1978
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Art and culture
Literature
- Requiem for a Dream (1978) - Hubert Selby Jr.
- The Stand (1978) - 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
- Freaks: Myths and images of the secret self by Leslie Fiedler
Film
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Piranha (1978) - Pretty Baby (1978)
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
Roger Caillois - Ed Wood, Jr. - Jacques Brel - Hannah Höch - Giorgio de Chirico
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