Questions tagged [space]
For story-identification questions which are related to or might be set in space. Always use in conjunction with the [story-identification] tag.
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Book about a girl and her tiger in space
It's a story about a redhead girl raised mostly with tigers who ends up going into space because space pirates took her off of her planet with a tiger. She ends up being adopted by the captain of the ...
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Conspiracy "documentary" where the intro scene has a submarine in space with a swastika on its side
There was a movie I saw many years ago that was made in a documentary style. I think it was on YouTube or something similar and I specifically remember these details.
Nazi bases in Antarctica.
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Multiple alien species on Earth at the same time: one species destroys Earth but the other preserves a small group of humans
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An alien craft lands, it's referred to by one scientist as a "cinder cone", an alien representative comes out and talks to humanity, but it was all a delay tactic. It was later ...
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Mankind fighting AI coming on asteroid from outer space
I would like to ask you for help identifying a rather short story or novel (maybe short series).
I believe I was reading it somewhere on internet and it may have been an amateur author publication or ...
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Book or novel about an intelligent monolith from space that crashes into a mountain
An intelligent rock like monolith crashes into the side of a mountain from space. It emits either heat or radiation, the military investigates. It moves down the mountain into a lake or ocean. It can'...
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Space science fiction film showing a man with long blond hair in the fetal position inside a spaceship
I'm trying to track down the name of an animated space science fiction film that I remember seeing on UK television in the late 80s or very early 90s. I am guessing that it was a film made somewhere ...
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Looking for the title of an old science fiction book about a man sent to a crystal planet [duplicate]
Both my father and I read this book and are looking for the title. It's about a future where a man working for a corporation is tasked with checking out a crystal planet. He travels there alone, wears ...
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Book about an alien race named the "Xerox" or "Xerx"
A military spaceship was traveling the cosmos, looking for something — either a new planet or other forms of life — and discovered a brutal race of aliens that they were involved in a war with. They ...
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A possibly Varley short fiction about a clone, his sister-progenitor and a complicated family history
I read this short story (or perhaps novelette) at least 40 years ago, in a collection.
I realise now that the story might well be by John Varley. But I'm pretty sure it was not a pure Varley ...
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Mid-1960's large format newsprint sci-fi comic about a crew on a spaceship that landed on an asteroid with infectious fungal plants growing on it
The comic I would like to find out about involved a story about a crew on a space ship that was rectangular in shape, at least four or five times as wide as thick and at least ten times as long as ...
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Sci-fi movie 90-05: female prisoner went to spaceship, a room full of naked girls
The main actress was from somewhere in the galaxy like a prison planet, then she went to a spaceship. The female scientist there was affected by an alien in one mission and now she's trying to make ...
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Sci-fi movie about a woman alone on a spaceship with an AI
I remember this movie from 2010-2019ish.
If I recall correctly, the main character was a woman who was alone on a spaceship with an AI. I'm pretty sure the big reveal was that the whole movie was some ...
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Book in which a spaceship crashes on a planet with sentient vegetation and the crew is followed by an unfriendly alien
A ship crashes on a planet with poisonous vegetation. The crew is followed by an unfriendly alien, trying to catch them. The vegetation helps the crew to reach the ship. The vegetation turns out to be ...
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Seeking a children's illustrated sci-fi fantasy "Where's Wally" puzzle book
This book was published some time in the UK between the 80's and 90's, and is set in a fictional star system where the good planets are being rapidly overwhelmed by evil invaders. The book is ...
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A film where the police investigate the death of a passenger on a trip into space? 4 people on board, incl. the owner of the company + a Black pilot
I'm looking to identify this film where a private company will sell trips into space—the ship returns with one dead body. There were four people on board, including the owner of the company and a ...
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Sci-fi/fantasy movie in which a man arrives on a planet to find two factions warring against each other
This is a sci-fi/fantasy movie (in color/year unknown) based on another planet.
A man arrives on the planet to find two factions warring against each other. One male army versus another army of ...
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Old trilogy about God watching the fractal universe while mankind suffered
This was a series of a few novels I read maybe 20-30 years ago. I seem to remember maybe an Australian author, but that could be wrong.
