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"message": "I'm looking for a novel I read in the mid-to-late 1990s. It was a science fiction novel about an expedition of scientists sent at sub-light-speed (maybe in cryo-sleep?) to investigate a star system. Once there they set up a permanent scientific outpost.There was at least one inhabited planet in th... | SF novel about one-way scientific expedition to inhabited planet, where telepathic aliens "talk" sort of ++like this++ and ~*~this~*~ | scifi | 2017-05-18T15:55:05.320 |
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"message": "When I was a kid (around 1981), I once read a short story where the main character gradually taught himself to see with his fingers. He used this skill to read books without looking at them (by seeing the text, not feeling it). And he may have used it for other things, I'm not sure. He was excited... | What short story had a man who taught himself to see with his fingers? | scifi | 2017-05-19T05:09:37.193 |
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"message": "I read it in Spanish, at least 10 years ago in the school library.<br>I remember it was set in some medieval age with barbarians.The \"persons\" in his mind could argue with each other and with the \"host\" boy / man, about his decisions and life, and sometimes one could go up and control him and ... | Trying to find an old book about a "multiple-personality" boy | scifi | 2017-05-19T17:47:18.397 |
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"message": "Written before 1995 in all likelihood; certainly before 2000. The cover may have depicted a painting of a dragon on a wall, but I am not certain.The story, as best I can recall, is that there are a boy and a girl; the boy is ill-tempered and a trouble-maker. Very early in the story they visit an o... | Story ID - The Dragon in the Well | scifi | 2017-05-19T22:24:07.763 |
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"message": "Slughorn goes to Hogsmade for collecting reinforcements. <a href=\"https://www.quora.com/Harry-Potter-creative-franchise-Were-there-any-Slytherin-students-defending-Hogwarts\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">According to an answer on Quora, JK Rowling said in an interview last January 2008 that<blockq... | Who are the reinforcements led by Slughorn? | scifi | 2017-05-20T03:19:40.227 |
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"message": "In The Return of the King, after the Ring got tossed into the fires of Mount Doom, the Eye of Sauron burst into flames, and the tower of Barad-dûr then collapsed. Then then Eye shrank to a small point and exploded. What was actually happening there?",
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"message": "I ... | In the end of LOTR, why does the Eye of Sauron burn so vigorously after the Ring gets destroyed? | scifi | 2017-05-23T05:46:49.647 |
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"message": "I'm trying to work out the name of a Science Fiction movie from the 80's where the female alien ( in human form ) drinks coffee by mistake and gets very drunk. It's all I remember from the film but I seem to remember it was really enjoyable! Any ideas?EDIT - I remember space and spaceship were inv... | A movie where coffee acts like alcohol on aliens | scifi | 2017-05-23T14:13:09.213 |
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"message": "I read this book once when I was in middle school. A girl solves a murder or a mystery on a spaceship. It was a thin paperback books. All I can remember is that there was an alien, and there was a movie star or actress or famous makeup artist on the ship traveling with another woman. By the end of... | Book about actress forced to disguise alien murderer | scifi | 2017-05-24T03:19:00.337 |
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"message": "In Back to the Future, there is a flyer indicating that the lightning struck the clock tower at 10:04pm on November 12, 1955. Based on that information, Doc calculates the distance, acceleration speed and time needed for the DeLorean to reach the cable.But we all know that the minute has 60 second... | How did Doc know exactly at what second the lightning would strike the clock tower? | scifi | 2017-05-24T20:11:57.577 |
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"message": "I know its not Westworld and tired of getting that on google. its set when all humans are long dead or at least very rare. the main character is like a hired gunfighter who arrives in a town of other androids that just had a fight and a headless android gets the gunfighter to attach his head to ... | Movie about androids with a western theme | scifi | 2017-05-26T09:23:05.530 |
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"message": "My recollection is that, in the Prisoner of Azkaban movie, Harry, Hermione, and Ron see Buckbeak being executed, before <blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> travelling back in time to prevent it.</blockquote>However, this didn't happen in the book, and the idea that they saw something that was later c... | Did Harry, Hermione and Ron see Buckbeak die? | scifi | 2017-05-26T16:35:14.660 |
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"message": "I believe I originally read this in a Literature or English textbook. I believe this was when I was in Elementary School, probably between 8-11, in the early 80's.A con-man becomes the royal chef because he claims to be able to make Dragon Stew. Luckily for him dragons have become extremely rare... | Story about a dragon chef | scifi | 2017-05-26T18:22:44.503 |
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"message": "This is Logan Wolverine (not the current female version), 616 universe, from somewhat recent comics (post 2010 I'm reasonably certain). This involved a group of bad guys who had nanotech-based healing factors and some sort of energy-based Wolverine-style claws created by some shady corporation or ... | Who were these recent Wolverine bad guys who mimicked his healing factor/claws with tech? | scifi | 2017-05-27T22:24:08.033 |
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"message": "In Alien:Covenant, <blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> David replies \"Well, well, well. So many good souls.\" When he is informed that there are 2,000 colonists on the Covenant. </blockquote>We learn later that <blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> David uses the colonists as hosts/food for the aliens... | What does David mean by soul? | scifi | 2017-05-29T01:05:40.653 |
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"message": "The main girl is traveling with a boy she likes and a teacher. While they are trying to make it back home, weird things start happening such as cell signals are whack and birds are running into things. The teacher ends up getting shot and killed at a gas station, so the teens run away. One of the ... | Book about Area 51 and teen romance | scifi | 2017-05-30T14:31:17.643 |
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"message": "Near the end of the film - as Ronan's ship, The Dark Aster, crashes to the ground - Groot creates a protective cocoon for the rest of the team. It all gets very emotional and Groot says:<blockquote> We are Groot!</blockquote>As far as I was aware all he can say is \"I am Groot\". How is he able t... | How was Groot able to say "We are Groot"? | scifi | 2017-05-30T15:23:05.490 |
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"message": "Trying to find a book I read a few years ago. The main character was a guy called Spyder who I think was a tattoo artist, meets a girl at a bar, gets into a fight and I think he sees some weird stuff. Anyway somehow ends up in some fantasy place. All a bit weird.",
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"message": "In \"Requiem for Methuselah\", there is a scene where Spock surprisingly knows how to play the piano. He perfectly plays a waltz while Captain Kirk and Rayna dance.My question is, during the recording of this scene, was Leonard Nimoy actually playing the piano, or was it feigned?",
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"message": "I've been looking for an anthology which my older brother lost back in the 70's.. the only stories which I can clearly remember it it were 'Who Goes There?' and \"Nerves.\" If I'm not mistaken Robert Sheckley's marvelous short story \"Specialist,\" one of my all time favorites, was also featured... | Anthology, been searching for for decades | scifi | 2017-06-05T22:24:51.217 |
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"message": "In the original timeline the five year mission was full of action. If we assume all TOS episodes take place in the 5-yearmission and that they span over the full five years, I guess every 2 weeks the crew of the Enterprise and mainly Kirk had to deal with red shirt death,tricking god-like entities... | Prime time vs. new timeline, 5 year mission, where are the adventures? | scifi | 2017-06-06T14:50:20.893 |
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"message": "There's a story where humanity is an experiment of a robot intelligence from outer space (maybe from the center of the Galaxy, I'm not sure), I'd read this around 7-10 years ago. Said intelligence some day moves most of humanity to two other planets, where warlike civilizations emerge (they also t... | Story where most of humanity was moved from Earth to two other planets | scifi | 2017-06-08T16:46:44.610 |
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"message": "In Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2, <blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> Stakar tells Yondu that Yondu will not hear the horns of freedom when Yondu dies, and the colors of Ogord will not shine above Yondu's grave, because Yondu had trafficked in children. </blockquote>We know that <blockquote class=... | What are the horns of freedom? | scifi | 2017-06-09T02:17:51.290 |
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"message": "I am looking for a story which I read probably two decades ago, in the 90s, but which was probably already old at that point. I think I read it in some kind of anthology, in English, and in the USA.A substantial number of children, all across the world, are the result of some kind of virus which c... | Story where many kids were fathered by a virus | scifi | 2017-06-09T03:50:25.310 |
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"message": "I think source material might be sparse and I'm not sure if there is more than the original screenplay. In Passengers we learn the ships travel to a colony and back to earth. In the movie this cycle takes at least 240 years. We also learn the ships make multiple trips to different colonies. Is the... | How were the ships in Passengers reused? | scifi | 2017-06-10T00:04:40.643 |
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"message": "The setting had Earth under a centralized administration whose orientation was toward finding the causes of and preventing a near-future 'doomsday'. There were several parallel/historical worlds, two of which were dead worlds in the future (exploring these told the 'main' world when and what happe... | Time-travelling/parallel-universe Subway; Protagonist a James-Bond-like Agent | scifi | 2017-06-11T22:45:37.633 |
