Questions tagged [story-identification]
Use for identifying a work of SF or Fantasy, including novels, movies, comic books, fanfic, TV series, video games, etc. Use with other tags to specify the type of media, eg. [short-stories]. Use [episode-identification] for identifying a single episode of a known series, whether TV, book, or comic. Use [actor-identification], [character-identification], [music-identification], or [object-identification] for those specific ID requests instead.
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Manhwa - Reincarnated girl sees the similarity of math and magic in her world
So I remember watching a manhwa recap but now the video is gone and I can’t remember much about the manhwa and I want to read it. Unfortunately the only thing that I can remember is that the girl ...
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need help identifying book where a character goes to rescue their friends that got stuck in this place out of time, it was very cold and far away
They stayed in this hall for what was years and years to them, and there was something about a gigantic pit surrounding or near it as well. It was fantasy, possibly young adult.
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Fantasy book where a black fog chokes out a city surrounding a castle
Here is what I remember: it probably wasn't the first book in the series, and was probably near the end of the book itself. I believe I remember something about flying, perhaps dragons. Lots of magic. ...
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Choose-your-path book in which a spaceship breaks apart, forcing a kid to jettison onto a planet where he encounters aliens
I'm looking for a Choose-your-path book that starts with a research spaceship breaking apart, forcing a kid to jettison onto a planet that has breathable air. Some of the adventures cause him to ...
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2 novel series about alternate reality for people in comas
First book starts with main character (female) suddenly conscious in a new reality where people on horses are riding toward her. She explores place where technology doesn’t work (I.e., there are light ...
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Sf/f novel with mother/daughter conflict and winter hibernation
Looking for a SF/f novel (maybe YA, but not sure) about a conflict between young woman and her mother (the queen?). They live in a town surrounded by mountains that leave the town in shadow during the ...
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Trilogy: Planet with tech banned and space weapons stopping landing and leaving the native population have talons
The books started in space with a admiral being betrayed and stranded with a few staff making friends with the mongol-type population that have talons, not nails, and try to take over the world.
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Historical manhwa in which the female lead has been reincarnated multiple times and attends the school she founded in her past life
I read this manhwa a while ago.
The female lead with white hair has been reincarnated multiple times. In her most recent life, she’s reincarnated as as a noble and attends the school she founded in ...
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Looking for an old (probably 1980's) anime movie. Futuristic machine-god named Kali
I watched this on VHS when I was like 8 years old and it definitely wasn't suitable for someone that age.
The story was about a planet where people like humans lived, BUT there was a religious cult ...
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Identify movie or TV-series about a portal to a parallel medieval world
Apologies for the very vague points.
Looking for the movie or tv-series.
The movie or series is likely at least 10 years old.
Possibly NOT in English. I am asking for a friend who watches dubbed ...
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Looking for short story involving pruning away alternate universes
I’m looking for a short story in which humanity discover that alternate universes exist, but every few years all of the alternates are destroyed except for one which becomes the main branch. The ...
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Sci-fi book written by a genderqueer author with a futuristic looking tower on the cover [closed]
I'm trying to find a sci-fi book that I read around five years ago. I don't remember the title but I'm pretty sure there was a futuristic looking tower on the cover (not very specific, I know). One ...
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Fantasy about the Moon coming down to Earth and getting caught in trees
A rather haunting story I read when I was very young.
The Moon took the form of a beautiful woman who came down to the Earth and was ensnared by the trees.
The illustrated plates in it were quite well ...
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Manga or manhwa about a girl who is transmigrated into a novel as the sick sister of one of the male leads and marries an assassin
The manga or manhwa is about a girl who transmigrated into a novel as the sick sister (I think her hair is green or blue) of one of the male leads or he is a very important character in the novel... ...
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90s anime movie or show where the main female drives either a red or pink corvette [closed]
There's this anime show/movie from the 90s, but I cannot remember enough information to find it.
The main character is this rich girl who drives a corvette. I can't remember if it was red or pink. She ...
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One man lands on earth or some planet
Movie where one man lands and then walks away. He is among people who are living in hanging houses above watery places. The houses looked really grim and the place looked also grim. It was shown on ...