The stories focused around the Fallen Angel and him living in ...
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Sci-fi book in which the main character went to a space academy and found some secret powerful gloves
When I was in 6th or 7th grade (around 2016-2017), I read this book about a main character (MC) whose mom was part of a space academy and the MC went to that academy to learn. The aliens and humans in ...
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Webcomic where the main character crashes on a planet and communicates with someone on Earth from the past
It's been a couple years but from what I can remember the main character crashes on a planet and tries to call for help with her radio but the radio picks up a signal from some guy from the past on ...
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Sci-fi series with young adults on a planet
I'm looking for a sci-fi series with young adults who wake up with no memory. It's not Dark Matter or Deepwater Black (Mission Genesis).
I think they are on a planet with their ship. One character is ...
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Book about a spaceship that crashed under the surface of a planet
I recall reading a book about a spaceship that crashed and people couldn't get out for a while because it was under the surface they had to dig up. Interestingly, the characters were referred to by ...
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Sci-Fi book series where a man awakens to find his brain inside a space probe launched into space
This is a trilogy about a man waking up with his brain implanted into a space probe. His eyes and ears are the sensors. He travels through space learning about the universe.
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Space fantasy book involving a man searching for a replacement planet for Earth and an alien girl from a faraway world who can astral project
I'm looking for a book I read In 2006/2007. I don't know the author's name and can't remember the book title. But here's a brief synopsis of the story that I can recollect.
The story is told from the ...
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A short story where all humans deliberately evacuate Earth to allow its ecology to recover
I don't even remember when I read this short story, except it was very long ago, nor whether I read it in French or English.
After my question on the last zoo on Earth was answered, Jason Patterson ...
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Old anime about a city in deep space that had to fight its way back to Earth
When I was a kid, I watched this anime with a similar art style to Space Carrier Blue Noah (1979–1980).
It was about this city that was in deep space and had to fight its way back to Earth. I think ...
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Book set in/around a space station where the workers get tattoos of equations relevant to their profession
Looking for a title/author of a book I read years ago, when I was in the habit of browsing my library's sci-fi section. Sadly I only remember a few details:
It's set in/around a space station, no ...
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80’s to 90’s sci-fi film with humans aboard a spaceship, whose dating choices are determined by the emblems on their uniforms
Humans were aboard a spaceship. They performed their duties during the day and then paired up in the evenings according to emblems on and colors of their uniforms matching. People “dating” by their ...
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Animated shortfilm (maybe) or game cutscene/trailer where an asteroid transform into a tentacled monster?
I remember from a long time ago (probably in the 1995-2005 era) a short animated movie (unless it was a game cutscene or trailer) in which a spaceship slowly passes by an asteroid (or moon, but rather ...
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A 90s (maybe) made-for-TV movie (maybe) about a group of trainees on a spaceship. There is some kind of emergency and all experienced officers die
After the death of the officers, the trainees have to get the ship to a certain planet/base to warn them of an attack. One of the trainees betrays/sabotages the others and the one in command ends up ...
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Teen space Sci-Fi book/series that was turned into cartoon, copyright issues with Star Trek
My co-worker is looking for a book/series from probably the 70's or 80's that was turned into a cartoon in the 80's or 90's but both the book and the cartoon ran into copyright issues with Star Trek ...
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Novel. Parents drugged kid(s) to lower intelligence due to blackmail/threats. Attempts were made to kill/kidnap the kids when they were younger
Probably read 15-20 years ago. IT was a paperback in English, published in USA.
The story set when man has reached the stars. (Honor Harrington level of civilization.) I recall a bit of a story. I can'...
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An SF novel with whole pages entirely in capital letters
I read this SF novel decades ago.
I remember almost nothing of the events. But there were several POV characters. I don't remember how many, but all but one were human, or, possibly, "human-sized&...
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Short story about a neurodivergent child who becomes a pilot
Many years ago, there was a short story (I think in a May issue of Asimov's magazine or whatever it became later) about a neurodivergent child (perhaps Williams disease).