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"message": "So all I can recall was that the story revolved around two \"warring\" factions of gods and their chosen people. One culture believes their gods to be the only \"true\" gods, and the other culture believes the same about their own gods. The story starts off with a girl who experiences a magical ph... | Story Identification YA Fantasy - two warring factions of gods and a girl who is becoming a god | scifi | 2017-06-12T15:11:26.797 |
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"message": "I read (the beginning) of a short story about a man who invented nanobots. He went into a radioactive room (nuclear reactor) where he trapped himself and started reading a book.It may have been a short story written by Isaac Asimov, but I am not sure.As far as I can remember, it was in a collecti... | Short story where a main invents nanobots and reads a book in a radioactive room | scifi | 2017-06-14T08:23:21.177 |
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"message": "I'm looking to identify a story about a young woman who needs to go to a Big Baddie's castle to retrieve something, a book, I think.Along the way she meets a young man who at first she doesn't get along with, but who ends up being a love interest.She also discovers how to use magic, which she uses... | Fantasy story with Female Lead where magic is used by a "web" inside her head | scifi | 2017-06-15T15:18:00.947 |
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"message": "Once again I have a half remembered show that is bugging me.The show was a mystery of the week kind of show sort of like X-files but with a more comedic tone.<br>The show also featured a computer that was powered by the Rosetta stone, and a comic relief character who happened to be a pig human hyb... | Help remembering a weird TV show | scifi | 2017-06-16T14:00:01.563 |
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"message": "In a fragment from Tolkien's incomplete revisions to The Lay of Leithan, the following appears:<blockquote> Southward he turned, and south away/his long and lonely journey lay,/while ever loomed before his path/the dreadful peaks of Gorgorath. Beren and Lúthien p. 272 (American edition)</block... | What is the origin of the variation of Gorgoroth "Gorgorath"? | scifi | 2017-06-16T21:44:06.903 |
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"message": "In the \"Silver Surfer: Judgment Day\" graphic novel, on page 58, Mephisto is battling with Galactus and says the following thing:<blockquote> I am Mephisto! Only ONE has the power to defy me, and next to him you are less than a smoldering cinder in the furnace of the damned!</blockquote>See:<a h... | Who is the "one" who can defeat Mephisto? | scifi | 2017-06-20T12:14:07.533 |
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"message": "In the Original Trilogy, Allanon always says that he is the last Druid. In the end, before he dies, he seals Paranor to block entry to the evil creatures seeking to use artifacts contained there to do more harm. But again, before dying, Allanon transfers some of his powers to<blockquote class=\"sp... | Why didn't Allanon teach young magic users to become Druids? | scifi | 2017-06-20T16:52:52.323 |
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"message": "I'm trying to remember a cartoon where a boy and his few friends went around capturing monsters. When they captured one, they always put the monster in some sort of glass container. They had a collection and if I remember correctly, they would always give the monster to a scientist. That's all I r... | Cartoon about a boy and his friends capturing monsters | scifi | 2017-06-21T23:05:56.697 |
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"message": "<blockquote> Dean produced a woolen hat, which Harry placed carefully upon Dobby’s head, muffling his batlike ears.</blockquote>Seriously? How could he do something like that? Hermione had to knit them!! If wizards could produce clothes why did Lupin have old clothes? Why did they have shops for ... | How could Dean Thomas produce a woolen hat? | scifi | 2017-06-22T08:06:47.883 |
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"message": "In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we can see Jyn Erso getting a locket from her mother who says,<blockquote> Trust The Force.</blockquote>Here is the picture of that locket.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/twgJ7.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">She later uses it when they were about to pass th... | What is the locket wore by Jyn Erso in Rogue One made of? | scifi | 2017-06-25T15:40:55.640 |
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"message": "I was watching Dark of the Moon yesterday. It bothers me that the primary antagonist is not that strong.In the first film he was stronger than ever; he transformed into a Cybertronian Jet. In the second film, he was resurrected into a new form of Cybertronian tank.Why did he transform into a Mack ... | Why did Megatron transform into a Mack Truck? | scifi | 2017-06-28T18:47:03.590 |
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"message": "... bought by a space traveler visiting an unfamiliar planet. The scarf pulls him into another dimension/realm/universe. Very spooky tone. Read it decades ago in an anthology.Any clues? Thanks.",
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"message": "If the \"scarf\" is a shawl (actually the protagonist does... | Looking for short story about a scarf | scifi | 2017-06-30T12:32:59.637 |
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"message": "I only remember reading it as a child, so not sure if it was published in 90's or 2000's. In it, a girl is aware of mythological creatures and people who feel an affinity to them, such as banshees, unicorns, harpies or kraken.Each kind of creature is assigned an element, so kraken is water, harpie... | Young adult story with celtic mythological creatures, and people who acted as mediums for them | scifi | 2017-06-30T18:17:24.223 |
