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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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A fictional story about a kid who is crazy into clock work with tons of pictures
I'm pretty sure you're looking for "The Invention of Hugo Caberet" By: Brian Selznick.
ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where …
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Movie where people take over a characters body in virtual wold
This sounds like "The 13th Floor"
A group of scientists in the 1990's create their own virtual reality set in the 1930's.
The big twist at the end reveals that:
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Made-for-TV Nickelodean movie with a group of young teens and one adult
I'm looking for for the name of a made for TV movie (live action) that was shown on the Nickelodeon channel some time during the mid 90's (some time between 1994 and 1998).
What I remember:
The mo …
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Book where family has to move due to extreme weather conditions
I read this book a while back while I was in middle school (between 1999 and 2001). The book was most likely published some time in the mid to late 90's. I can't seem to remember what it's called and …
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Cartoon where the main character had a cannon built into his arm?
You might be looking for Mega Man (1994).
The main character "Mega Man" possessed a cannon built into his arm. When not in combat he had a hand at the end of his arm, but would retract his hand and …
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Short story of 3 astronauts on deep space journey
This sounds very similar to the short story "Kaleidoscope" from Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.
The crew of a space ship drift helplessly through space after their craft malfunctions. The stor …
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A collection of short stories with one story focusing on a spot where time stands still
I'm looking for a collection of short stories that was read to me some time in the late 90's- early 00's (between 1997 and 2001). I recall a number of stories from this book being read to me, but only …
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Movie/Episode: Time travel story resolved by alien sneezing
This sounds very much like the show "Space Cases".
The show premiered in USA in 1996 on Nickelodeon. I can't find any record of if or when it premiered in Sweden. The show was created in Canada.
For …
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Collection of scary stories for children: boy changes into a bat at night, girl sees a horse...
It sounds like you're looking for the "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" series.
They where a series of collections of short stories published between 1981 and 1991 (3 books). The wiki says they wer …
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