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Sci-fi short story in which a dictator loses authority by being attacked/blinded by laser
I'm thinking this was a 1950s short story by Heinlein, but I can't identify it so far.
The story assumes a dictatorship (not necessarily religious), and a protagonist who figures out he can cause the ...
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Book trilogy about teenagers with superpowers in an industrialization like era
I'm trying to figure out the name of a trilogy of books I read 7 to 10 years ago. I read the books in German and don't know if they where translations or what language they were originally written in. ...
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Book series about British soldiers traveling to alternate Earths to find technology [duplicate]
Back in the 80s I read a series about British soldiers traveling to alternate Earths to find technology.
Since it had a British protagonist, I'm assuming it was a British author.
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Fantasy movie involving crystals. It starts off with a girl making a wish on a birthday cake
I watched this movie when I was a child (5-7 years of age) so I don't remember much other than two scenes.
The intro
It starts off with a birthday cake and a girl wishing her wish on the birthday cake....
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Manhwa where the MC cannot return to his world even after defeating the demon king many times and summons a hero on his own as he is in a loop
I don't remember but it is a manga/manhwa where the main character (MC) is transported to another world but cannot go back to his world after defeating the demon king and is stuck in a loop, so he ...
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Early 90s anime or cartoon series in which the main character carries a magic gem or stone that grants him power when placed on his belt buckle
I remember the intro showing a meteor storm/shower while two friends were surveying a planet/moon and he is forced to leave his friend behind that ends up as the villain, turned into a half-man, half-...
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Book with a guy with mismatched eyes who is sent to a boarding school for spies
I read it when I was hospitalized in 7th grade. The protagonist has mismatched eyes and he was told by his mother that he got it during a surgery when he was born.
He thinks he is about to go to a ...
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Older short story foreshadowing the internet about a boy who was the only person who could not connect to a central computer
I am trying to track down a short story, that I think was by Heinlein (?), about a boy who was the only person who could not connect to a central computer like everyone else and had to learn to read ...
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Different series or movie that used the spaceship from the movie "Sphere"
I am really bothered by the thought about the ship being showed once in a series, but I couldn't find the series again. I remember watching a movie or a series where the story of the crew was shown ...
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Execrable science fiction story where incompetent aliens repeatedly fail to attack Earth
I was talking to a co-worker about "throw at the wall" category books, and this story popped to mind but I can't place it. I'm not sure if it's a novel or a shorter work; I don't recall ...
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Isekai manga/anime with a boy attending a magic academy
Need some help finding an anime/manga which i watched/read but i dont remember the name or source anymore. I will summarize the events which i remember from a certain episode. The anime was fantasy/...
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Dystopian SF movie with a parallel world, a jungle and strange robot
I watched this somewhere in 2011.
A kid entered a door and he was taken to a different parallel universe. He was captured by some kids his age that lived in a jungle in a small castle thing.
They ...
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Children's story book set in Africa about computer or factory [closed]
Sorry if this is the wrong group. I'm trying to remember a children's story in English from the early-mid 80's with words and large pictures set somewhere in Africa. It was mainly about a computer ...
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A historical manwha where the female mc remembers her past
please help. I’ve been looking for this manwha I read 2 months ago. It’s relatively new with, I think, only 1 season out. I only remember some details but here’s what I remember: the mc has a white ...
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Sci-fi novel where a man has an accident and keeps traveling ten years ahead into the future
I'm trying to recall a book I read ages ago. It was probably a British novel, about a man who had an accident (perhaps car accident) and woke up ten year ahead in the future. In the novel, he stayed ...
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Sci-fi short story before 1980 about a shapeshifting alien
This was a sci-fi short story from a collection. It was before 1980, maybe a lot before that. It had a "spy" feel to it. The main character was tracking down a shape-shifting alien. It ended ...
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A story where characters interact both in real life and in a collective dream, not "A Maze of Death"
A few days ago I asked about a novel where characters interacted sometimes in real life and sometimes in a collective dream. In that case it was A Maze of Death, (or rather Au bout du Labyrinthe, ...