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"message": "From Prisoner of Azkaban, after the attack on the Fat Lady by Sirius Black:<blockquote> \"And the Fat Lady, sir?\"<br> \"Hiding in a map of Argyllshire on the second floor. Apparently she refused to let Black in without the password, so he attacked. She's still very distressed, but once she's ca... | How could Filch repair the Fat Lady? | scifi | 2017-07-01T13:51:58.903 |
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"message": "Throughout the second series of Star Trek: Voyager, engineer Michael Jonas was secretly passing information to the Kazon - and I can't figure out why.I know at first, his motive was, \"Give them what they want and they'll leave us alone\", but as time went on, it was clear they weren't going away,... | Why did Michael Jonas betray Voyager? | scifi | 2017-07-02T00:19:03.807 |
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"message": "In the second episode of Star Trek Voyager, Tom Paris tells Cpt. Janeway that he is the best pilot she has. Was there any merit in this statement or was his ego writing cheques his body couldn't cash?In other words, is there any proof whatsoever that Tom Paris was one of the best pilots in Starfle... | Was Tom Paris that good a pilot? | scifi | 2017-07-03T19:33:57.260 |
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"message": "Why did Newt Scamander carry a suitcase full of beasts with him when he knew that they are prone to escaping? Also he lied at immigration saying that he brought nothing and he put New York City in danger. I cannot imagine how irresponsible this character is.",
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"message": "Could somebody reveal an <a href=\"http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Animagi\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">animagus by incanting the <a href=\"http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Homenum_Revelio\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Homenum Revelio spell?Let's say somebody shouted Homenum Revelio in the pre... | In the Harry Potter magical world, would the Homenum Revelio spell expose animagi? | scifi | 2017-07-04T04:03:46.677 |
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"message": "I read The Dark Knight Strikes Again recently. I remember being confused as to why these so-called \"Superchix\" continued to appear. Are they supposed to tie in to the larger story of heroes and government? What's the deal?",
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"message": "The Superchix are groupies ... | What is the point of the Superchix? | scifi | 2017-07-04T21:54:28.233 |
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"message": "In the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore says that his sources tell him that Voldemort is hiding in Albania.<blockquote> “What interests me most,” said Dumbledore gently, “is how Lord Voldemort managed to enchant Ginny, when my sources tell me he is currently in hiding in the fo... | How does Dumbledore know that Voldemort is hiding in Albania? | scifi | 2017-07-05T18:04:40.150 |
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"message": "In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, we see Harry and the rest of the first-years riding boats up to Hogwarts when we're first introduced to it.According to the <a href=\"http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts_boats\" rel=\"noreferrer\">wikia (emphasis mine):<blockquote> The Hogwarts boa... | What's the significance of the boat rides? | scifi | 2017-07-05T19:22:56.783 |
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"message": "I am not actually particularly interested in this story, but I am pretty sure that I found it in the same book that contained the other story I asked about here:<a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/161422/short-story-about-a-doctor-who-can-hook-up-his-pain-center-to-patients\">Short... | Story About People Who Hide Out in A Bomb Shelter Under a Mall | scifi | 2017-07-06T00:32:58.453 |
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"message": "Looking for a short story about a prisoner on a prison planet where prisoners are imprisoned for life with the possibility for release if they can accomplish an assigned \"impossible\" task.The task of the protagonist of this story is to invent a universal solvent (there is a conversation when he ... | Looking for a sci-fi story about a prisoner and a universal solvent | scifi | 2017-07-06T02:23:12.693 |
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"message": "I read it a fairly long time ago, probably a good 15 to 20 years. I don't remember too many details but what I do remember is there was a kingdom in which the king had a magical sword that allowed him to control magic. He would see the magic like tendrils and at one point some magic from his sword... | Fantasy novel I read awhile ago about magic like tendrils in the air | scifi | 2017-07-06T06:54:34.117 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sletl.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/8TueR.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">When Anakin incapicated Dooku on the Invisible Hand, He(Anakin) cuts off the both hands of the Sith Lord. As a result, Dooku loses his lightsaber to Anakin.<a href=... | What happened to Darth Tyranus' Lightsaber? | scifi | 2017-07-06T19:14:32.253 |
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"message": "So ive been trying to remember this book series for the last couple of months and have had no luck. I cant remember any character names or locations but ill list everything i know! I read it in high school so anywhere between 1990 to 2014 were the publication dates, but it probably wasnt released ... | Need help with finding a book series involving other dimensions | scifi | 2017-07-06T20:57:50.173 |
