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Telekinetics in writing/ time travel [closed]
What are the most common accurate theories used for time travel in manuscripts when your readers have different science backgrounds and understanding? I decided in my sci-fi manuscript I would convey ...
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Science fiction film about a plane?
Science fiction film or tv show where a plane was about to crash, and the plane was transferred somewhere? And the live people were removed and replaced with already dead people before it crashed.
Was ...
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After Earth: The characters use English. That isn't realistic, considering the setting, I mean — or is it?
According to Wikipedia, the plot goes as follows:
In the near future, after humanity abandoned Earth after cataclysmic
events, they re-established society on the planet Nova Prime, light
years ...
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story about an ark on land demonstrating time dilation
I'm looking for a story about an ark on land where the people who live in the ark are pulling the ark along. If they travel forward of the ark, time speeds up, if they travel in a reverse direction ...
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Please identify a book involving characters who can manipulate time
I read a book in the last couple years i could have sworn I got off of the New York Times bestseller list, but I'm having a hard time remembering the title - it was the first of a new series and I ...
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What is the relationship between the various calendars of Middle-earth?
There are several different calendars in use in Middle Earth - the Shire, several different groups of men, and the Elves. What is the relationship between them?
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Main character can “manipulate” his own time
I read a book while in the US for a few months back in the early 1990s.
I remember liking the book, and only have loose bits and pieces in my head.
The main character was a male.
I believe it ...
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Fringe: Why wasn't the truck that hit Captain Windmark teleported with him?
In the last episode of Fringe, when Captain Windmark tried to grab the boy (the anomaly XB-6783), Peter Bishop also tried to grab Captain Windmark. When the second Peter Bishop touched Captain ...
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Walking dead TV: How much time as passed from the fall to the start of Season 3
The question says it all, how much time as passed from the start of the Zombie outbreak to the start of Season 3?
Using Laurie's pregnancy you can say "around 9 months" but we don't know if she ...
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In The Forever War, how do they tell time in the stasis field?
In The Forever War by Jack Haldeman, there is extensive discussion of how Mandella decides
He estimates how long to wait as 5 hours to 6 days, and another character estimates 4.5 hours to 5 days, ...
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Final crack in the universe
As of the the 6th season finale, was the universe crack on the TARDIS monitor-screen thing purged after the Doctor went to June 25, 2010?
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What was the time span over which the events in Half Life took place?
What was the time it took Gordon to get from the beginning of the story (anomalous materials facility of Black Mesa) to the Nihilanth? I believe he arrived in the morning but I don't recall walking ...
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Timezones on New Year in Space Pilot 3000
During re-watching the Space Pilot 3000 I've noticed:
People in various countries are counting at the same time despite that there should be several time zones.
When the earth is shown from space ...
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How long is a Farscape cycle exactly?
I was checking the List of races in Farscape wikipedia article and they refers time as "cycle". continuing my research, I found this vague mention :
Leviathans can live about 300 cycles (slightly ...
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Idea of paying for things with time
I recently read the Quantum Thief.
This book had the idea of the time you live as something that can be used to pay for things. When you run out of "money" you die.
I was wondering is this the ...
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Earth in a timestorm
Does anyone know the title of a book where an individual or group ventures through an Earth that is continually swept by timewaves which transport to different era?
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How does time and aging work in 'the Grid' of Tron?
I was watching Tron: Legacy, and thought for a moment that if Flynn is trapped within this 'Digital Frontier' that he created, wouldn't he be able to control his own appearance and aging? If not, ...
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How can the time variations be explained in the first three books of the 'The Chronicles of Narnia'?
I haven’t read the last three books of The Chronicles of Narnia story yet.
But how is it possible that between the first two books there is a time shift of several thousands of years and between the ...
