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"message": "At the beginning of season 3, Rick teleports the Council of Ricks into the middle of the headquarters of the Galactic Federation. Was the organization he destroyed in this way the Galactic Federation of a singular dimension, (the one they fled to after leaving C-137 to the Cronenbergs) or a multi-... | Is the Galactic Federation a multi-dimensional organization? | scifi | 2017-09-20T05:09:29.933 |
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"message": "In the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, when Frodo falls in the Dead Marshes on the way to the Black Gate and gets rescued by Gollum, they have the following conversation:<blockquote> Frodo: \"Gollum?\"<br> Gollum: \"Don't follow the lights?\" (Gollum goes away)<br> Frodo: \"Gollum!\" (Gollum... | What happened between Frodo and Gollum in the Dead Marshes? | scifi | 2017-09-21T19:08:26.967 |
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"message": "Only a vague memory. It was a series written before 1995. I would guess since I read it as a pre-teen. The main character was a girl who was or had some kind of key to the fairy world. She traveled with a guy whose nickname was some kind of animal (like Beaver or Badger). In a later book they ge... | Looking for a fantasy series about a girl traveling to the fairy world | scifi | 2017-09-21T19:57:37.843 |
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"message": "I remember reading this when I was in middle school so late 1990's. Dystopian society. Jobs have been given to robots. Young adults can no longer get jobs so they have this trial program going on. Groups are teleported to what they believe is a virtual world and have to learn to survive there, the... | Book or short story about a future where humans go to a supposed virtual world | scifi | 2017-09-22T16:48:36.323 |
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"message": "They say this line every time in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 cartoon opening: However, what does heroes in a half shell really mean? A tortoise has a shell all around its body, and the teenage mutant ninja turtles seem to have the part of their shell on their... | What are "heroes in a half shell"? | scifi | 2017-09-23T03:22:28.050 |
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"message": "At the end of the book I Shall Wear Midnight, this strange conversation takes place:<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> He said, ‘Miss Tiffany, the witch … would you be so good as to tell me: what is the sound of love?’<br> Tiffany looked at his face. The noise from the tug-of-war was silenced. The ... | What should this conversation between Tiffany Aching and Preston mean? | scifi | 2017-09-23T10:34:59.740 |
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"message": "In the opening scene of Star Trek Discovery’s pilot, Michael and Cpt. Georgiou walk across a desert, fix a well, then try to beam out, fully expecting it to work. Why didn't they just beam down to the well and save a walk?",
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"message": "During that scene, they were ... | Why didn't Michael and Cpt. Georgiou beam down to the well? | scifi | 2017-09-25T01:04:21.023 |
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"message": "in a UK comic back in the sixties there was some villain who looked like Gru but he did a big grin sometimes and then bats flew out his mouth.",
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"message": "Grimly Feendish<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/4pK5Q.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><a href=\"https://i.stack.i... | Comic character who resembled Gru | scifi | 2017-09-25T07:18:17.000 |
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"message": "In the show The Expanse (and I presume in the books, but I haven't read them), the inhabitants of the Asteroid Belt, aka Belters, all speak a separate language with a distinct accent. The subtitles refer to the language simply as Belter Creole.Is there any information about what the language is ba... | What is the Belter language/accent based on? | scifi | 2017-09-25T16:15:22.120 |
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"message": "This novel is about a man that has 'spirit magic' or some kind but the magic is illegal in the land because some prophet said so.He gets companions with his magic and they share powers somewhat. I remember a troll/orc(?) as one of his friends that gives him strength, then the companion gets magic.... | Novel about a man forbidden to do magic. Shares his magic with companions. Mother is a mage | scifi | 2017-09-26T21:28:14.307 |
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"message": "Does anyone know the name of an adult fantasy novel that had a female main character who was unable to take revenge on someone due to being cursed to not be able to harm anyone and help anyone who asks?It came out in the last five years, and the main character had magic. I think she was cursed as ... | Fantasy novel that had a female main character who was cursed to help anyone who asks | scifi | 2017-09-27T04:34:13.340 |
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"message": "The <a href=\"http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/catspaw-blade/prod_20.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Valyrian Steel Catspaw blade comes with the following plaque:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/wI35y.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">As far as I can tell the animals just seem to be random ones that r... | What's on the plaque of the Valyrian Steel Catspaw dagger? | scifi | 2017-09-29T10:15:21.143 |