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"message": "Before Harry, Hermione, and Ron drink the Polyjuice potion during the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione states that the effects will only last an hour.From an early draft of the <a href=\"http://screenplayexplorer.com/wp-content/scripts/Harry_Potter_Chamber_of_Secrets.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer\">script (t... | What was wrong with Hermione's Polyjuice potion in CoS? | scifi | 2017-07-07T17:21:00.363 |
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"message": "This may be an obvious question but <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/46908/how-many-avatars-have-there-been\">if you do math according to this question you get the average age of avatars to be 54ish years. This seems quite short. Therefore could theoretically be more then one ... | Are you born an avatar? | scifi | 2017-07-08T01:22:37.507 |
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"message": "I read a book sometime between 1999 and 2002, possibly young adult. It starts out with a spaceship containing two astronauts landing on a foreign planet. One, a man, is rendered unconscious; the other, a woman, is the main (human) character. The planet has native life, including an intelligent spe... | Two humans land on a planet; one learns to communicate with aliens | scifi | 2017-07-08T09:42:21.197 |
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"message": "In the English translations of the Witcher books, Elvish/Old Tongue is Irish, and Dwarven is some pastiche of Dutch and German. What languages were they in the original Polish?",
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"message": "As far as I know, the languages were based by <a href=\"https://en.wikipedi... | What secondary languages does The Witcher use in the original? | scifi | 2017-07-13T14:18:07.423 |
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"message": "The Aurors are supposed to be the elite. The creme de la creme. The best of the best. The Ministry's finest fighting forces. Their answer to MI5. Professor McGonagall outlines the high grades which were required and the rigorous recruitment process that's involved.<blockquote> \"Well, I thought o... | Why was Dawlish not fired as an Auror, given his incompetence? | scifi | 2017-07-13T17:39:42.030 |
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"message": "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is the whole name of this majestic and well-known institution. Such institutions don't have names that don't make sense, or names longer than one would expect just for fun.<br>Because of that, I think, that there should be a reason why the name is this an... | What is the difference between Witchcraft and Wizardry in HP? | scifi | 2017-07-16T14:38:12.280 |
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"message": "With the news of Jodie Whittaker being cast as the new Doctor, most every article is claiming that she is \"the first woman\" in the role.However, I've also seen a lot of fans scoffing and saying that she is not.Who is/was the first woman Doctor Who?",
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"message": "I... | Who is/was the first woman Doctor Who? | scifi | 2017-07-17T12:12:40.363 |
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"message": "In the last scene of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_(2016_film)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Morgan we see Lee looking at her hands. During her evaluation, Morgan also looked at her hands (palms up, palms down) in same way.Is there connection between Lee and Morgan? Why are they d... | Why is she looking at her hands in the end in movie Morgan? | scifi | 2017-07-18T14:07:47.387 |
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"message": "Inspired by:<a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/164289/can-everte-statum-be-used-on-a-non-stationary-opponent\">Can Everte Statum be used on a non-stationary opponent?<a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/149445/uses-of-brackium-emendo/149446#149446\">Uses of Brackium... | Did J.K. Rowling name the 'movie only' spells? | scifi | 2017-07-20T20:25:20.540 |
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"message": "I have this vague and nagging memory of reading a short story about a man who goes into a museum at night to examine an extremely large statue; if memory serves the statue is really either alive or a kind of robot. I know that's not a lot, but it's all I've got! Any help is appreciated.",
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"message": "Inspired by <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/165504/how-much-do-aurors-earn\">this question.In the books, we only see prices for various items in Wizard money. But how much do the wizards earn? What is considered a 'rich wizard' or a 'poor wizard' in terms of income? I know that... | What is the average wizard income in Harry Potter Britain? | scifi | 2017-07-24T11:20:22.117 |
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"message": "In Deep Space Nine, we learn that Dr Bashir is<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> genetically engineered, like Khan</blockquote>Due to the legal complexities of this, and he wants to hide his special talents, but in private why isn't he stronger and faster? There are many scenes where he gets his re... | Why isn't Dr Bashir shown as being stronger in private? | scifi | 2017-07-25T05:36:09.493 |
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"message": "When I was in elementary school I read a book where in a ghoul somehow got to the local setting. I want to say it was in the US, but that could just be my eagle-centric mindset. The poltergeist followed a couple of children around, a brother and sister. The poltergeist was moving things in relativ... | Identify a childrens/YA book where a poltergeist gets stuck in a computer game and shipped back to ireland | scifi | 2017-07-25T19:04:29.897 |
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"message": "I have been researching on the subject and I have some doubts with who can be considered the oldest mutant.At first I thought it was Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur), but when I started looking for information i found others pretendent such as:NamorExodusRomulus[Q] Do you know which of these (or other on... | Who is the oldest mutant (in-universe) in marvel universe? | scifi | 2017-07-28T14:55:34.523 |
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"message": "I'm reading Red Hood/Arsenal, and at the end of issue #5 Jason goes back to Lucius Fox's centre, and he finds Bruce, but as an amnesiac. How did that happen? When did this series of events occur? Was it in the New 52, Rebirth? I'm so lost with the reboot stuff.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/... | When did Bruce Wayne get the amnesia shown in Red Hood/Arsenal #5 | scifi | 2017-07-31T10:20:09.303 |
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"message": "I remember reading a time travel book when I was young, which means it would have been written no later than the '80s, but probably much before that.It featured an adult and some kids back in time and them trying to get back to the present. I recall that the time travel effect was a ring, as at o... | Time Travel Book featuring dinosaurs, cave people, and children | scifi | 2017-08-02T13:41:15.177 |
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"message": "In S07E03, Sansa said<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> to Bran: \"You are father's last living trueborn son, you're Lord of Winterfell now.\"</blockquote>She doesn't say that He's King in the North, which implies that she accepts that Jon is KitN and that's final. But at the same time, she believes... | Are King in the North and Lord of Winterfell two different entities now? | scifi | 2017-08-02T13:46:45.460 |
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"message": "I read an old sci-fi book (novel-length, if I remember correctly) in school several years ago. The book was the shelf of an old, British teacher in an international school in northeastern China, if that is relevant. The cover was not super flashy, and I am pretty sure the cover had a blueish-gray ... | Sci-Fi Book involving Aliens with Halos | scifi | 2017-08-02T19:42:05.997 |
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"message": "It seems that for a computerized simulation of what we call reality, there should be some moments where the simulation fails or is flawed in some way. In the movies, we are told that deja-vus are because a change is introduced in the matrix. So why don't the machines simply rewind the simulation (... | Why do the machines allow the memory of déjà vu to persist? | scifi | 2017-08-04T22:46:18.900 |
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"message": "I've looked, but I haven't found any evidence indicating that one needs to be of the Targaryen name (or even of the Targaryen blood) to hatch a dragon. You need fire and (a sacrifice of) blood, as the House words describe, but that's where the relation to House Targaryen appears to end.That being ... | Does one need to be Targaryen to hatch a dragon's egg? | scifi | 2017-08-08T00:33:01.187 |
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"message": "The story in question was in a hardback anthology which was published some time in the late 80's or before. The story itself may have been older. There was no them to the anthology other than good stories, and each story had a small black and white ink drawn illustration at the beginning.The plot ... | What funny story had humans in an exchange program with pterodactyl-like aliens? | scifi | 2017-08-12T14:44:43.153 |
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"message": "Plot Details/SummaryI remember this one was an episode of some sort of horror or sci-fi-themed series. A comedian, who is a real jerkwad, ends up in Hell and is expected to perform his routine on stage in a club. I'm not sure if the comedian is aware at first if he's in Hell, or if he is aware,... | TV series episode where a stand-up comedian is forced to perform in Hell for all eternity? | scifi | 2017-08-13T23:35:09.610 |
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"message": "I hope you can help me find this book. It's actually a series and the basic premise is that a mysterious impenetrable force field suddenly springs up over the Earth. It causes time to dilate slower inside the shield so that thousands of years pass outside of the shield but inside things remain the... | Sci-Fi Series, Earth trapped in time-slowing field, observed from Mars colony | scifi | 2017-08-14T12:16:39.577 |
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"message": "In early episodes of Bleach, Rukia runs around Karakura with what appears to be a flip-phone of sorts, and makes repeated mention that she is receiving orders to go destroy Hollows.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/UBzhW.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">However, we also soon learn that Rukia ha... | Who is sending Rukia orders? | scifi | 2017-08-14T14:38:51.610 |
