A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

作者马修·圭列里回溯至前贝多芬时代，检视是什么影响贝多芬创作第五“命运”交响曲的？接着回到当今，剖析命运交响曲是如何影响现代人的。他从希腊古诗歌的韵律和法国大革命时期的歌曲和交响曲，探索贝多芬首创著名前四音符的灵感来源。

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?