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Story or novel about humans being rare in the galaxy, and protagonist is searching for earth
The novel you’re looking for is Lest We Forget Thee, Earth (Wikipedia, ISFDB) by Robert Silverberg, published in 1958 under the pseudonym Calvin M. Knox. It’s a fix-up novel consisting of three short ...
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Do the Norse gods exist in Star Trek?
In a word, yes. The Norse gods are (for the most part) assumed to be mythical in the series and EU novels, but in the ToS Novel Gods Above we encounter the "Old Father" a powerful godlike ...
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Could the Ancient repository of knowledge have helped O'Neill to ascend?
No, ascension requires more than just knowledge
From what we are told, the repository of knowledge inserts knowledge into your brain, but does not otherwise alter your physical being. This is why the ...
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Book from the 70's: advanced civilisation bodies found in Antarctica, one tells their story
The Ice People, a 1968 novel by Rene Barjamel originally written in French.
When a French expedition in Antarctica reveals the ruins of a 900,000 years old civilization, scientists from all over ...
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1990's series - British children develop ESP, discover alien spaceship, refuse to use weapons, strong anti-violence message
This is the 1990s version of The Tomorrow People.
Megabyte is giving Kevin an ESP test where he has to predict cards. Kevin gets all of them right, even sensing the number on the magazine Megabyte ...
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Sci-fi story: Two men discover ability to see/sense telepathic aliens/monsters on Earth by inserting metal into brain
The Philosopher's Stone by Colin Wilson
Howard Lester and Henry Littleway are friends who accidentally discover that putting a tiny shard of special medal into their foreheads allows one to focus his ...
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Could Daniel Jackson have safely used the Ancient's Repository of Knowledge?
Daniel does not have the Ancient Technology Activation gene. Thus he cannot use the advanced systems such as the repository of knowledge nor the control chair, puddle jumper, nor Attero device.
It's ...
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Could Daniel Jackson have safely used the Ancient's Repository of Knowledge?
It is very unclear if Daniel had the ATA gene - naturally, through gene therapy or former ascension - or if his prior ascesion allowed him to circumvent the need for said gene:
Like Anubis, Dr. ...
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Could Daniel Jackson have safely used the Ancient's Repository of Knowledge?
Daniel did try to use the second repository however Jack stopped him since Daniel was the only one who could translate for someone once the repository took their ability to speak their native language....
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Could Daniel Jackson have safely used the Ancient's Repository of Knowledge?
Could Daniel Jackson have safely used the Ancient's Repository of Knowledge?
Well, it depends. When are you talking about? If you're specifically thinking of after his "descent" back into ...
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