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"message": "I just read <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Vernor-Vinge/e/B000APOW0E/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Vernor Vinge's <a href=\"http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0812536363\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Rainbows End. I strongly suspect that Rabbit is an AI, but here ... | What is Rabbit and what does "carrot greens" hint? | scifi | 2017-08-14T22:45:10.910 |
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"message": "I read this book about 25 years ago and I can't remember the name. I remember a couple of \"scenes\", but that's about it. The main character was traveling around the US and interviewing people. One interview took place in (I believe) New York City. The guy being interviewed had a job of ripping c... | Book about post-nuclear war in America | scifi | 2017-08-16T18:58:30.430 |
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"message": "At the end of Chapter 13 in \"Winter's Heart\", the Forsaken gather after being summoned by Moridin. Cyndane reveals to them that Rand intends to use the Choeden Kal in an effort to<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> cleanse saidin of the Dark One's taint.</blockquote>The other Forsaken are shocked t... | How did the Forsaken learn of Rand's plans for the Choeden Kal? | scifi | 2017-08-17T22:47:02.513 |
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"message": "What I'm looking for is which episode of this show has a scene I remember: Buck and a friend crash their fighters in a desert planet. They survive unhurt, look around and the friend says there's no civilization around and if they can't call help fast they'll starve. Buck points at a small animal a... | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: "OMG humans ate MEAT!" scene | scifi | 2017-08-19T01:25:46.093 |
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"message": "Tony Stark can summon his suits (and in the fighting video games where he appears, his weapons) that aren't nearby (i.e. you don't see him telling JARVIS to have them on standby or to follow him).Is any in-universe explanation for this?",
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"message": "I'll try to ans... | Is there an in-universe explanation in the 90s Iron Man cartoon as to why he can summon his special suits? | scifi | 2017-08-21T00:27:24.580 |
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"message": "I'm trying to track down a short story that I read in high school (1989-1993), in English, in the USA. I think the story was in a collection of short stories in a paperback book. I have the vague impression that the book was quite a bit older than that, from the 1970's or 80's, but that's just a... | Story about insect people who need to fight brutal battles or they get depressed | scifi | 2017-08-21T04:33:52.393 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a short story I think I've read all of once, it involves a fortune cookie with a day of the week and nothing else and an alien sent to disrupt the defenders of Earth who feels that the best approach is a demoralisation campaign involving such cookies and prematurely wilting heads o... | Worst alien invader ever | scifi | 2017-08-22T15:59:28.303 |
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"message": "This question is a blend of star-trek and story-identification because I am not sure if Picard is referencing something in-universe (ie - something specifically within Star Trek history - like Zefram Cochran) or in the 'real world' (ie - Picard referencing Charles Dickens)In the Star Trek: The Nex... | What is the story Picard is reading? | scifi | 2017-08-22T19:15:46.753 |
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"message": "Recently I discovered that Superman once fought Muhammad Ali, at least according to the image below. Now I'm wondering what other real-world celebrities he's battled against. I'd also like to know the outcomes of those fights, and the reasons behind them (including this one).<a href=\"https://i.st... | Which real-life celebrities has Superman fought? | scifi | 2017-08-23T15:33:26.677 |
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"message": "Need help with the name of a TV series I believe is from the 80's. A group of kids from about 5 to their early 20's set out for another planet that's light years away. The captain is in his 30-40's. The captain gets killed when an airlock blows him into space. The boy that was suppose to take over... | TV series where space captain dies leaving children in charge of ship | scifi | 2017-08-26T07:45:51.553 |
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"message": "I remember watching a cartoon about a group of teens (maybe young adults) fighting monsters in special zones that popped up at random in their home town. They fought by either thinking of a weapon/armour/abilities or writing them down in a notebook (don't quite remember) and then proceeded to save... | Looking for old sci-fi cartoon | scifi | 2017-08-29T17:11:38.290 |
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"message": "I know of many examples of super powers that can nullify other powers or even steal them, but I can't think of any that give powers to others. Are there any superheroes whose main power is giving super powers to others?The granted powers must be a permanent thing, so once you've been granted a po... | Are there any superheroes with the power of giving others super powers? | scifi | 2017-08-29T19:47:49.657 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a short story I read in an anthology in the 70s and I remember it was a pretty old book at the time. In it someone invents a tube of sorts inside which time runs in reverse. He sets it on the floor and aims a toy train at it to run into the tube. When the train is the same distance... | Seeking old short story about a tube inside which time runs backwards | scifi | 2017-09-01T19:02:40.027 |
