Examples of fantasy, science fiction, horror texts in music

Guessed the byline wrong.

Haggerty/Herrema have a few i think, cf Royal Trux “Shockwave Rider” (John Brunner novel)

Tons of Hawkwind/Moorcock stuff of course

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination_(Alan_Parsons_Project_album)

jefferson airplane's crown of creation lifts some of its lines verbatim from a john wyndham novel (pretty sure it was the chrysalids)

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81UO1qNE1vL._SL1500_.jpg

"Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds", a 1978 album that's exactly what it says on the tin.

Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of Red Death as done by Thrice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXWymj3yQ7Y

One for Edgar Allan Poe, supposed to be more of a set of readings than music but it features Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Diamanda Galás, Gavin Friday, Jeff Buckley, Dr. John and Deborah Harry. Another amazing lineup.
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/various_artists_f2/closed_on_account_of_rabies___poems_and_tales_of_edgar_allan_poe/

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I had this but don't remember anything about it except for Dr. John's reading of Berenice. Mr. Bungle quoted a few lines of Berenice in Carry Stress in the Jaw. They make up the bulk of the lyrics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCJM2fxzewk

doesn't Numan quote PKD and Ballard rather extensively? "Flow my tears the policeman said" etc.

The Heliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles - 'The Last Transmission'
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/JpkAAOSw78xcXY~O/s-l300.jpg

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0017/6685/0633/products/32b93338-5f3a-4c0f-a106-0b8b150d8c33_2048x2048.jpg?v=1538992585

Wow @ that Ursula K. Le Guin album

Forgot to mention Frank Black's brilliant Bradbury tribute "The Cult Of Ray".

Stereo Sanctity by Sonic Youth is basically just random bits of VALIS by Philip K Dick

Sonic Youth also references William Gibson stuff in several songs