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What is the name of the black-and-white superhero show in “The Creator”?
In "The Friend" chapter of the science fiction film The Creator (2023), a black-and-white superhero TV show or movie is shown on a screen in Drew's office. The show seems to be from around ...
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Looking for title of story of aliens that bred earthlings to be warlike
I am looking for the name of the story of aliens that bred earthlings to be warlike. When we mistook their requirements and made world peace instead, they decide to destroy us. Ideas?
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Book series about three teens who have to collect gemstones in different realms
I don’t remember much about the series, but I think there were three teens who were transported from world to world to collect a gemstone in each world to stop some evil wizard person. There may or ...
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Collection of short sci-fi/alien stories, including a story about astronauts landing on a planet that seemed like Earth, but was slightly different
I'm trying to identify a book I read back in 2007. It was a collection of short science fiction/alien stories. From my memory, here is one story that I remember:
A group of astronauts landed on a ...
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Show about scientist whose body can be switched between control by his brain or a machine
A scientist has a machine that simulates his brain and it is calibrated perfectly. He has a switch around his waist that can switch from controlling his body by his brains to by this machine. And ...
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Book involving a global race to reach a distress beacon from an alien ship in space
I’m looking for the title. I think it was a series of books with an Asian-like title.
The plot involved:
Futuristic space travel.
A global race to get to a distress beacon from an alien ship in space....
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Book with a really tall tower [duplicate]
I read this probably about 12 years ago. It was a fantasy book, may have been medieval. I believe the hero has to find a sword to defeat some great evil. The hero was probably young-ish, I suspect it'...
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EBook where a female supervillain escapes from jail, learns that she was betrayed, and then learns that she's trapped in a game
I think I read this 4-5 years ago as an ebook, possibly as part of the Kindle Unlimited program during one of my trials. A woman wakes up in prison. Her memories are shot, but she knows that she's a ...
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Story about scientists on a planet who discover humans already there
What I recall is the story had scientists on a planet who discovered humans were already there. But actually another person preceded them, named General Majustatus. He taught the native beings, who ...
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A really nightmarish SF novel by a famous author [duplicate]
I read this SF novel at least 40 years ago. I read it in French, in a rather slim paperback, but I know it was a translation from English and it was by a very well-known SF author. Alas, I forgot who ...
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Fantasy book series about a boy who finds a sword hilt that can project a blue blade, and a girl who uses a bow that can fire blue arrows of light
I read a series many years ago, that every once in awhile I’ll think about, but I can’t seem to remember the name or find anything about it on the internet.
All I remember is that the main character ...
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Webtoon about a female lead who keeps reincarnating after being killed by male lead
I don't remember much; unfortunately is has been very long since I read it.
She keeps dying by the hands of the male lead. He is a tyrant and she knows she somehow has to say something interesting so ...
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80's pulp action paperback with "death-maze" type building, including chute with decision point
Seeking a pulp action paperback that I perused in an American bookstore in the early- to mid-80s, most likely in the same section as the Mack Bolan Executioner books. Not one of the post-apocalyptic ...
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Trying to Find a 'Weird Tales/DarkSide' TYPE Episode seen 1980s
Sometime from about 1986-89 , I saw a 'Weird Tales' type TV Episode, and I have never been able to find it again after seeing it that one time. It was REALLY Cool and Twisted- And I have looked thru ...
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Manhwa where female main character wrote a novel about a world, transmigrates in it as older step-sister of male lead and rules territory for him
Please help me find this manhwa. the female main character wrote a novel about a world, transmigrates in it as older step-sister of male lead and rules territory for him.
At the beginning she helps ...
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Japanese child's movie about a little telekinetic space prince who has a birthmark in the form of a purple star on his chest
It's from the 1980(?) and was a live action movie about a little boy from outer space which also happens to be a prince. He has a birthmark in the form of a purple star on his chest and can perform ...
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Book series. Main character might have been called Traveler. Former soldier travels in van
The main character might have been named Traveler. I think there had been a nuclear war and he travelled around the American Southwest in a van that would run on anything combustible. Often had a ...
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