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Science-fiction novel about a galactic tournament to earn humanity’s place in some inter alien species "common wealth" org
I’m trying to identify a lengthy science-fiction novel I read in high school that I can’t shake from memory. I’ve scoured Google, Goodreads, Reddit, and even past Science Fiction & Fantasy ...
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anime that I do not know the name of
anime where the guy destroy a magic crystal at the adventurer's guild also I remember the girl having red hair and the guy having black hair
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Help identify novel in which hero kills an assassin via a paper trick
The scifi novel I'm trying to identify was a book i read back in the 70s or early 80s. It is about a character on a mission to avenge the murder of his family or possibly the genocide of his whole ...
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A utopia with matter control in a dying universe
What is the title and author of this book?
I remember reading in the past 5 years a novel which was not new at the time. It may have begun with a series of stories leading up to the final, longer, one ...
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Neuromancer - why did they attack Case at Sammi's?
I have read Neuromancer a few times over the years and am still confused about what happened at Sammi's, the fighting arena in Chiba city.
There Case sees his former girlfriend Linda Lee pass by him, ...
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Why does Kerillian, a Wood Elf, have purple skin when she becomes a Shade in Warhammer: Vermintide 2?
In Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Kerillian, a Wood Elf from Athel Loren, has a playable career called the Shade, a role typically associated with Dark Elves in Warhammer Fantasy. When players select this ...
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Mankind tries to colonise a new Earth-like planet, but one after another new kind of creatures force humans out
I read this SF novel when still a bachelor, so 50 years, or more, ago. I think it was in a paperback, which was quite possibly already rather old. I am positive I read it in French, but of course it ...
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What is the significance of the statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt?
When the Dark Seekers manage to almost capture Neville, this occurs in front of a 19th century statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt. CV was the wealthiest American of his time who rose from humble ...
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Adventure movie with kids and a small robot that helps them but dies
I'm trying to identify a movie from the 80s where a group of kids went on an adventure and used a small robot to help move a stone, I think to get inside a tunnel cave system. That little robot was ...
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Movie/Series with human crawling inside the wallpaper of the ceiling
I remembered a scene where a human was crawling/appearing (i'm not sure) from inside the ceiling slowly with the silhouette being fully recognizable, it was a beige tone of paint or wallpaper it was ...
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Does anyone in the 40k universe still have knowledge of the missing Primarchs?
Does anyone in the 40k universe still truly remember the missing Primarchs? Not just that they know there used to be 20 or something like that, but really knew about the missing Primarchs—who they ...
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What dark side users had the potential to surpass The Emperor, Darth Sidious, but lost it to one failure? [closed]
A motif in Star Wars is that a character fails, but is told that they had the potential to surpass Darth Sidious if not for that failure. It notoriously happened to Darth Vader, but almost the exact ...
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Short story about a man trapped in a tunnel system by a predator he can't kill
This recent question mentions two scenes, one of which matches the ID I made based also on the character's name. The other one I remember in more detail than is described there, but I can't find it ...
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Four book Kindle series about a red-headed slave girl named Camilla who marries a vampire king
There's a book series I bought as a kid years ago on a kindle E-book.
It was about this slave girl who was found and married by a vampire king I think named Dominic and she was a red headed slave ...
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Old sci-fi novel whose main character is Artur Bloor or Blord
Back in the 70s, IIRC, I read a sci-fi story whose main character was named Artur Bloor, I think. He was described as an operator's operator. A couple of escapades included:
He survives an encounter ...
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Story about the hero's party but there's no banishment
This manga was about the hero's party and they had one member who was just their friend and didn't really contribute much. However, he gave them emotional support and drive. The hero's party consider ...
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Short SF story about two men and one woman crash landed on a desert planet
The story starts with an exchange between the two men as they move salvageable cargo/resources out to the place outside the ship they're evacuating to. It's suggested they've crash landed on an ...
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How was Rahm Kota going to put Darth Vader on trial?
As anyone who has played Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II knows, after Starkiller defeats Vader in a fight, Rahm Kota and Starkiller have the following discussion:
Starkiller: "You want him ...
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Short story about astronaut and cosmonaut smuggling
Im trying to remember a short story I read in the 1980s. A Russian cosmonaut narrates the story of how an American astronaut makes an unauthorized visit to the Russian capsule while both are in orbit. ...
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How did the Japanese Return of the Jedi movie poster end up with a green lightsaber when other versions used blue?
How did the Japanese version of the Return of the Jedi movie poster (July 2nd, 1983) end up with a green lightsaber when other posters show it as blue?
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Science fiction book from 80’s/90’s, aliens die when eating human food
It’s a science fiction book from the 80/90’s about a human colony on another planet where aliens already live. The young of the aliens are called groundlings. The aliens have asked for Earth's help as ...
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Looking for a short story about an "always worse" timeline change
In my book group last week, we were discussing The Ministry of Time. The discussion reminded me of a short story (possibly a novel or movie...but I'm pretty sure it was a short story) that put forward ...
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murim manhwa where mc transmigrated into murim world and come back to korea
its been a long time since i read or heard about this manhwa where mc transmigrated into murim world from korea and his task is to conquer the murim world without dying and after completed his task he ...
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How does undead conjuration work in The Elder Scrolls, and where do the summoned undead come from?
In The Elder Scrolls games, the Conjuration magic skill allows the summoning of various creatures, including both Daedra and undead.
When it comes to summoning Daedra, the lore seems fairly clear. ...
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What is the fictional location of the House of Usher in various versions? [closed]
I have always believed that in Poe's original story the House of Usher would have been somewhere in the British Isles or elsewhere in Europe.
Usher is a English language family name, from the ...
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How or why did the Millennium Falcon crash on Kef Bir?
In The Rise of Skywalker, as the Millennium Falcon approaches Kef Bir, Poe and Chewbacca have a conversation in the cockpit:
CHEWBACCA: [grunts]
POE: Landing gear's busted? How busted?
There's a cut ...
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Anime from the 2000s/2010s with teen heroes transforming into elemental forms
I'm trying to remember an anime or animated series I watched during the 2000s or early 2010s. (I remember watching Beyblade during that time.)
It featured a group of five teenagers who used devices ...
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Title of 1960ish fiction book about a small western US town sprayed with a biological weapon from an aircraft by mistake
I'm trying to identify the title of fiction book from around 1960, about a small western US town sprayed with a biological weapon from an aircraft by mistake. Two main characters, a man and woman, ...
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what would happen if the primarchs were swapped [closed]
in the Horus heresy what would happen if the loyal primarchs were the traitors instead and vice versa.
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Could the Emperor return without dying? [closed]
As per the title, could the Emperor in Warhammer 40K return without dying?
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