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"message": "It seems to me more than coincidental that USS Discovery and USS Enterprise have similar registry numbers (1031 vs 1701).<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pGNgE.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Now, I'm not really expecting there to be much of an in-universe explanation except perhaps that they... | Is there a reason USS Discovery's registry number (NCC-1031) may be similar to Enterprise's (NCC-1701)? | scifi | 2017-10-02T05:14:55.443 |
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"message": "A few comments I read before Star Trek: Discovery premiered indicated it was part of the original timeline, but after seeing the show I'm not 100% sure: many of the consoles we see here are similar to those in the current films.As that could just be \"modern looks for a dusty timeline\" I want to ... | Is Star Trek: Discovery set in the original or the Kelvin timeline? | scifi | 2017-10-04T21:08:43.760 |
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"message": "In The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien named a couple of Hobbit families (Hornblower and Bracegirdle) with names that also appear in the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hornblower\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Hornblower novels by C.S. Forester.Horatio Hornblower is the main prot... | Was Tolkien explicitly referencing C.S. Forester's "Captain Hornblower"? | scifi | 2017-10-06T12:08:35.320 |
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"message": "A friend was wondering if these were produced as cake toppers or custom made.I feel confident that the <a href=\"http://jedibusiness.com/figureDetails.aspx?id=769\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Scout Trooper is from the Power of Jedi line<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mueof.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">The... | Which Star Wars character is this figurine? | scifi | 2017-10-06T16:43:58.970 |
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"message": "After Order 66, Yoda and Obi-Wan returned to Jedi Temple and found it occupied by Clones. They do not try to sneak in, instead they openly attack and kill number of Clones. After that, they relatively leisurely investigate the scene, search for clues, re-calibrate message for remaining Jedi, watch... | Did Yoda and Obi-Wan temporarily liberate Jedi Temple after Order 66? | scifi | 2017-10-07T19:37:01.407 |
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"message": "In Star Trek: Beyond movie, we saw this photo which Spock had carried from the original timeline:Can you deduce the capture date of the photo by using only clues in the photo itself (i.e. in universe items such as background, dress, actors' ages etc)?",
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"message": "... | When was Spock's photo taken in the original timeline? | scifi | 2017-10-09T15:25:51.063 |
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"message": "In S01E04 of Star Trek: Discovery TV series:<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> Paul Stamets: Time is an essential component of good science. <br/> Captain Lorca: Discovery is no longer a science vessel. It's a warship. <br/> Paul Stamets: That is not the mission I signed on for. I'm not a soldier.<b... | What did Elon Musk do in the history of Star Trek universe? | scifi | 2017-10-10T04:53:21.260 |
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"message": "In the trailer for The Last Jedi released on October 9, 2017, we see what seems to be a new upgrade on a Resistance X-Wing - a large, central thruster of some sort, mounted right behind the hyperdrive.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q6r8b.png\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgu... | Has Poe Dameron's X-Wing been majorly upgraded between The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi? | scifi | 2017-10-10T23:50:20.280 |
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"message": "I remember reading this comic when I was a child. I think (but am not 100% certain) that it was published in the defunct magazine Hello Bédé, between 1989 and 1993. Most likely after 1991.My memories are very vague, so I am unsure about the drawing style, as I may be conflating memories from sever... | What was this French comic, published circa 1990, involving a group of mages fighting? | scifi | 2017-10-14T12:26:44.990 |
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"message": "Madame Vastra, a Silurian, often goes around Victorian London in a veil to protect her identity and to help her blend in with the crowd.However, she does this when accompanied by Jenny (a human) and Strax (a Sontaran). Now Jenny won't raise any eyebrows from passers by. But Strax is quite noticeab... | Why does Madame Vastra wear a veil, considering Strax? | scifi | 2017-10-14T13:33:44.293 |
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"message": "Old story involving a man who acquires an anti-hallucigen and peels one drug-induced illusion after another from his world:New cars become old cars, then clunkers, and finally people pretending to drive cars while running down the streetFancy restaurants become dirty dives before dissolving into p... | Story about a man who uses anti-hallucinogenic drugs and begins to see the nature of reality? | scifi | 2017-10-14T20:08:58.470 |
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"message": "Trying to find a short science-fiction story from 1950s/60s that is an early example of body surfing / mind uploading .Thief gets control of a device(chair?) that allows him to take over the body of another person within a distance of 100-200m. The person's soul is pushed out/dies.This criminal st... | Short story from the 1950s/60s, criminal makes multiple body jumps, mind uploading, meets electric chair | scifi | 2017-10-16T09:46:21.160 |
