alternatively, some asshole was crowd killing at the hc after party… at davos

one in a series of liberal thought terminating cliche classics

goose meme "who writes the laws motherfucker" etc

others from reputation only: flash crowd, Waldo. basically just from the terms they inspired or named. not sure I've ever met anyone who has read them irl

all you zombies gets name checked a lot and has a film adaptation, but maybe too long to count?
the last question perhaps, flowers for Algernon certainly, the sentinel but only by reputation.
as a gestalt the Asimov robot stories but can't pick one.

this is only stuff that came out last year I also listened to Buckingham nicks a lot, job for a cowboy, deepchord, Daniel Johnston and magnetic fields

my last fm stopped working mid last year I'm so mad
here's a list from memory:
despised icon - shadow work
esdeekid - rebel
Whitechapel - hymns in dissonance
revocation - new gods new masters
varg2tm + dj smokey - psychological musical warfare 2
aya - hexed!
PeelingFlesh - PF radio 2

you're welcome

this is my most listened to of last year. meme record but I love it.
infectiousjelqing.bandcamp.com/album/nuclea...

the Great God Pan by Arthur Machen.
(broadly) gothic horror from late 1800s. pretty short also.