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Manhwa whose protagonist signs up for a game where the missions pay real money
Looking for a long manhwa/manhua — details I remember:
MC signs up for a realistic game/realm and is transported to different places for missions that pay real money.
The missions are life-threatening;...
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Movie in which a starship is hit by an asteroid and the small crew try to fix the ship to get home
I saw the movie in Germany, in the late 90s or early 2000s.
It is live action, not animation. Practical effects, no CGI as far as I recall.
A starship is on its way to Earth. It is some kind of ...
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What do we know about Dawn's role in Seasons 1-4?
Obviously, she doesn't have one because she doesn't exist until "Real Me". But as far as everyone's memories are concerned, she was around the entire time, from Buffy's arrival in Sunnydale ...
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Fantasy book about a group of people picked from communities all over the kingdom to be trained as elite warriors against another kingdom
I'm looking for the title of a fantasy book I read almost a year ago. The book was based on magic and elements.
A group of people were picked from communities all over the kingdom to come and be ...
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Sci-fi book where a small team in New England develops antigravity [duplicate]
A small team in New England develops antigravity.
The cover had a Piper aircraft with its propellers not moving.
My dad lent it to a friend 20 years ago and it's been driving him crazy since. ...
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What book in the Sookie Stackhouse series does Bubba first appear in?
I started reading Dead until Dark hoping to see Bubba the brain-damaged version of vampire Elvis, but I'm past page 200 and he hasn't shown up yet- does anyone know what book he's introduced?
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Why couldn't all assimilees be liberated from the Borg?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Best of Both Worlds",
Seeing as they now knew how to free people from the Borg, why couldn't the same technique be used on anyone who was ...
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Fantasy story from F&SF Magazine about a djinn, and a sheik's descendants and nation becoming wealthy by water transforming into oil
I’m hoping someone here can help me identify a fantasy story I read sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. I believe it appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF), though ...
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Why have this character impersonate a Klingon at all?
Certain home video versions of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country featured the character of Starfleet Colonel West, played by Rene Auberjonois, who would later go on to play Odo on Deep Space Nine....
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Children’s picture book (likely written for girls) that involves a magical treasure chest? [closed]
I read this book when I was 8 or 10, and I have only a few memories about it. It was a picture book with some text, but it had beautifully illustrations of a young girl who discovered a chest with ...
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A "Great Classic", but also very confusing, SF novel about dreams within dreams within dreams (but very different from the movie “Inception”)
I read this SF novel more than 40 years ago. But when I read it, it was already considered a "Great Classic Novel"
I remember being confused when I read it, so you can imagine how confused I ...
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Has anyone calculated dates for Against the Fall of Night and the City and the Stars? [closed]
This morning (11-19-2025), waking from dreams, I thought about Arthur C. CLarke's novels Against the Fall of Night (1948, 1951, 1953) - not be confused with Lest Darkness Fall (1939, 1941) by L. ...
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Is not "fear actually "confirmation" of an expected outcome? Since we don't know the future/result we fear the situation [closed]
Most readers would have experienced a fearful situation in their own life. How did you deal with it? Was "the litany" helpful, or would it have been?
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Which timeline is meant when Paradox says the Time Ripper will start with "this one" in Deadpool & Wolverine?
In Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Paradox is describing the Time Ripper:
The Ripper is fed from a secure chamber below ground. It is powered by twin matter and anti-matter feeds converging inside ...
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Does anyone know the title of a book about a psychic alien living on a planet with very strong winds who is forced to travel around the world?
I read this book over a decade ago, quite possibly over two decades ago. The main character is a psychic/telepathic alien (possibly something otter-like; she at least had four legs and quite possibly ...
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Seeking standalone fantasy novel: warrior whose weapons become magical in his hands; guided by a “Blue Woman”; monsters requiring silvered weapons
I read this novel in the 2000s, but it felt older, likely from the 1980s or 1990s, possibly a mass-market fantasy paperback. It was a standalone (not part of a series), with a serious, medieval-...
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What "keys" is Deadpool referring to?
Cassandra Nova goes through Mr. Paradox's face with her hands
while Deadpool and Wolverine are watching it:
Cassandra (says to Paradox): What's this? A Time Ripper? Naughty boy.
Deadpool: Oh, no. We'...
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What was different about Locutus and Seven compared to other Borg?
We've seen drones act mindlessly many times. Even Hugh, who ultimately did show individuality, started as a mindless drone. However, Locutus was able to speak with more agency, and Seven was nearly a ...
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A sci-fi novel about a group of space-borne habitats of varying types and a terror-type attack on one of them
I very vaguely remember this sci-fi book, but some of the details are that there are several space-borne habitats, but each one of the colonies or communities is different in its own way. Some are ...
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How did Turgon's engines of war sustain the rate of fire? [closed]
In The Fall of Gondolin, p. 79, it states:
Then the engines and catapults of the king poured darts and boulders and molten metals on these ruthless beasts
The "ruthless beasts" refer to ...
