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Why did the two dementors have a much greater effect on Dudley than what Prisoner of Azkaban would have us expect?

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Why didn't Cornelius Fudge suspect that Buckbeak and Sirius's escape were connected?

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Why did Tolkien italicise ‘cram’?

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What was the inspiration for the diminishing of the elves, and separation of their realm from the world?

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What is the significance of the Olympics in the short story "Profession" by Isaac Asimov?

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Why did Wesley have to compete against just three other candidates?

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Why didn't the Death Eaters use a house-elf to get into Hogwarts?

Why is the number of orcs thousands instead of millions in "The Lord of the Rings"?

Book about a girl on a snow planet who programmed the robots she owns and turns out to be a princess

Story where words are banned

Why did the two dementors have a much greater effect on Dudley than what Prisoner of Azkaban would have us expect?

Why didn't Cornelius Fudge suspect that Buckbeak and Sirius's escape were connected?

book identification - A Magician lives as a bum, hiding in a big [modern] city

Looking for a story where Satan is the sane, stable one

Book ID: Man recovers wiped memory (Le Guin)

Why didn't Voldemort remove the jinx on the DADA post when he had Quirinus Quirrell and Barty Crouch Jr?

Space saga, at least 3 books, female captain,

How was the Horcrux in Nagini destroyed, when only a few specific things can destroy one; those being Basilisk venom, Fiendfyre and the Killing Curse?

Looking for a book series about every single fantasy trope ever

Why did Tolkien italicise ‘cram’?

Xenophobic aliens kill themselves rather than interact with humans

A story to do with Plato's cave, robots, and a vague dystopian twist

What species do mutants belong to? Are they still Homo Sapiens?

1980s Book, probably fantasy, set between reality and a fantasy world like 1600s Spain

What was the inspiration for the diminishing of the elves, and separation of their realm from the world?

What is the significance of the Olympics in the short story "Profession" by Isaac Asimov?

What is the first novel to feature the plot device of characters emerging from a bunker into a post-apocalyptic world?

How did Alice return from Wonderland the very first time?

Looking for name of a book about a mechanic boy and princess who survived a space ship crash and hated each other

What does this line from "Independence" mean?

Why were there two blue wizards?

If gold could be multiplied, what value does it have?

Does Teddy become a werewolf?

Why did Wesley have to compete against just three other candidates?

Theology of "Sisters of the Vast Black"

Does the Refilling Charm contradict Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration?