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Who were the two large hobbits?

Does the phrase "Return of the XXX" actually predate Return of the Jedi and Return of the King in common usage?

What is this red thing on a Jurassic Park poster?

First pre-1940s SF story that mentions the use of an atomic bomb

Why didn't House Atreides stay on Caladan?

What does "An Obol for Charon" mean?

In the second Deathly Hallows film, did Harry change clothes while Snape and McGonagall were fighting?

What is the earliest story to deal with clones?

1980’s (or 70’s) show where the main character could teleport by pushing a button on their belt

Old scifi book: detective, alien conspiracy, change appearance machine, huge brain in space ship, alien communicates by flashing lights from stomach

What does Tifa's bar name mean?

Return of desert at end of God Emperor of Dune

Wouldn't Matt Smith be the 12th Doctor and not the 11th because David Tennant is both 10 and 11?

Passage from the Dune novel where a certain conversation takes place

What is the first work of written fiction in which science fiction authors are consulted by the government during a crisis?

Earliest sci-fi film or program where an actor plays themself

In X-Men: First Class, why did Shaw kill Darwin?

Where is the story of Aladdin originally set?

Movie with human-likes turning into a galaxy cloud (±2010 or later)

Novel or short story about space-travellers tapping in to stars for energy and it turns out that stars are living things

Does Starfleet accept the use of cannon fodder in battle?

What's the earliest point in human civilisation that anyone has time-travelled back to, in Star Trek?

What did Varys mean by 'I did what I did for the good of the realm'?

What is the earliest example of an explicit subtractive retcon in speculative fiction literature?

What does the last line in Heretics of Dune mean?

What does Rey mean by this statement?

In what sense do the Harkonnens ravage the Fremen lands?

What does "said" refer to?

What did Una McCormack have to ignore to write The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway?

Why did Rey hear both Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor?