Livros, contos e poemas que inspiraram discos, canções e capas: Uma lista




Vera Stanley Alder, The initiation of the world
Jon Anderson, Olias of Sunhillow

António Aleixo, Rimas popularesTrovante, Baile no bosque
Dante Alighieri, A divina comédia
Brasse, Dante's infernoEcholyn, MeiIl Giro Strano, La divina commediaSepultura, Dante XXI
Eugénio de Andrade, Despertar
Trovante, Cais das colinas
Isaac Asimov, Eu, Robot
Alan Parsons Project, I Robot
Richard Bach, Bridge across forever
Transatlantic, Bridge across forever
J. G. Ballard, A feira de atrocidadesMão Morta, Pesadelo em peluche

Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King
Joni Mitchell, Clouds

William Blake, And did those feet in ancient times (Jerusalem)Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brain salad surgeryGenesis, Foxtrot

William Blake, Auguries of innocence
Bob Dylan, Shot of love
William Blake, TygerTangerine Dream, Tyger

William Blake, Satanic millsYes, Drama
Paul Bowles, O céu que nos protegeKing Crimson, Discipline
Ray Bradbury, Crónicas marcianasSolaris, Marsbéli krónikák
Bertolt Brecht, Über den SelbstmordArt Bears, Hope and fears
Emily Brontë, O monte dos vendavaisGenesis, Wind & wuthering



Mikhail Bulgakov, The master and MargaritaRolling Stones, Beggars banquet
Anthony Burgess, A laranja mecânicaThe Ramones, Too tough to die

Sepultura, A-Lex

William S. Burroughs, A máquina moleMatching Mole, Matching MoleSoft Machine, Soft Machine

Samuel Butler, ErewhonNotturno Concertante, Erewhon



George Gordon Lord Byron, Don JuanGentle Giant, Acquiring the taste
George Gordon Lord Byron, When we two parted
Gentle Giant, Octopus
Luís Vaz de Camões, Os LusíadasBeduínos a Gasóleo, Beduínos a Gasóleo
Mário de Sá Carneiro, FimTrovante, Sepes
Lewis Carroll, Alice no País das maravilhas
Annie Haslam, Annie in Wonderland
Bill Bruford, One of a kind
Hatfield and the North, Hatfield and the North
Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic pillowShadowland, Mad as a hatterYes, Fragile


Carolyn Casady, HeartbeatKing Crimson, Beat
Carlos Castaneda, Journey to IxtlanJon and Vangelis, Page of life
Carlos Castaneda, The power of silenceJon Anderson, Toltec
Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury talesCamel, A nod and a winkCaravan, The Canterbury tales

Marcus Tullius Cicero, De republicaDeus ex Machina, De republica
Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 Odisséia no espaço
Led Zeppelin, Presence



Arthur C. Clarke, As canções da Terra distanteMike Oldfield, The songs of distant Earth
Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's endGenesis, Foxtrot
Iron Maiden, Fear of the darkLed Zeppelin, Houses of the holyMarillion, Misplaced childhoodPink Floyd, Obscured by cloudsVan der Graaf Generator, Still life
Arthur C. Clarke, A sentinelaMike Oldfield, Tubular bells II
Arthur C. Clarke, SunjammerMike Oldfield, Tubular bells II

Dan Clowes, Ghost worldAimee Mann, Bachelor No.2

Leonard Cohen, Belos vencidos
Bob Seger, Beautiful loser
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla KhanRush, A farewell to kings
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Rima do velho marinheiroIron Maiden, Powerslave





Joseph Conrad, O coração das trevasIron Maiden, The X factor
Aleister Crowley, The book of the lawLed Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III

Mark Z Danielewski, Only revolutions
Biffy Clyro, Only revolutions
Samuel R. Delany, Time considered as a helix of semi-precious stonesHappy the Man, Happy the Man

August Derleth, The lurker at the thresholdMarillion, Script for a jester's tear

Philip K. Dick, Do androids dream of electric sheep?Gary Numan, Replicas

Iron Maiden, Somewhere in time

JP Donleavy, A fairytale of New York
The Pogues, If I should fall from grace with God
Arthur Conan Doyle, O cão dos Baskervilles
Clive Nolan e Oliver Wakeman, The hound of the Baskervilles
Isidore Ducasse (Conde de Lautréamont), Os cantos de MaldororMão Morta, Maldoror
Umberto Eco, O nome da rosaAyreons, Actual fantasyIron Maiden, The X factor
E. R. Eddison, Worm ouroborousNational Health, National Health
T. S. Eliot, The waste land
Dream Theater, Falling into infinityGenesis, Selling England by the pound
Florbela Espanca, Ser poetaTrovante, Terra firme

Richard Farina, Been down so long it looks like up to me
The Doors, LA Woman
Howard Fast, The vision of Milty BoilGenesis, Foxtrot

William Faulkner, Pylon
Pylon, Pylon!!

William Faulkner, A rose for EmilyThe Zombies, Odessey and oracle
Henry Fielding, Tom JonesThe Beatles, Magical mystery tour

Gustave Flaubert, SalammbôWapassou, Salammbô



Robert Frost, Nothing gold can stayFarpoint, From dreaming to dreaming
Paul Gallico, The snow goose
Camel, The snow goose

Alan Ginsberg, Uivo
King Crimson, Beat
Mão Morta, Nus
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, FaustoFaust, Faust
Happy the Man, Happy the Man
Mephistopheles, Mephistopheles
William Golding, O deus das moscasIron Maiden, The X factorThe Nice, The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
Kenneth Grahame, O vento nos salgueiros
Pink Floyd, The piper at the gates of dawn

Robert A. Heinlein, Um estranho numa terra estranhaIron Maiden, Somewhere in timeSpock's Beard, Snow
Robert A. Heinlein, Starship troopers
Yes, The Yes album
Ernest Hemingway, O adeus às armasRush, A farewell to kings
Rush, Grace under pressure
Ernest Hemingway, O velho e o mar
The Old Man and the Sea, The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway, Por quem os sinos dobramMetallica, Ride the lightning
Rush, Signals
Frank Herbert, DuneIron Maiden, Piece of mind







Hermann Hesse, SiddharthaYes, Close to the edge

Homero, Odisséia
XII Alfonso, OdysseesArtcane, OdysseeAztec Jade, Paradise lostCaravan, CaravanDamo Suzuki, Odyssey
David Bedford, The odyssey
Eloy, Time to turnGenesis, Selling England by the poundKing Crimson, IslandsOdissea, OdisseaSymphony X, The odyssey
Fu Hsi, I Ching
Pink Floyd, The piper at the gates of dawn

Victor Hugo, Notre-Dame de ParisQuaterna Requiem, Quasimodo
Johan Huizinga, Homo ludensKrabat, Homo ludens
Aldous Huxley, O admirável mundo novoIron Maiden, Somewhere in time
Iron Maiden, Brave new worldSaens, Prophet in a statistical worldThe Strawbs, Grave new worldThe Ultimate Architects, Soma

Shirley Jackson, The lottery
R.E.M., Up
James Joyce, Retrato do artista quando jovem
King Crimson, Larks' tongues in aspic
Franz Kafka, A metamorfose
Culture Beat, Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa, Gregor SamsaIron Butterfly, MetamorphosisRolling Stones, Metamorphosis
Mary Margaret Kaye, Palace of the windsMind Over Matter, Palace of the winds
John Keats, Fall of HyperionRobert John Godfrey, Fall of Hyperion

John Keats, LamiaGenesis, The lamb lies down on Broadway





Wilfred Kellogg, The Urantia bookMagma, Kobaia
Jack Kerouac, Pela estrada foraEcholyn, Mei
King Crimson, Beat

Jack Kerouac, Satori in ParisKing Crimson, Beat
Stephen King, Wizard and glassFarpoint, Grace

Naomi Klein, No logoRadiohead, Amnesiac
Arthur Koestler, The ghost in the machineThe Police, Ghost in the machine
R. D. Laing, KnotsGentle Giant, OctopusGentle Giant, The power and the glory
Edward Lear, The owl and the pussycatKevin Ayers, We have no mañanas
C.S. Lewis, As crónicas de Nárnia, Vol. II: O leão, a feiticeira e o guarda-roupa
Steve Hackett, Please don't touch
H. P. Lovecraft, The doom that came to SarnathDawn of Relic, One night in Carcosa
H. P. Lovecraft, The nameless cityIron Maiden, Live after deathMetallica, Master of puppetsSuidakra, Lupine essence




H.P. Lovecraft, The call of CthuluCaravan, For girls who grow plump in the night
Cradle of Filth, MidianCrystal Eyes, Dead city dreaming
Metallica, Ride the lightning
Vangelis, The dragon
Alistair MacLean, Where eagles dare
Iron Maiden, Piece of mind
W. H. Mallock, A human documentKing Crimson, Starless and Bible black

John Malloy/Willy Malloy, GallowglassKing Crimson, Larks' tongues in aspic
Herman Melville, Moby DickLed Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II

Mastodon, Leviathan
John Milton, Paraíso perdidoAfter Crying, ShowAztec Jade, Paradise lostNovela, Paradise lostParadise Lost, Lost paradiseSymphony X, Paradise lost
Heiner Müller, VáriosMão Morta, Müller no Hotel Hessischer Hof
Vladimir Nabokov, LolitaThe Police, Zenyatta mondatta




Friedrich Nietzsche, Assim falava ZarathustraMuseo Rosenbach, Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche, O nascimento da tragédiaRush, Hemispheres