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"message": "In what order should one read The Books of Magic? I'm mostly concerned with the main series issues and its spinoffs - The Books of Faerie seems to have threads and at least one revelation that take place at different points in the main narrative (Titania's story, for one). I understand there's als... | Reading order of The Books of Magic | scifi | 2017-10-17T21:59:27.023 |
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"message": "I'm trying to identify a book I read in the mid-2000's in English, which I'm fairly sure was the first in a trilogy. I remember very little of the overall story-arc, but a few scenes stand out:The main character was a young girl who somehow ended up in a world that wasn't her ownWhen she first cam... | ID of fantasy book w young female protagonist, magic, matter manipulation, tasteless chocolate sandwiches and room with aquarium walls | scifi | 2017-10-17T23:43:11.900 |
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"message": "I just finished the Broken Earth trilogy and am left wondering what exactly Steel's motivations/reasoning for his actions were.Steel, aka Gray Man, aka Nassun’s stone eater aka Remwha at various occasions opposes or even fights Hoa and Essun.<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> Steel instigates the at... | Broken Earth Trilogy: Steel's motivations/reasoning | scifi | 2017-10-21T16:47:43.367 |
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"message": "Was Olly convicted for murder or for treason against Jon Snow?If Olly killed Jon Snow, who comes back from life, does it still count as murder of Jon Snow?",
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"message": "As <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/172382/58193\">@Skooba points out Jon seems to th... | Was Olly convicted for murder or for treason against Jon Snow? | scifi | 2017-10-21T20:12:36.550 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a fantasy book I read about 10 years ago. I don't remember a lot of it, but there are a few things I still know:The setting was in medieval times. There was no traveling dimensions. I can't recall whether there was magic or not. It wasn't on Earth, but on some invented world.I beli... | Book series where they collect either stones or gems | scifi | 2017-10-23T10:49:53.500 |
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"message": "I am trying to identify an animated TV show for children that I watched as a child (younger than 6) between 1980 and 1986 in the UK.The opening of each episode set the back story for the central character - a little girl - who accidentally ends up on a rocket ship which is launched to another worl... | Identify an animated childrens TV show from the 1980s about a girl sent to another planet | scifi | 2017-10-24T00:43:52.300 |
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"message": "The book has a blue cover, and the cover has what looks like a King holding a golden shield and his face and right arm are pointing left while holding the object with his left arm.The book is a collection of short scifi stories from a set of books and it's a later volume between 10 and 20 somethin... | Sci-fi anthology novel. Cover story is about a holy war in space. Also contained articles about writing advice | scifi | 2017-10-24T10:24:19.993 |
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"message": "It's been 10 or 20 years since I've seen this science fiction movie, it's bugging me I can't find it. I'll describe the plot the best I can.A number of crewmen board a manned space mission to another planet for science. They bring a 4 legged robot with them that has character, because one of the... | What is the name of this scifi movie with an AI robot on another planet gone rogue | scifi | 2017-10-27T21:48:47.047 |
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"message": "I once read a short story about a man who was a scientist and it had an accident that cause him to be in a \"frozen-state\", in other words, he was resetting daily and thinking it was the same day of a given year. In the story, a journalist comes to have a talk with him and (I think) in the end he... | A short story about a frozen-state man | scifi | 2017-10-29T05:24:17.830 |
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"message": "Some time ago I read a series of books about a high-tech civilization coming into contact with a low-tech world of horse nomads. A female lead character who was an explorer/anthropologist falls for a clan leader. It would have been published in the 90's and it involved gates. I never finished t... | Book - High tech civilization comes into contact with low-tech world of horse nomads, romance occurs | scifi | 2017-10-30T16:14:32.683 |
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"message": "I am currently rereading A Song Of Ice And Fire and in the first book, A Game of Thrones, I found a confusing section in Tyrion II about the dragon skulls in the throne-room of the Red Keep:<blockquote> There were nineteen skulls. The oldest was more than three thousand years old; the youngest a ... | Was Balerion three thousand or two hundred years old? | scifi | 2017-10-31T21:27:47.373 |
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"message": "About maybe 15 years ago, here in Germany (probably existed in other countries, too, but I don't know for sure), there was a Star Wars collection. I don't know how to name it otherwise. It was something where you subscribed to a magazine and got weekly issues with some pages, which you could colle... | Name of a Star Wars (EU) "Collection" | scifi | 2017-11-01T10:16:50.160 |
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"message": "For years I have been looking for a series which I saw one episode of when I was sick at home as a kid around 6-7 years ago.The show was about a teenage boy who wore some glove with slots in it. And for every slot there was a magic stone which each gave the wearer certain powers. From my memory it... | Cartoon series with Infinity gauntlet-like worn by a teenage boy | scifi | 2017-11-02T01:05:24.627 |