In this society, this was ...
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Sci-fi book in which an artist with polio is abducted by aliens, cured of his infirmity, and joins an interstellar crew [duplicate]
Looking for a science fiction book, probably from the 50s or 60s. I read it in middle school in 1990-91.
The protagonist is an artist who suffered from polio, but when he is abducted by aliens, they ...
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A SF novel about a boy sold at a slave auction in a spaceport
I read this at least 20 years ago. I read it in a rather slim paperback in French, a novel but rather short, and probably a translation.
I only remember the beginning. In a spaceport in a polity where ...
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1960s-70s movie in color; Human reactions being tested before assistance provided
I'm not clear if this was a film or series, but I don't remember the characters in anything else. That wouldn't rule out something like The Twilight Zone, but my memory was that it was more than an ...
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A novel about an asteroid-looking automated spaceship larger inside than outside [duplicate]
I read this novel more than 20 years ago, in French, but I am convinced it was a translation from English. It might even be older than that. It was a pretty fat paperback, but I don't remember the ...
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Relatively recent sci-fi fantasy novel where the spaceship is alive and the magician/commander contains seven different versions of himself
The ship and commander are searching for specific new members to fill out the crew. They are seeking different crew members, such as engineer, captain, etc. The ship says it will be much stronger when ...
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Short fiction about a planet with two sentient species, one having enslaved the other one
I read this novelette at least 40 years ago, in a collection, in English, which was most probably the original.
It describes the first contact between humans and the natives of a planet they just ...
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Looking for a book about exploring a planet heading out of the galaxy
I read this book in the late 90s, and I suspect it may have been old-ish then. Male author, I believe, with fairly hard science writing.
Earth discovers a world leaving the Milky Way which interests ...
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TV show where a spaceship's weapons were activated by the operator punching and kicking
I barely remember seeing what I think was a TV show, probably from the late 90's. It was about the adventures of a spaceship and crew. I remember it being absolutely atrocious.
The one thing I can ...
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Film with a spaceship crew fighting a cyborg who can rebuild themselves. Girl main character
This was a movie from the 90s, I think. It takes place in space on a spaceship. The crew is fighting against a cyborg who can rebuild if damaged. I remember at the end they blow up the ship and escape ...
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Book about a group of prisoners enlisted in a military training program who end up going rogue
I don't remember a ton about the story, but this is the general gist of it.
The book is set in the near future, like the 2090s or so. The protagonist is a boy around the age of 19, who has a single ...
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3D animated movie, space story with alien princess
I can’t find this movie anywhere on the internet maybe I’m not looking hard enough or something.
It’s a 3D animated space story aimed at kids about a boy that was frustrated with something (I couldn’t ...
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Lost colony expands into space, discovers automated manufacturing shipyard left for them
This was a book I read recently, probably somewhere around 2000. As stated, a planet which had been part of a multi-system polity had lost contact. I think it was a few hundred years before but not ...
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Scene in Image Comics of convicted killer sent as an involuntary space explorer
Back in the 90s, I recall a scene, from an Image Comic I believe (I thought Vanguard #1, but it appears not) where a convicted killer has been sent in a small habitat out into the solar system to ...
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Webcomic/webtoon about a pink-haired human girl who is the last of her species and is adopted by aliens in space
It start with an alien invasion destroying humanity and making them slaves.
I don't remember how the girl (the protagonist) was adopted and transported to a different planet, but I know she uses pink ...
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Old Sci-Fi space movie with humans and aliens working together in same ship
A long time back, I saw a sci-fi space movie with humans and aliens working together on the same ships. I remember a dialogue where an alien says human spaceships are not beautiful and look like ...
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Very short story on Mars. Possibly one of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, but maybe not
The answer to a recent question of mine was one of the Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. This reminded me of my very first touch with SF.
It had to be in 1962 at the very latest because I remember ...
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70's/80's book about a woman who comes to be able to use a sunstone
This is a book I borrowed from the library when I was in junior/senior high.
The plot revolved around a young woman who could use something called a sunstone (not sure if it was one word or two) and ...
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