George Orwell, Mil novencentos e oitenta e quatroThe Alan Parsons Project, Eye in the skyDavid Bowie, Diamond dogs
Eurythmics, 1984 (For the love of Big Brother)Hugh Hopper, 1984Radiohead, Hail to the thiefRick Wakeman, 1984Saens, Prophet in a statistical world

George Orwell, Coming up for airGentle Giant, The missing piece
George Orwell, O triunfo dos porcosPink Floyd, Animals

Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible monsters
Feist, The reminder
Brian Patten, MeatPink Floyd, Animals
Mervyn Peake, GormenghastFruupp, Modern masquerades
The Strawbs, Bursting at the seams
Fernando Pessoa, ÓpioMoonspell, Irreligious



José Luís Peixoto, O antídotoMoonspell, The antidote
Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinação
Fausto, Por este rio acima
Edgar Allan Poe, O corvo
Alan Parsons Project, Tales of mystery and imagination

Bathory, Blood on ice
Genesis, The lamb lies down on BroadwayLou Reed, The ravenThe Stranglers, The raven

Edgar Allan Poe, A queda da Casa de UsherPeter Hammill, The fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe, Murders in the Rue MorgueIron Maiden, Killers
Thomas Pynchon, VSoft Machine, Volume Two
François Rabelais, Gargantua et PantagruelGentle Giant, Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant, Acquiring the tasteGentle Giant, Octopus

Ayn Rand, AnthemRush, Fly by nightRush, 2112



Arthur Rimbaud, O barco ébrioKevin Ayers, Sweet deceiver
Marquês de Sade, VáriosMoonspell, Wolfheart

J.D. Salinger, À espera no centeio
Guns n' Roses, Chinese democracy

Raymond Scott, PowerhouseRush, Hemispheres
Sir Walter Scott, A dama do lagoStarcastle, Starcastle

Maurice Sendak, Where the wild things are
Metallica, Reload
William Shakespeare, As you like itRush, Moving pictures
William Shakespeare, MacbethGentle Giant, Acquiring the tasteKing Crimson, In the court of the crimson king

William Shakespeare, Romeu e Julieta
Blue Öyster Cult, Agents of fortuneGenesis, Selling England by the pound

William Shakespeare, Sonho de uma noite de verão
Gryphon, Midnight mushrumps
Oberon, A midsummer's night's dreamRed Jasper, A midsummer's night's dreamSteve Hackett, A midsummer's night's dream
William Shakespeare, A tragédia de Hamlet príncipe da DinamarcaRush, Snakes & arrows
Alan Sillitoe, The loneliness of the long-distance runnerIron Maiden, Somewhere in time
João Botelho da Silva, Beduínos a GasóleoBeduínos a Gasóleo, Beduínos a Gasóleo
Clark Ashton Smith, Genius LociIron Maiden, Piece of mind

Sófocles, Rei ÉdipoGenesis, Selling England by the pound

John Steinbeck, A um deus desconhecido
Sétima Legião, A um deus desconhecido
John Steinbeck, As vinhas da ira
Camel, Dust and dreams






Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll e Mr. HydeThe Damned, The black albumThe Ghouls, Stand aloneIced Earth, Horror show
Judas Priest, DemolitionMen at Work, CargoPetra, Jekyll and Hyde

Alfred Tennyson, Charge of the Light BrigadeIron Maiden, Piece of mind

Dylan Thomas, Under milk woodKing Crimson, Starless and Bible black
J. R. R. Tolkien, O hobbitRush, Fly by nightRush, Caress of steel
J. R. R. Tolkien, O senhor dos anéis
Anyone's Daughter, Anyone's DaughterArgent, Ring of handsBlind Guardian, Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Bo Hansson, Lord of the ringsCamel, MirageFates Warning, Night on BrockenGlass Hammer, Journey of the dunadanLed Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin [IV]Rush, Fly by night
Leo Tolstoi, Guerra e pazYes, Relayer

Mao Tse Tung, Quotations from chairman Mao Tse-tungMatching Mole, Little red record
The Nice, The thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
Mark Twain, As aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Rush, Moving pictures

Vários, The book of KellsIona, The book of Kells

Vários (Tradicional chinês), The five chinese brothers
R.E.M., Reckoning



Vários, As mil e uma noitesI Nomadi, Mille e una seraRenaissance, Sheherazade

Júlio Verne, Viagem ao centro da Terra
Rick Wakeman, Journey to the centre of the Earth

H. G. Wells, A máquina do tempoRick Wakeman, Time machineSaens, Prophet in a statistical world

Oscar Wilde, O retrato de Dorian GrayCherry Five, Cherry five
William Wordsworth, I wandered lonely as a cloudGenesis, The lamb lies down on Broadway

John Wyndham, The chrysalids
Jefferson Airplane, Crown of creation

John Wyndham, The Midwich cuckoosIron Maiden, The number of the beast
W.B. Yeats, The second coming
Joni Mitchell, Night ride home

Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiografia de um Yogi
Yes, Tales from topographic oceans