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"message": "First music is there's a drum beat at the first 5 or 10 seconds of Snow's execution (if I'm not mistaken). While the drums are being played, Katniss walks slowly on the aisle.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/tBg7K.gif\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Second is when Katniss stopped walking, the dru... | Title of background music played in Snow's execution | scifi | 2017-11-04T04:02:49.260 |
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"message": "I was reading a <a href=\"http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_(series)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Naruto <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">FanFiction, <a href=\"https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11838408/1/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Not ANBU. It me... | The Axioms of Shinobi Combat | scifi | 2017-11-04T12:28:05.077 |
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"message": "Wandmakers are the source of wands.So obviously, it would probably be a wandmaker that holds the record of the first ever wizard that used a wand to channel his magic. But it depends I think?GregorovitchWhat I think is that he might be the first wizard who used a wand, given the fact that he is a ... | Who is the first wizard/witch that used a wand? | scifi | 2017-11-04T17:37:25.793 |
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"message": "In <a href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286039/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Stargate: Universe, there is a group of people who become stranded on a ship floating a whole long way from home. They got there by use of a planet with a special super-powered core which had the power generation to d... | Could the Destiny crew make a pseudo-gate bridge? | scifi | 2017-11-06T19:56:44.023 |
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"message": "A character who often shows up in Marvel works associated with Thor is Hela, the God of Death. For example, she was the primary antagonist of Thor: Ragnarok. Obviously, Hela is much better known simply as <a href=\"http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Hela_(Earth-616)\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Hel. T... | Why was Hela’s name changed? | scifi | 2017-11-08T07:05:12.177 |
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"message": "From The Force Awakens we know that the following events took place at some time between RTOJ and TFA.1) Rey is abandoned on Jakku by someone.2) Ben Solo is seduced to the dark side by Snoke, joins/creates the Knights of Ren and betrays Luke Skywalker, the man who has trained him up to this point.... | Which of these two events happen earlier? | scifi | 2017-11-08T09:02:19.253 |
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"message": "Everyone (media, fans) calls Aether an Infinity Stone. It has became common now. But, look at these:In Thor: The Dark World, Odin said:<blockquote> Their leader, Malekith, made a weapon out of that darkness and it was called the Aether. While the other relics often appear as stones, the Aether is... | Is Aether really an Infinity Stone? | scifi | 2017-11-08T09:30:15.520 |
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"message": "Doctor Dolittle can talk to animals and has no hesitation to use them for his work. Yet I don't seem to recall him ever using animals to get around for non-normal use (for example, he's always taking a car or boat, instead of flying across sea by bird. I'm not referring to riding a horse, or even ... | Does Doctor Dolittle ever use animals for unusual transport? | scifi | 2017-11-08T17:27:36.990 |
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"message": "I'm trying to find out the title and author of a short story I read around 30–35 years ago. It was featured in a collection that I think were all by the same author. It was written from the perspective of a fan of (American) football who told how the games he watched got more and more violent unti... | Short story about (American) football becoming more violent and fans taking part in fights on the field | scifi | 2017-11-09T04:03:46.320 |
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"message": "When I was a child, this would have been around 1990's and later, I watched an animated movie where there were a group of Pegasus living by a waterfall and mountainous area. There were both white and black Pegasus. If I am remembering it right they spoke (although I could be mistaken). Perhaps it ... | Animated movie with a group of Pegasus living by a waterfall and mountainous area | scifi | 2017-11-10T07:04:35.157 |
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"message": "I'm pretty sure the title was \"T\". It's about an alien race at war with humans. They decide to end the human race by destroying Earth before humans evolve. They send some humans through space and back in time to do the job.I think the humans have single letter names (A, B, C, etc) They have rai... | Science fiction novel with the title "T" (which is also the name of the protagonist) | scifi | 2017-11-11T04:31:33.633 |
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"message": "In Empire of the Sharks, this marvel of Monster-movie-technology appears:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/00OC6.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Is it based on any real shark-species whose existance I totally missed, or is this species a movie-invention?Please disregard all lights and metal attachments... | What shark-species is this shark form "Empire of the Sharks" based on? | scifi | 2017-11-11T20:52:21.320 |
