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Do the people in Middle-earth realize that Frodo technically failed?
When Frodo finally stands there and is supposed to throw in the Ring, he changes his mind in the last minute and instead puts it on (or is about to). The only reason it ends up getting destroyed is ...
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What was the first depiction of Klingons using cloaking devices?
The earliest example I saw of a Klingon ship using cloaking technology was Kruge's ship in The Search for Spock (I don't know if this is relevant, but I've read the antagonists for that film were ...
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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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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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Did the Potters have a house elf?
All wealthy families, like the Malfoys and Blacks, had house elves. The Weasleys didn’t have a house elf because they were poor.
Given that the Potters were wealthy (based on gold found in their ...
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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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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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Alternate future novel
Trying to find book length sci-fi story about man sent into future by a capsule? in a cave. Something goes wrong, and when it stops the cave looks out over a glacial?? (post-nuclear?) valley which has ...
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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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Was Iola ever cloned in the Hardy Boys Series?
I have a vague recollection of a Hardy Boys story where Iola dies and Joe later sees her as a clone.
Does anyone have an idea as to what I am referring to?
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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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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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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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Looking for a 1960's story about first-contact, environmentalism, and woodpeckers
I'm looking for a short story or novelette that I would have read late in the 1960's. It could be much older than that — I had discovered the local library's collection of sci-fi. It was in some The ...
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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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