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1 answer

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Robotic Spaceships have a human prisoner to maintain them

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31 votes

1 answer

4k views

Short story about a man trying to invent force field, but fails and someone else builds a better one

asked Aug 29, 2022 at 11:19

29 votes

0 answers

488 views

Aliens secretly use video game to get humans to solve their problems

asked Sep 15, 2021 at 5:10

27 votes

0 answers

863 views

70s book/short story, Man wakes up from suspend animation or cryo and world has collapsed

asked Apr 20, 2018 at 6:18

25 votes

2 answers

5k views

Last survivors from different time periods living together

asked Jun 2, 2019 at 7:57

25 votes

1 answer

2k views

Short story: invention of a device to view the past

asked Feb 21, 2021 at 3:39

22 votes

1 answer

2k views

1970s or '80s movie where a family farm is relocated either in time, or to an alternate reality

asked Mar 28, 2021 at 2:07

21 votes

2 answers

4k views

Man transported from Alternate World into ours by a Neutrino Detector

asked Apr 1, 2019 at 0:37

20 votes

1 answer

868 views

Which story is about an alien race surviving the approach of hot companion star in elliptical orbit?

asked Jul 10, 2020 at 21:14

18 votes

1 answer

3k views

Nuclear breeder/reactor plant controlled by two A.I. makes too much power

asked Jul 30, 2019 at 2:18

18 votes

1 answer

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1990s movie. Aliens infiltrating earth. Protagonist tries to stop them

asked Jun 12, 2021 at 3:53

17 votes

1 answer

2k views

1960s? movie. Alien Entity gives 6-7 random people scatter around the world the power to wipe out all life in a large area around them

asked Jun 26, 2022 at 19:04

17 votes

1 answer

1k views

New invention compresses matter to produce energy? or other items? (Short Story)

asked Mar 8, 2019 at 1:42

16 votes

1 answer

3k views

Movie, man does body swap. Young daughter knows he is not Daddy

asked Feb 18, 2021 at 6:33

15 votes

2 answers

1k views

Stranded survivors have to cross world to get rescued. (Not Weber/Ringo's "Empire of Man" series) [duplicate]

asked Aug 22, 2020 at 18:58

15 votes

0 answers

321 views

Novel told from the point of view of an Orc warrior in a magic world

asked Sep 17, 2021 at 9:01

15 votes

1 answer

1k views

Novel, potentially 1970s, in which people with ESP powers hide out in a carnival (maybe aliens)

asked Nov 15, 2021 at 3:15

15 votes

1 answer

786 views

Novel - Accidental exploration ship, broadcasts a TV show to let people know what they find

asked Aug 2, 2019 at 10:51

15 votes

1 answer

913 views

60s novel: bionic man exploring changed world post collapse for super computer

asked Jul 3, 2019 at 4:05

14 votes

1 answer

1k views

1990s(?) story. Someone is killing people who have special abilities (super powers)

asked Jan 17, 2021 at 8:46

14 votes

1 answer

784 views

Novel where a woman and her car are transported back in time to ancient Rome

asked Jul 3, 2021 at 4:38

13 votes

2 answers

3k views

Novel. A small child walked out of destroyed city alone

asked Aug 23, 2021 at 3:09

13 votes

2 answers

496 views

70s Sci-Fi Story including/describing Conway's solitaire game "life"

asked Jul 20, 2019 at 8:12

13 votes

1 answer

2k views

80s or 90s Fantasy novel, part of series. Castle talks to wizard, 2 headed dragon fights itself

asked Jun 17, 2019 at 7:28

13 votes

0 answers

270 views

70s? Novel. Spaceman in suspended animation wakes up in underground city/bunker

asked Mar 25, 2018 at 11:57

12 votes

1 answer

583 views

Story about a time traveler saving the Library of Alexandria

asked May 25, 2018 at 11:05

12 votes

1 answer

287 views

80s-90s? Novel, after a meteor wipes out cities in Southern California, a man is approached to help decipher advanced tech devices

asked Oct 14, 2018 at 2:56

12 votes

1 answer

977 views

Character Impersonator travels back in time and accidentally takes over life of famous person he idolized

asked Aug 8, 2020 at 23:50

12 votes

0 answers

98 views

80s or 90s book. Not quite human man tries to discover his origin in a jungle environment

asked Apr 6, 2022 at 0:24

11 votes

1 answer

2k views

1980s or 90s Movie and TV show. A few men build a barn yard rocket with new propulsion fuel

asked Feb 27, 2022 at 19:29

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Robotic Spaceships have a human prisoner to maintain them

Short story about a man trying to invent force field, but fails and someone else builds a better one

Aliens secretly use video game to get humans to solve their problems

70s book/short story, Man wakes up from suspend animation or cryo and world has collapsed

Last survivors from different time periods living together

Short story: invention of a device to view the past

1970s or '80s movie where a family farm is relocated either in time, or to an alternate reality

Man transported from Alternate World into ours by a Neutrino Detector

Which story is about an alien race surviving the approach of hot companion star in elliptical orbit?

Nuclear breeder/reactor plant controlled by two A.I. makes too much power

1990s movie. Aliens infiltrating earth. Protagonist tries to stop them

1960s? movie. Alien Entity gives 6-7 random people scatter around the world the power to wipe out all life in a large area around them

New invention compresses matter to produce energy? or other items? (Short Story)

Movie, man does body swap. Young daughter knows he is not Daddy

Stranded survivors have to cross world to get rescued. (Not Weber/Ringo's "Empire of Man" series) [duplicate]

Novel told from the point of view of an Orc warrior in a magic world

Novel, potentially 1970s, in which people with ESP powers hide out in a carnival (maybe aliens)

Novel - Accidental exploration ship, broadcasts a TV show to let people know what they find

60s novel: bionic man exploring changed world post collapse for super computer

1990s(?) story. Someone is killing people who have special abilities (super powers)

Novel where a woman and her car are transported back in time to ancient Rome

Novel. A small child walked out of destroyed city alone

70s Sci-Fi Story including/describing Conway's solitaire game "life"

80s or 90s Fantasy novel, part of series. Castle talks to wizard, 2 headed dragon fights itself

70s? Novel. Spaceman in suspended animation wakes up in underground city/bunker

Story about a time traveler saving the Library of Alexandria

80s-90s? Novel, after a meteor wipes out cities in Southern California, a man is approached to help decipher advanced tech devices

Character Impersonator travels back in time and accidentally takes over life of famous person he idolized

80s or 90s book. Not quite human man tries to discover his origin in a jungle environment

1980s or 90s Movie and TV show. A few men build a barn yard rocket with new propulsion fuel