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"message": "As depicted in the Predator franchise films such as *<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_(film)\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Predator* and *<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predators_(film)\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Predators*, the predators have advanced energy weapons and stealth technolo... | What are the rules of engagement observed by the predator aliens in the Predator movies? | scifi | 2017-11-13T15:51:54.947 |
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"message": "I'm looking for books about Deus Ex 1, novels that deal with the contents of that game or even artbooks or similiar additional information on it. I'm aware that the newer games of that franchise have some literature on them, but I am not interested in the newer entries of the franchise.",
"rol... | Is there a novel or book expanding upon the first Deus Ex PC game? Or is there a basis in literature for the game? | scifi | 2017-11-14T18:41:42.227 |
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"message": "I have this (American?) book somewhere, but cannot find it. I think it's from the 90's or 2000's, and was a computer science / fantasy mix, originally read (and authored) in English. It has a group of heroes who are programmers interacting in some sort of VR over the Internet, trying to defeat a c... | Book: What book was about a virus trying to infect Internet kernels? | scifi | 2017-11-15T14:41:40.370 |
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"message": "In recently launched book Artemis (by Andy Weir), we see that Artemis, the first city on the moon, is made of five huge interconnected spheres called \"bubbles\". Armstrong Bubble sits in the middle, surrounded by Aldrin, Conrad, Bean, and Shepard.Well, everyone knows who Armstrong and Aldrin are ... | Why is name of one "bubble" of Artemis Shepard? | scifi | 2017-11-15T16:30:09.900 |
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"message": "I was thinking the naming of the droids in Star Wars is rather unique, such as R2-D2 and C-3PO, where we have a mixture of letter and numbers and nothing else.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ryRsH.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Then I thought of K9 from Dr. Who, which I would have to put in the same... | What were the first robots with alphanumeric designations? | scifi | 2017-11-16T16:45:27.423 |
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"message": "A somewhat recurring setting in science-fiction is of \"unphysical intrusions\". Realms, usually spherical, which intrude upon human society, within which commonly-held laws of physics and causality do not apply.I've always assumed it to be the unique invention of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in <a... | History of "Unphysical Intrusions" | scifi | 2017-11-19T01:42:48.183 |
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"message": "The biggest question from the original Blade Runner was <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/171505/was-deckard-a-replicant-or-not\">whether Deckard was a replicant. I think the biggest question from the recent movie is whether Niander Wallace is a replicant.Somebody explained why W... | Is Niander Wallance a human or replicant? | scifi | 2017-11-19T02:57:01.070 |
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"message": "There is a short story I remember reading in High School. If I remember correctly, it was very short (only a couple pages) as I believe we read it during the class period. I believe it was written pre-Internet days as it has snail mail as a major plot point. There weren't any high tech things that... | Short story about someone who infiltrates the secret police of a dystopian society in order to approve some mail important to a rebel group | scifi | 2017-11-19T10:33:18.510 |
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"message": "The first book I ever read for pleasure, way back in about 1958, was a science fiction novel called something like \"First Man on Mars.\" If I remember correctly, he was stranded there. I've looked for books by that name and all the variations I can think of from that era with no success. Does ... | Looking for an Old Book about a man stranded on Mars | scifi | 2017-11-20T15:16:55.247 |
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"message": "Trying to ID a sci-fi/fantasy book I read in middle school. I read it around 2005, and at that time it was already a very old book - the pages were yellowed and musty.The one key, defining, and distinctive element that I remember is the central importance to the plot of four relics or artifacts th... | Old book with Sci-Fi/Fantasy mix with four Irish relics (stone, cauldron, spear and sword) | scifi | 2017-11-21T01:02:38.597 |
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"message": "If I recall correctly, Rice describes revenants as vampires that become \"brain damaged\" (I am not sure if that was the term) due to them being bitten and entombed or buried and not being able to feed for a long time but I may have this wrong -- I definitely do not remember exactly what she said ... | Revenants in "Interview with the Vampire" and elsewhere: did Rice invent this description? | scifi | 2017-11-22T05:15:27.843 |
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"message": "I'm pretty sure I read this one in the early to mid 90s in Kentucky. It was a paperback fantasy novel. I think it had the girl leaping off of the ramparts of a castle and starting to develop wings (or maybe silhouetted by a bird shape). The basic plot line was the children are in a castle besieged... | Fantasy book with a brother-sister pair in a besieged castle. Girl can shapeshift. Boy gets turned into a sword | scifi | 2017-11-22T12:29:50.790 |
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"message": "I am trying to find out the name of a vampire movie that used to come on TV all the time when I was a kid. This was probably in the early to mid 90s, so I think the movie was from the 1980s.It was a vampire type movie where the virus made everyone extremely pale and they wore black robes. The main... | 1980s Vampire Movie Name | scifi | 2017-11-28T04:44:45.547 |
