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When did Bilbo and Frodo learn that Gandalf was a Maia?

asked Aug 14, 2019 at 13:21

50 votes

1 answer

6k views

Did Shadowfax go to Valinor?

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asked Apr 4, 2019 at 16:16

23 votes

1 answer

3k views

Humorous story in which future archaeologists find a motel room and they believe to have found a great tomb similar to that of Tutankhamun

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asked Jun 24, 2017 at 11:44

20 votes

2 answers

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Did the Hobbits of the Fellowship of the Ring wear hats?

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asked Aug 14, 2018 at 20:56

20 votes

4 answers

4k views

First work where a traveler from afar arrives to a backward society and he tries to help its scientific progress

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asked Jul 22, 2020 at 12:43

19 votes

3 answers

3k views

How large is Cthulhu?

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asked Jan 14, 2021 at 12:15

18 votes

1 answer

2k views

People recluded in a penal reservation, who believe they are on Mars but they are actually on alien-invaded Earth

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asked Feb 26, 2021 at 2:51

17 votes

1 answer

730 views

Child who travels to space in his imagination. When old, travels again but nobody cares because space travel is now trivial

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asked Jul 24, 2020 at 20:25

15 votes

1 answer

742 views

Was Isaac Asimov lactose intolerant?

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asked May 16, 2017 at 11:27

13 votes

2 answers

2k views

Ancient film where a knight rescues a princess from an evil magician

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asked Sep 24, 2017 at 16:45

13 votes

1 answer

1k views

Comic-book: Kids find a dead female superhero in the woods

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asked Mar 19, 2019 at 15:01

12 votes

1 answer

4k views

Identify the background image of a dragon from this book cover

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asked Feb 19, 2018 at 11:50

12 votes

2 answers

1k views

Weapons that glow when the enemy is near. Are there precedents before Tolkien?

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asked Jul 11, 2017 at 22:26

11 votes

1 answer

764 views

Oneiric travel to Mars in rocket ship made from scrap

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11 votes

1 answer

1k views

How large are Imperial spaceships in the Foundation series?

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asked Aug 8, 2021 at 17:42

10 votes

1 answer

2k views

Gandalf's other horse

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asked Sep 30, 2016 at 19:38

9 votes

1 answer

255 views

Scrooge McDuck space adventure where he fights an alien despot from an energy oriented economy

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asked Sep 14, 2020 at 20:21

8 votes

1 answer

438 views

French or Belgian comic book from the 1960s or 1970s. A group of teenagers fight against a snake-man with magical powers

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asked Feb 2, 2019 at 22:43

8 votes

1 answer

116 views

Stories by Philip Jose Farmer set in the universe of "The Lovers"

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asked Apr 27, 2021 at 11:22

8 votes

2 answers

236 views

What's the earliest story where magic precludes technology and vice versa?

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asked Feb 28, 2016 at 9:49

8 votes

1 answer

275 views

Fantasy novel about a young witch girl in a parallel world very similar to the Europe of the early Modern Age

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asked Jun 22, 2017 at 16:09

8 votes

1 answer

403 views

Short story called "Idiot planet" or something similar

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asked Aug 21, 2016 at 6:03

7 votes

3 answers

2k views

Did Tolkien designate any elf as the most powerful warrior of his kind?

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asked Jul 26, 2017 at 0:33

7 votes

1 answer

550 views

What happened to the elves who were slain before the end of the Great Journey?

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asked May 1, 2016 at 7:49

7 votes

2 answers

360 views

Who was the first Marvel superhero who was an active part of two different superhero teams?

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asked Aug 9, 2017 at 23:30

7 votes

1 answer

573 views

Causes of Morbius' death and the disappearance of the Id monster

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asked Mar 21, 2018 at 18:34

6 votes

1 answer

245 views

Short story in which three child siblings with superpowers kill all of humanity but are afraid of being destroyed in turn by their descendants

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asked Nov 13, 2019 at 9:09

6 votes

0 answers

226 views

Short story with travel between alternative realities through the London Underground

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asked Feb 21, 2018 at 17:23

6 votes

0 answers

194 views

Title of movie akin to "The land that time forgot (1975)" with rebel german submarine that refused to surrender

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asked Oct 25, 2016 at 16:43

6 votes

0 answers

104 views

Comic with a symbiotic spaceman who meets a robot inhabited by Hitler's brain

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asked Nov 30, 2021 at 18:48

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47 Questions

When did Bilbo and Frodo learn that Gandalf was a Maia?

Did Shadowfax go to Valinor?

Humorous story in which future archaeologists find a motel room and they believe to have found a great tomb similar to that of Tutankhamun

Did the Hobbits of the Fellowship of the Ring wear hats?

First work where a traveler from afar arrives to a backward society and he tries to help its scientific progress

How large is Cthulhu?

People recluded in a penal reservation, who believe they are on Mars but they are actually on alien-invaded Earth

Child who travels to space in his imagination. When old, travels again but nobody cares because space travel is now trivial

Was Isaac Asimov lactose intolerant?

Ancient film where a knight rescues a princess from an evil magician

Comic-book: Kids find a dead female superhero in the woods

Identify the background image of a dragon from this book cover

Weapons that glow when the enemy is near. Are there precedents before Tolkien?

Oneiric travel to Mars in rocket ship made from scrap

How large are Imperial spaceships in the Foundation series?

Gandalf's other horse

Scrooge McDuck space adventure where he fights an alien despot from an energy oriented economy

French or Belgian comic book from the 1960s or 1970s. A group of teenagers fight against a snake-man with magical powers

Stories by Philip Jose Farmer set in the universe of "The Lovers"

What's the earliest story where magic precludes technology and vice versa?

Fantasy novel about a young witch girl in a parallel world very similar to the Europe of the early Modern Age

Short story called "Idiot planet" or something similar

Did Tolkien designate any elf as the most powerful warrior of his kind?

What happened to the elves who were slain before the end of the Great Journey?

Who was the first Marvel superhero who was an active part of two different superhero teams?

Causes of Morbius' death and the disappearance of the Id monster

Short story in which three child siblings with superpowers kill all of humanity but are afraid of being destroyed in turn by their descendants

Short story with travel between alternative realities through the London Underground

Title of movie akin to "The land that time forgot (1975)" with rebel german submarine that refused to surrender

Comic with a symbiotic spaceman who meets a robot inhabited by Hitler's brain