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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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Looking for Sci-Fi Short Story: Avenging unknown alien beings that destroys sun

The story is "Five Thrillers" by Robert Reed. https://io9.gizmodo.com/365546/sociopath-saves-humanity-in-five-thrillers
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Sci-fi book with two narratives, humans in modern times and an alien race en route to earth ...

Inherit the Stars, by James P. Hogan. To quote the blurb: They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was found clad in a bright red …
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Identify black and white comedy/horror comic from 90s: Students being killed on campus

Intrepid female reporter and hapless male photographer side-kick investigate mysterious goings on at college campus. A mysterious figure is murdering students (the killer wants the pituitary gland fro …
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A mysterious tv show about a weird alien gel area that starts to grow on Earth

From what I remember of BBC TV series Invasion: Earth from 1998 and reading the wiki (thanks Klaus) I think that is the show. The show features "an amorphous mountain of alien tentacles and design" …
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Identify black and white comedy/horror comic from 90s: Students being killed on campus

The book is Mad Night by Richard Sala. It was actually published in 2005. For those who always thought the animated introductions to PBS's Mystery! series were cooler than the actual shows themsel …
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