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"message": "I was reminded of this when reading the title of <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/135695/is-the-doctors-second-heart-artificial\">Is the Doctor's Second Heart artificial? of a book I read as a child, somewhere in the late 1980s to the early 1990s in Ashland, Kentucky. It was... | Science fiction book about an alien boy with two hearts | scifi | 2017-11-29T21:10:16.793 |
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"message": "Somewhere, probably in some Doctor Who book imported from Britain in the 1980s, I read a story about the daleks trying to conquer London. I remember being excited about a new official dalek adventure, but as I read I experienced two let-downs. First, I quickly realized that the Doctor wasn't pre... | Seeking dalek story without the Doctor | scifi | 2017-11-30T01:19:29.547 |
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"message": "In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Azula is the only character whose fire is shown to be blue. Is there any other character capable of producing or seen using blue fire?",
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"message": "No, there have been no other characters in the Avatar universe shown to have blue fire... | Apart from Azula, has there ever been a Fire Bender with Blue Fire? | scifi | 2017-12-01T01:09:42.817 |
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"message": "What is the short story (By Arthur C Clarke?) where a creature \"sees\" mercury vapor from a flare. I think it takes place on an asteroid; a man fleeing pursuit uses the creature to surprise and delay his pursuers.",
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"message": "This is \"<a href=\"http://www.isfdb.... | Creature "sees" not with light but metal ions | scifi | 2017-12-02T17:00:20.147 |
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"message": "I was watching one of my favorite movies, Ink, the other day, and it occurred to me that even after seeing it several times, there are still some parts that are unclear to me. Unfortunately, because it is not \"mainstream\", there is very little discussion on it, so finding answers about story and... | Who was the storyteller in the movie Ink (2009)? | scifi | 2017-12-04T16:32:06.330 |
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"message": "A long time ago, the possibly early 80s I remember seeing a film, it was black and white, from my memory the cars in it were quite old fashioned to 40/50s style cars.I believe the characters were in an undersea base or tunnel. They were trying to escape from flooding. I remember flood doors being ... | Black and White film with cars in tunnels which were flooded | scifi | 2017-12-08T00:25:07.680 |
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"message": "There was a book by two authors in which characters are able to travel into the past. The main character was named Joshua and had a friend called Sally. The authors are most probably British as I had read the book in British Council Library. In the book, people time travel by holding a small devic... | Co-authored novel, involving Joshua and Sally's travels into the past | scifi | 2017-12-08T08:02:14.673 |
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"message": "As we see there's Gringotts bank in London. There may also be one in Egypt (This is my assumption as Bill Weasley was sent to Egypt and as he worked with Gringotts, I assume they do have some branches across other places too). Be it a single banking organisation or multiple banks handled by variou... | Does the wizarding world have a concept of loans? | scifi | 2017-12-09T17:13:08.147 |
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"message": "At some point in season 3 of Buffy Faith jumped the Scoobies ship and joined the season's Big Bad, Mayor Richard Wilkins III.I seem dimly remember some efforts of the mayor to recruit her, but on a <a href=\"https://m.mythcreants.com/blog/115-surprise-villains/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">podcast I liste... | Did Mayor Wilkins intend to recruit Faith? | scifi | 2017-12-10T17:18:56.177 |
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"message": "We know that Tina Minoru <a href=\"https://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/144977/51379\">appears in Doctor Strange, and also in the Runaways TV series, in which she is portrayed by a different actor. The two works are both set in the MCU. However, there are parts of the timeline that I don’t understand... | How can Tina Minoru’s timeline be reconciled? | scifi | 2017-12-12T06:56:20.533 |
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"message": "I read a sci-fi novel 14 years ago (April/May 2003) that haven't been able to find since then. It was in a shared book locker in a reception battalion barracks at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. The book was a paperback, it may have been part of a series of at least two books, and i may not have read the ... | A sci-fi novel about augmented mental power | scifi | 2017-12-12T17:14:40.130 |
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"message": "I am trying to find a movie I saw a little bit of when I was younger.It's about this human-killing eel-like thing and I can only remember one specific scene.The scene features one of the main guys sitting on top of a toilet lid to make sure that the eel thing can't come up through it. At this poi... | Scary movie with a flying killing eel | scifi | 2017-12-13T22:59:16.190 |
