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Short story; a journalist visits a hospital with inpatients who are mentally ill. One patient pretends to use invisible tools to build a machine
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Man invents immortality, loses wife, spends life of the universe looking for her
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Ghost Story set on a Victorian age ocean going liner. Everyone who has slept in a certain cabin for the last four voyages has jumped overboard
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Is Gandalf an elf?
Awarded Apr 12 at 9:47
In the Wallace and Gromit movies we see 'Electronics for Dogs.' Do we ever see any other 'books for Dogs' in-universe?
Awarded Apr 11 at 17:46
Humourous television series. An arrogant man seems to be giving a blow by blow account of a dangerous battle. He was describing a game of Risk
Awarded Apr 11 at 16:25
First mention of Einstein in Science Fiction?
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Dystopia of a world where old people get killed
Awarded Apr 9 at 18:26
Why didn't Spider-Man become a member of the X-Men?
Awarded Apr 6 at 6:41
Why didn't Spider-Man become a member of the X-Men?
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In "Silent Enemy", why didn't they just drop Echo Three?
Awarded Apr 6 at 5:35
Why does Agent Smith refer to himself as "a" Smith, as though there are multiple Smiths?
Awarded Apr 5 at 17:49
Trying to identify a cassette tape of science-fiction short stories
Awarded Apr 4 at 23:57
Short story about two astronauts exploring an art museum on an abandoned planet
Awarded Apr 2 at 18:40
Medieval fantasy movie where a sorceress disguises herself as the queen to have a child by the king
Awarded Apr 1 at 10:31
Where was the Shield Wall brought down?
Awarded Apr 1 at 5:06
Did Peter Pan, in the novel, kill every one of the lost boys as they showed signs of starting to grow up?
Awarded Mar 31 at 15:40
Short story. If a family has a third child, it is announced that for the next 24 hours killing the father will be perfectly legal
Awarded Mar 28 at 18:37
Is the age of the Earth in the novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" 10 million years?
Awarded Mar 28 at 15:53
Story where scientists are prosecuted for time machine exploding
Awarded Mar 28 at 12:26
How does Kvothe's deal with Riem (the bursar) work?
Awarded Mar 27 at 18:58
Short Story. Humans land on Mars. Communicate with martians by drawing pictures. Miscommunication gets humans killed
Awarded Mar 27 at 9:05
Two men are guests on a planet terraformed some generations ago. All earth livestock died. Local animals cannot be eaten. Served meat in a meal
Awarded Mar 26 at 17:50
Novel about a spacefaring mission trying to reestablish contact with Earth
Awarded Mar 26 at 0:50
Faster than light ship is doomed, captain keeps log anyway
Awarded Mar 25 at 11:36
Why didn't Emperor Shaddam have Irulan marry Paul at the beginning of Dune?
Awarded Mar 25 at 2:04
Short story ID: Bouncing-Ball Time Travel
Awarded Mar 23 at 16:51
Short story in which computers make everything for humans, but refuse to make a model train kit
Awarded Mar 22 at 11:27
Why is Cersei commonly referred to as "Cersei Lannister" instead of "Cersei Baratheon"?
Awarded Mar 22 at 11:02
Mars 'troffie' short story
Awarded Mar 21 at 23:16
Trolling the Russians with deliberately deadly rocket fuel
Awarded Mar 20 at 18:52
Has MissingNo ever been acknowledged by the Pokemon company or Nintendo in any form?
Awarded Mar 19 at 11:48
Have we ever seen a Pokémon poop or pee in any of the canon?
Awarded Mar 17 at 20:48
1970s novel in which an ancient spaceship is unearthed and flies to alien worlds
Awarded Mar 17 at 14:36
Was the Holtzman Shield gas permeable?
Awarded Mar 16 at 14:06
What are all the different names survivors have called zombies?
Awarded Mar 15 at 11:16
Was the Holtzman Shield gas permeable?
Awarded Mar 14 at 18:16
Why were Slughorn's memories "congealed"?
Awarded Mar 14 at 17:42
Human doctor cannot travel to help his Martian friend
Awarded Mar 14 at 13:41
What does the inscription on the pot of gold in "A Conversation with Smaug" say?
Awarded Mar 14 at 3:51
Star Trek Episode – Possible Time Travel or Alternative Timeline with No Federation
Awarded Mar 12 at 5:06
Why is "Romulan is a dirty word in the writers’ room" for Star Trek: Discovery?
Awarded Mar 11 at 16:18
Why do the Vulcans seem to despise humans so much in “Star Trek: Enterprise?”
Awarded Mar 11 at 14:07
In Star Trek TOS, when was the first mention of a shuttlecraft, and when did the producers decide the Enterprise had shuttles?
Awarded Mar 11 at 5:27
Why do they fight with knives and not with assault rifles in Dune?
Awarded Mar 10 at 21:32
Book ID: Astronauts and Lab Students can create portals through space
Awarded Mar 10 at 20:55
Quote from Discworld about Ankh-Morpork tolerance and greed
Awarded Mar 9 at 13:08
What does it mean when Faramir says "I would not snare even an orc with a falsehood"?
Awarded Mar 6 at 0:27
Short story where an alien signal containing a DNA sequence leads to the end of life on Earth
Awarded Mar 5 at 5:05
Why do the Borg care so much about Earth?
Awarded Mar 4 at 23:15
What did Ollivander mean when he said Voldemort did “great things”?
Awarded Mar 4 at 17:18
What was the Cytherian describing in their introduction?
Awarded Mar 3 at 23:57
Short science fiction story. Human worker in peril on a planet. Surface is covered in shallow water. If he becomes exhausted and lies down, will drown
Awarded Mar 3 at 17:20
Who was Bilbo's / Frodo's mithril chain mail made for?
Awarded Mar 2 at 16:17
Planet where humans fight for access to algae
Awarded Mar 1 at 22:42
Why didn't Voyager update their uniforms after Pathfinder?
Awarded Mar 1 at 18:04
What's with all those "thimbles" in Neuromancer?
Awarded Mar 1 at 16:04
Why did the Tessier-Ashpool family create two separate AIs?
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Why does General Grievous have four arms?
Awarded Feb 29 at 18:42
Why so many character cliffhangers in the last episode of season one, "Chrysalis", and why wait one episode to resolve them?
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