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Vampire book with white dress cover (showing bare feet)
The book contained shapeshifters that could transform into animals that weren’t your usual picks. Like armadillos etc. The vampire who changed the main character had a type of control over her and her ...
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Galactic Empress with nude female guards book
I read a SF book many (40-50?) years ago but I can barely remember any plot or characters.
Only one thing sticks in my mind, there was like a galactic empress and, chained before her throne, she had ...
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Why does Superman wear a cape (in-universe?)
Superman has worn a cape since his first appearance and was perhaps the man who made the concept of capes popular.
A scene from The Incredibles, specifically the one with Edna and her general dislike ...
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Cartoon where the main characters, two boys and a girl, could turn into a mantis, a hummingbird and a chameleon [duplicate]
It was not a series, but a single cartoon.
If I'm not mistaken there was one of the Egyptian gods. Two boys and a girl traveled with a small chameleon, a praying mantis and a hummingbird. Children and ...
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Alternate Worlds Fantasy with Kendo in Ours and Feudal World in Other
I read this many years ago (probably in the 1980s or 1990s and I’m trying to find it again:
A woman is in a mental institution in California (?) for killing a man with a samurai sword except she was ...
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Time travel book where the protagonist travels by gazing into a ring
I was hoping to get help to identify a time travel story. In school, in the 1980s I read a novel where the protagonist gazes into a shiny ring she is wearing and she time travels. It starts with her ...
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Movie in which a scalp is removed in a cockpit of a plane [closed]
30+ years ago, as a child, I saw a movie, and I only remember a very short, but very specific scene.
It is set in the cockpit of a modern civil airplane cockpit, looking towards the right of the plane....
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Post-apocalyptic sci-fi book about a man with metal spikes in his head, like a crown of thorns, who is worshipped by rats
More than a decade ago, I began reading a book. The book got lost before I could finish, and I only remember very few, vague details.
I'm pretty sure it was set in a post-apocalyptic climate. Most ...
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Manga where a guy and girl play a videogame where they discover that the people in the game are sentient
The guy and the girl are classmates and the meet up to play the videogame. They then discover that the game is kind of alive and the one of the characters can hear them. They end up trying to manage ...
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Why does everyone in Harry Potter make a giant cauldron of potion?
Everyone takes Potions in Harry Potter . . . but why does everyone make a giant pot of potion each time? The final result is a small vial that is nowhere near the size of the cauldron. Besides the ...
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Gotham episode where the term 'black market' was taken literally
In this particular episode, there was a 'Black Market' where types of contraband were sorted in different aisles with signs marking where each type of illegal item was, in a similar manner to a real-...
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Short story collection about Indian scientist/inventor: one of the stories involves turning people into statues
Some years ago, I read a collection of short stories published in India (though the author had a Western-sounding surname.)
It was about an (if memory serves correctly, slightly bizarre) inventor/...
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Short story about a guy who takes a drug to re-experience better times
I read this sometime in the 1990s; I don't recall if it was in an anthology or a magazine.
A guy has recently gone through a bad break-up, and desperately misses the good times that came before. He ...
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What does "Jedi Rocks" mean?
In the 1997 Special Edition of Return of the Jedi, a musical number replaces Lapti Nek, known as "Jedi Rocks":
This is apparently its name both out of ...
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Animated film or maybe anime? from 1980 (probably)
I've glimpsed a part of it in my childhood, and it still bugs be that I cannot find what it was. Here's what I remember, only some pictures, no plot:
Some planet, most likely Earth. There are large ...
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Book I read ~23 years ago about slaves mining something that gave them telepathy
After reading through the Mistborn series, the slaves mining atium reminded me of a book I read ~23 years ago.
It was about a slave in a mining camp that was forced to mine a mind altering compound ...
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Novel/Novelette ID: Humans as domesticated pack/riding animals
I read this story at least 20 years ago and almost certainly it is quite a bit older than that. I would hazard a guess that it is 1980's or earlier, but don't actually have a clue. I don't remember ...
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Any examples of Sextech in the Star Wars EU?
Has there ever been a mention of technology that can aid in sex? I was recently reading an article on Teledildonics and it occurred to me that I've never seen an example of this in Star Wars. I know ...
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A manga or anime from the 90s where the protagonists have gems on their forehead and their hands can burn faces. Might be vampires?
A manga or anime from the 90s where the protagonists have gems on their forehead and their hands can burn faces. Might be vampires?
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Can Voldemort even master the Elder Wand?
J.K. Rowling stated that Thestral tail hair, which is the core of the Elder Wand, can be mastered only by a witch or wizard capable of facing death.
I decided that the core of the Elder Wand is the ...
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Manhwa where transmigrated siblings are engaged to each other
I didn't read much before the translators dropped it, but a brother and sister are transmigrated into the same world, where the people they possessed are engaged to each other and now they have to ...
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Origin of the name Hogwarts? [duplicate]
On page 131 in the The Compleet Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans and Ronald Searle, there is reference to a Latin play called 'The Hogwarts' by Marcus Plautus Molesworthus. Could J.K. Rowling have read ...
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Were the Valar aware of the surviving Balrogs? And if they weren´t but was made aware would they have removed it themselves? [closed]
In the council of Elrond it is debated whether or not to send the ring across the ocean and transport it to Valinor.
That idea is however quickly rejected as it is mentioned that they would not ...
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Pre-2010 fantasy novel about a young woman attending a magic school. The climax involves a conflict that opened a rift in the world
I don't remember much except a young woman travelled to a boarding school where she learned magic. Some mystery and intrigue throughout, and at the end of the book there was some sort of conflict that ...
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TV show set in the future after humanity evolved?
I'm trying to remember a TV show that I watched years ago and wanted to show to someone else. What I sort of remember is they are teenagers. There is a quasi military structure to it all. They had ...