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"message": "In the 2017 novel Thrawn, we find that Sy Bisti is a language used around the parts of the Galaxy known as Wild Space and the Unknown Regions. Throughout the novel, it is brought up that Imperial droids are not programmed with the language.<blockquote> Barris snorted. \"Hard to image a standard f... | Why wasn't the Sy Bisti language programmed into any Republic or Imperial protocol droids? | scifi | 2017-09-03T05:09:12.020 |
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"message": "I am trying to find a short story about machine create in the future brings back people from history and then brings back there personification and also later even brings back fictional people and gods. It ends with all the people being put back in the machine and sent back and the last one to g... | Short story about a machine that brings back people from history | scifi | 2017-09-04T04:04:39.680 |
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"message": "When Lucifer returned to the realm of Izanami-no-Mikoto, instead of a stone statue of big, fat woman, he met a lovely young queen, that proceeded to seduce him. When Lucifer left after a night of passion, Izanami called her maids, artisans and goldsmiths and then she stepped into molten gold:warni... | What has happened to Queen Izanami? | scifi | 2017-09-06T07:54:47.297 |
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"message": "I have been searching for this story for years. This is what I remember: It's about Earth and either unknown or known to its population, it is under some type of control. Possibly alien. I remember a person or people who were sleeper agents that either awoke to discover this rule or control or ha... | The name of a SciFi story I read in 1980 about a sleeper person | scifi | 2017-09-06T19:40:35.407 |
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"message": "Plot Details/SummaryAnother one where I have only sketchy memories of the tale, I fear. The setting for this one is the near future (from the writer's perspective, which I think was the 1970s). Man's reached a point where bloodshed and loss of life are no longer necessary to settle conflicts. ... | Short story set in the near future where all wars are settled on the moon using automated machines? | scifi | 2017-09-10T19:40:15.207 |
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"message": "We <a href=\"http://www.fantasyliterature.com/author-interviews/jim-butcher/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">know that <a href=\"http://codexalera.wikia.com/wiki/Furies#Named_furies\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">furies in Codex Alera are based on <a href=\"http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_... | Are any furies based on specific Pokémon? | scifi | 2017-09-10T20:22:22.750 |
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"message": "We know that quidditch is at least decades old, but how long ago did witches and wizards start playing the sport? Out of universe, I would imagine hundreds of years at least as the image of witches on brooms is a very old one. I'm curious, though, what the earliest references to quidditch are in t... | How old is quidditch? | scifi | 2017-09-11T22:20:05.883 |
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"message": "We see artificial satellite based lasers or other weapons (which fire on the surface of the planet around which satellite is revolving) all the time. Few examples are in my mind at this time:Satellite laser used in Batman Beyond: Return to the Joker (2000) cartoon movie.Project Veronica used in Av... | Which Sci-Fi work introduced the idea of satellite-based weapons? | scifi | 2017-09-12T05:13:23.647 |
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"message": "I had a wonderful fantasy book, which was part of a series, in the mid '90s. On the cover was a man that looked like Kratos from God of War. In the story, he at one point got a gem shoved into his chest by an old wizard that was giving him powers and glowing. WTF is this book? I can't find it A... | Something something: and the Scourge of (Rykard?) | scifi | 2017-09-12T15:01:20.947 |
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"message": "<a href=\"http://www.theoryland.com/intvsresults.php?kwt=%27zane%27\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Brandon has explained that Zane acquired his Hemalurgic spike by piercing himself: <blockquote> Zane spiked himself. It was…a very twisted and messy process. Note that Ruin tries to get Spook to do ... | How was Zane convinced to give himself a piercing? | scifi | 2017-09-15T03:29:06.147 |
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"message": "I remember flicking through a young-adult horror novel, years and years ago, but I can't remember who wrote it, or what the title was. The book was like one of those R. L. Stine \"Fear Street\" books (Not Goosebumps), or like the kind by Christopher Pike.From what I remember a teenage girl starts ... | Novel about a girl who dreams the deaths of her classmates | scifi | 2017-09-15T06:22:46.683 |
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"message": "I know Uriah, Tris, not Tobias, he was just \"the appearance,\" yes that little girl, the boy that died when Eric shot him in the elevator lobby or something, and I feel like I am missing someone.<br>Also, as it is impossible for Caleb to be only a few months older than Tris, are they twins? And w... | What other known characters were Divergent in the Divergent series? | scifi | 2017-09-17T00:35:05.623 |
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