
+ | *[[Ed Wood, Jr.]] | ||
+ | *[[Jacques Brel]] | ||
+ | *[[Hannah Höch]] | ||
+ | *[[Giorgio de Chirico]] | ||
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Art and culture
Literature
- Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Stephen King says of The Stand, the greatest allegory of good vs evil since Heart of Darkness: "I love to burn things up," . "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
Non-fiction
Film
Music
- Telex debuts
- By 1978, punk and disco had divided the pop audience.
Singles
- "Push, Push In The Bush" by Musique
- "Disco Circus" by Martin Circus
- "Armagideon Time" by Willi Williams
- "Neon Lights" by Kraftwerk
Albums
Births
Deaths
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