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How can Kingo hear Sprite complaining even when she wasn't there?
In Eternals (2021), Sprite walks out on Kingo and Ikarus comforts him:
Kingo: Hey. Don't sweat it. Sprite's always cranky. I used to hear her complaining
even when she wasn't there.
Ikarus: I'm okay, ...
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Need help identifying 80s/90s animated movie about computer viruses [duplicate]
I remember watching an animated movie aimed towards children about animated computer viruses trying to take over. Anti-viruses were flying around on little ships and trying to stop the invading ...
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What was Josh wearing in Big (1988) right when he made his wish to be “big”?
While it became ill-fitting when he became an adult, he changed over night, not instantly, how did his clothes fit him then?
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Was Zoe Kravitz's casting as Catwoman in The Batman related to her casting as Catwoman in The LEGO Batman Movie?
In the 2022 film The Batman, Zoe Kravitz portrays a compelling, grounded version of Selina Kyle/Catwoman unlike most of the versions seen on-screen. However, this is not her first time portraying the ...
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Why was the stadium in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire underground?
It seems strange that the stadium of the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was underground. In the movie, we see tunnels to go to the stadium and then people have to go up ...
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In manhwa's and isekai manga/anime, what is usually the reason why they got transported or reincarnated in another world? [closed]
I just haven't been catching up to all the manhwas, isekai manga and anime recently and tend to not finish reading/watching them cause I got bored halfway through and got interested in other stuff. ...
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Short story where space travellers must move the planet they've crashed on, or die in a supernova
Trying to identify this short story I read in maybe 1960's. The space travellers crash land on an uninhabited planet and soon realise the star will explode in the very near future. Their ship cannot ...
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In the 1997 movie "Contact", do the aliens take active steps to assure no modifications to the machine?
Having re-watched Contact recently, I’m struck by two things regarding the machine’s construction and usage by Ellie.
Firstly, Ellie stresses that the designs make no mention of a seat or harness when ...
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Manga where a guy grows a rare plant, lives with demi humans and dryads(?), and has rare crystals
I read this during quarantine and I can't find it anymore but I remember it had about 20 chapters.
Basically the start of this story was that he was some noble child (either kicked out or given a land ...
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Short story about a musician who wants to use samples from underground dwellers in her work
Around 2007, I read a short story from a collection at my friend’s house. I do not remember the format, unfortunately, but it may not have been formally published. I think it may have been from one of ...
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A challenge between Sandman and Lucifer Morningstar
In Netflix show Sandman, there is a scene when Sandman has a challenge/duel (don't know what to call it) with Lucifer.
Each of them tells what they are, and an opponent needs to come up with something ...
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Short story about an astronomer who has horrible luck - maybe by Poul Anderson [duplicate]
I think this short story was by Poul Anderson (or maybe Frederic Pohl?) and that it appeared in the early to mid-1970s. It was not an Analog-type story, so that leaves the other magazines published in ...
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How do wizards creating potions determine the effects of their potion, and whether it will work or not?
My question derives from the medical and science field. All mixtures coming and going are tested to see if they are effective or not. Using this logic, the same applies to the potion being created in ...
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Kids book where boy and girl find laptop from space [duplicate]
I remember reading this kids book around 2008-2012 (probably on the earlier side). The book couldn't have been too old at the time as it made reference to laptops, CD games and joysticks so likely ...
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Book or novella, set on an underground river on another planet. Social commentary
Years ago I read a book or story that was about a scientist traveling down an underground river. He encounters an alien culture and travels with a sage or mentor who constantly talks about how people ...
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Is there a character in DC comics who has never died?
Superheroes in DC Comics die every now and then, but the superheroes usually come back to life (like superman) and the major villains also come back to life (like the Joker).
I would like to know if ...
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Astronauts sent to Venus to find control for infectious pest organism
I remember reading this in the 1980s, it may have been published much earlier. A space probe penetrates the clouds of Venus, but returns with an infectious fungus-like organism which proliferates ...
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Story in which most people in town are reanimated dead people and don't know it
I have vague memories of a story. I am pretty sure it is a short story. I can't think how it would be fleshed out to be a novel, or movie. It is possible it might have been an episode of a TV show ...
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Looking for graphic novel series with a bunch of quiche pies
I read this series around four to five years ago. The publishing date was a few years before that.
What I remember:
The main character is drawn kind of like Snoopy, but without the ears
The main ...
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What’s this gundam?
Some time between 2005-2008, I watched a movie involving big gundam robots (my parents had a DVD if it, so it could be a good deal older). I do not recall much, I’m mainly going off a picture I drew ...
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What happened to Ro Laren's nose ridges?
In Star Trek:Picard Ro Laren appears without her Bajoran nose ridges. What happened to them? Was she surgically altered?
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Can power be transferred from one shield facing to another?
In Star Trek, I've heard captains ordering extra power (from auxiliary or non-essential systems) to be diverted to a shield facing (or to the shields in general) plenty of times, but has there ever ...
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Book with a Dyson sphere spaceship commanded by bird aliens
I’m trying to find the name of a book (or maybe a short story?) where some humans encounter a spaceship that is essentially half a Dyson sphere with a hole in the center. The craft concentrates lasers ...
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Star Wars ripoff from the 2010s in which a Han Solo knockoff is sent to save a princess and fight an evil overlord
I did not watch the movie but saw its preview on MX Player (this may not be available outside my country).
I remember laughing after seeing the plot - It was nearly same as that of Star Wars: Episode ...
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Is it ever explained what this thing was in the cave?
There is a description of events inside the cave where Voldemort's fake locket horcrux is hidden, in the HBP.
Harry had not expected this, but cleared his throat and said loudly,
wand aloft, “Accio ...
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