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"message": "This question is related to \"The Last Jedi\", so let's keep preview spoiler free.<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> The maneuvre that vice admiral Holdo (with the purple hair) uses towards the end of the film seems remarkably effective. </blockquote>It seems that it would have worked pretty well mu... | Why was the Holdo manoeuvre not used earlier? | scifi | 2017-12-14T20:07:06.440 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a short story about a museum curator who is put in charge of two old crystal heads. After a while it becomes clear that the heads are communicating to each other. They come from a different time and are robots?? Maybe?? They are husband and wife from long ago and they take up a con... | Crystal heads-robots short story | scifi | 2017-12-15T01:45:55.390 |
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"message": "This book I read long ago had a cover of a guy's face covered/made of roots of a tree like he himself was a tree or he merged into one. I do not remember much but the story centered on this guy and no one knew who he was. Everyone called him a stranger. The story is narrated from a girl's point of... | Find Urban Fantasy Book with a mysterious guy who lives in the woods | scifi | 2017-12-15T06:52:47.227 |
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"message": "In Star Wars: The Last Jedi movie, we saw that<blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> the Force Ghost of Yoda had god-like superpowers. He could not only interact with real world, he could actually create apocalyptic mayhem if he wanted. He burned down an ancient Jedi tree using lightning from a thunders... | Why do Jedi Force Ghosts let bad guys win if they have this superpower? | scifi | 2017-12-17T10:22:50.837 |
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"message": "In the Thor movies, I noticed a symbol of <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triquetra\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Triquetra. This can be seen on Mjolnir. For example, we can see triquetra symbol on Mjolnir. [I'm pretty sure that I have seen it in the movies too but couldn't find it right now.] Ima... | What is the meaning of Triquetra symbol on Mjolnir? | scifi | 2017-12-17T15:51:48.797 |
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"message": "This has always bothered me; I want to stress first that the Klingons as a fleshed out race are a brilliant addition to the Star Trek Universe, I love their honour bound warrior code and the various examples of this being abused in the various seasons to manipulate an Empire despite their strong c... | How can the Klingons & The Federation exist in a close Alliance? | scifi | 2017-12-18T01:35:26.243 |
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"message": "In the Potterverse, the names of characters, objects and places often have a fascinating meaning and can reveal a lot abour their attributes or characteristic. As for the names of the spells, they are usually constructed from (pseudo)latin roots.For example the spell 'lumos' is presumably inspire... | What does the word 'Horcrux' mean? | scifi | 2017-12-19T14:03:57.553 |
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"message": "An angel and his apprentice seek answers from a magical book in post-revolution America invaded by angels. Epic quest ensues. The story started with an statement of the time frame, which (according to my poor grasp of history at the time) should have been just after the American Revolution. Someti... | Story about Angels in Revolution-era United States | scifi | 2017-12-20T17:02:23.957 |
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"message": "Snoke's fleet consists of the Supremacy and several additional Star Destroyers. I assume they have specialized ships for every mission type. When the <blockquote class=\"spoiler\"> Rebels flee from Snoke's fleet, why did Snoke or Hux not have/send additional ships?</blockquote>Does the First Ord... | Why does Snoke's fleet not deploy more ships? | scifi | 2017-12-20T22:02:51.650 |
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"message": "The original plan regarding the latest Star Wars trilogy had been widely reported as:J.J. Abrams would direct Episode VII (The Force Awakens)Rian Johnson would direct Episode VIII (The Last Jedi)Colin Trevorrow would direct the yet-untitled Episode IXThe first two of these have come to pass, but r... | Was Rian Johnson considered for Episode IX? | scifi | 2017-12-21T03:50:45.177 |
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"message": "I watched this film in the early 80's (but may have been from the 60's or 70's) and just remember one scene from it. I don't know if it is color or B&W.The scene I remember is that humans were running before robots in a starship. When the humans met a robot, they'd just give him a simple math ... | Old sci-fi movie: humans on a starship asking robots simple math questions, robots would burn if they didn't know the answer | scifi | 2017-12-21T21:34:39.793 |
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"message": "I remember reading a story back in the 1960s where it was said that all faster than light starships carried only a single man and were shaped like starfishes - not necessarily with five arms each. Most species of starfish have five arms but some have up to fifty, so the starfish starships could h... | Short Story with Starfish-shaped Starships | scifi | 2017-12-23T02:49:07.547 |
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"message": "Each episode of the 2008 video game <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_%26_Max_Beyond_Time_and_Space\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space has a title card saying that it is based on some obscure story.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/amOrS.png\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><... | Are the Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space episodes based on real stories? | scifi | 2017-12-23T21:38:29.737 |
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"message": "This has been bothering me for quite a while. I believe the story was posted on hackernews about 1-2 years ago. The story was about a robot in space who was mining space dust to power herself. She was originally a human woman on earth who had her brain digitized and then later was put into this sp... | Looking for a short story about mining robots being assimilated | scifi | 2017-12-23T22:14:42.943 |
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"message": "In the closing credits of \"Where No Fan Has Gone Before\" (Futurama Season 4, Episode 11) we are shown a collection of stills that appeared in the show, to the sound of a variant of the Star Trek theme. The last still is this one of Kif Kroker, which breaks the trend:<a href=\"https://i.stack.img... | Why does Kif appear at the end of "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"? | scifi | 2017-12-26T15:26:02.573 |
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"message": "I'm trying to identify a TV sci-fi series that I watched as a kid in the 1970s. The central character was a field agent for a government organisation and the twist was that he was monitored remotely from a control complex called something like \"Central Control\" or \"Central Command\". It had a s... | Name of 60s/70s American sci-fi TV series about "Central Control" | scifi | 2017-12-27T13:44:26.877 |
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"message": "This was part of a weird dream I had but I've a vague recollection that it's based on a book that I read a long time ago, in my youth; a character had one of those change-makers that bus conductors used to wear with 'pods' of some description in each column. They then click for change that dispens... | Bus conductor's change maker used for magic? | scifi | 2017-12-28T03:50:23.767 |
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"message": "Has there ever been a reference to the Gorn and the Xindi-Reptilians somehow being related? According to one Federation map I've seen, Xindus, New Xindus and Gorn, in the Gorn Hegemony, are relatively close. Since both are reptilian species whose home worlds are not incredibly far apart, I believe... | Are the Gorn and the Xindi-Reptilians somehow related? | scifi | 2017-12-29T02:00:41.983 |
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"message": "I've recently got a copy of The World of Ice and Fire and although I haven't had the time to read it yet I have had a quick flick through. One thing I've noticed that seems odd is that the castles of Casterly Rock and Highgarden seem to have been swapped for the show. The following are the castles... | Why did the show appear to swap Casterly Rock and Highgarden? | scifi | 2017-12-29T09:37:42.610 |
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"message": "In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Admiral Kirk inspecting the Enterprise briefly talks to a young looking person.<blockquote> KIRK: Ah. And who do we have here? PRESTON: Midshipman First Class Peter Preston, engineers mate, sir! KIRK: First training voyage, Mister Preston? PRESTON: Yes ... | How old was Peter Preston when he entered Starfleet Academy? | scifi | 2017-12-29T16:35:13.667 |
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"message": "I remember a scene from what was probably an otherwise un-memorable novel, which I would like to locate again. This was read at least fifteen years ago in English, but I don't remember much else.The main character is with a group of people (maybe military) with enemies somewhere else in the regio... | Seeking a novel in which the hero recognizes the spice smell of oncoming enemies | scifi | 2017-12-30T23:15:11.387 |
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"message": "Early in Jumanji (1995) we learn Judy and Peter’s parents died in an accident while they were young. Instead, the children are raised by a woman named Nora.I don’t ever remember the film explaining who Nora was, or why she presumably adopted Judy and Peter.Is Nora’s relation with Judy and Peter ev... | How was Nora related to Judy and Peter? | scifi | 2017-12-31T03:58:10.490 |
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"message": "Does anyone remember the science fiction story in which giant slug-like monsters devour all life on earth, and at the end of the story, the protagonist climbs on top of one of the monsters and either hacks his way inside it or finds an existing hole, and inside there is a small group of other surv... | Looking for title/author of a story about giant slug-like monsters devouring all life on earth | scifi | 2017-12-31T18:37:03.510 |
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"message": "About 5 years ago someone emailed me a story in pdf form. I can’t find it or remember the title but would love to read it again. The story (what I remember!) humans were sent to a planet to observe/study the evolution of the planet and its creatures. The scientists were put to sleep for thousands ... | Looking for the title of a sci fiction story about scientists studying evolution by sleeping for thousands of years | scifi | 2018-01-01T02:23:58.043 |
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"message": "I'm trying to find a book for a friend from 15 years ago or so. My friend doesn't remember who the author was or what the cover looked like, but she remembers that it was about a girl at a very competitive magic school, and she takes to making her reflections more real so she can steal their magic... | Book ID: Girl who steals magic from her reflections | scifi | 2018-01-04T00:59:54.080 |
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"message": "When K passes his baseline test at the beginning of Blade Rrunner 2049, the interrogator says, \"You can pick up your bonus.\" In the next scene, he brings home an emanator for Joi. Someone on the Internet suggested (I don't have the patience to find the link at the moment) that the emanator is K... | Is K's bonus actually Joi's emanator? | scifi | 2018-01-04T13:50:03.020 |
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