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Should not Frodo and Sam have expected spider(s)? [closed]
The hobbits live in a world in which there are all kinds of fell and supernatural beasts. They themselves have either been or witnessed trees trying to trap and consume them, ghosts, invisible ...
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70s or 80s story about astronauts versus insectoid tentacled robots bathed in light - magazine-sized graphic novel in color - dark and intense
Late 70s or early-to-mid 80s illustrated story with astronauts on a spaceship trying to escape or combat these bug-like and tentacled mechanical aliens (or spaceghosts) that are bathed in light or ...
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Generation ship overtaken by newer technology ship which reaches target planet first
Story about a generation space ship on a multi-millennial journey to possible but primitive home new home planet. Whilst on the journey technology on its original home planet proceeds and a new space ...
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What does Deadpool mean by "God-awful dismount" after the Deadpool Corps fight?
In Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Deadpool and Wolverine finish the long shot of killing multiple Deadpools from the Deadpool Corps:
Deadpool: Come on. Oh, I blew it. After all that, the only thing ...
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An SF story novel on an Earth invaded by aliens, humans build a spaceship based on nuclear propulsion to fight above the atmosphere [duplicate]
I read this novel at least 30 years ago, but it might have been even older.
After Earth was invaded and mostly controlled by aliens, humanity was stuck to the ground when the aliens completely ...
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What does Wolverine mean by he's "the wrong guy" in Deadpool and Wolverine?
In Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), X23 informs Wolverine that they are going to Cassandra's
at sunrise, but he expresses that he doesn't want to get
involved. X23 insists they won't succeed without ...
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Short story(?) about getting forbidden knowledge in a dream
A recent question about damage from dreams making its way to the waking world (duplicate of Classic short story about a recurring dream of approaching death) reminded me of a children's short story ...
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Zombie? or posession movie from the 70s
I’m looking for a movie from around the 1970s, set in an old-fashioned town (I remember it having a western vibe). It was about a family arriving in a town where everyone seemed to be possessed or ...
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Worm fanfic where Taylor is forced to go to school after she joins the Chigaco Wards
I remember reading a fanfic where Taylor is forced to go back to school after joining the Chicago Wards. It might have been a one-shot. I mainly remember a scene where she remarks that the food at the ...
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Book involving a scorpion-like alien which attaches itself to the main character's neck
I'm looking for a book I read in a school library about a scorpion-like alien. The aliens were kinda parasitic and attached themselves to the main character's neck. I remember he went to space and ...
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Identify 80s movie with carnivorous Parasaurolophus
I am trying to identify a movie that I watched in the mid-90s in Germany, though I'm certain that it was no German movie. I would guess by the style that it was from the 80s or maybe 70s.
Live-action, ...
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Short story where dream events manifest physically (wet/sandy), ending with protagonist decapitated by riders in a dream [duplicate]
I’m trying to identify a short story I read in the mid- to late-1980s, likely in an anthology (possibly branded “Alfred Hitchcock” in Germany, but that may be a false memory).
Plot details I recall:
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Hi. But regarding the Q omnipotente, hey told Picard he wasnt able to restore the lifes Taken of the enterprise by the borg, showing limits of power [closed]
But regarding Q's omnipotente, he told Captain Picard he wasn't able to restore the lifes Taken of the enterprise by the borg, showing limits of power. If Q can warp reality and Control Space and time,...
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Comic that starts with Psylocke or Jean Grey fighting Sentinels in a training simulation and getting help from Beast or Cyclops
I had this comic, which was lost, so I have a very vague memory of it. It's maybe an X-Men (most likely) or Fantastic Four one where it starts with Psylocke or Jean Grey in a simulated training room ...
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Why is there a contradiction in Zora's statement in this scene?
In Jurassic World Rebirth (2025), Zora describes the extreme difficulty of the mission—the fast, rocking boat and
the need to get face-to-face with the Mosasaur. Intimidated, Dr. Loomis immediately
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Where did the drill tank's conical drill come from?
Drill vehicles in reality:
Source: Dallas City News
Look very different than in fiction:
Source: TurboSquid
Which work of fiction popularized this distinctive conical shape and spiral flange?
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Romance Manga or Manhwa about a male mc who can see numbers on to of people's heads that represents their net worth
I remembered a series I read a long time ago but I don't remember the title and if it was a manga or a manhwa.
From what I remember:
The mc can see the net value on top of people's heads. One day he ...
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Woman from future describes dystopian society
What SF novel has this plot?
A small woman with amnesia appears in the present-day.
A man, who has a background in therapy and who becomes her lover, takes her in and tries to help her recover her ...
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If you become the 2nd Company Captain, does it mean you will automatically become the Warden of Ultramar?
The latest Warhammer 40k trailer just released, and Titus was promoted back to Captain of the 2nd Company and also has additional other titles such as "Master of the Watch" and "The ...
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Copper/Dark Age comic where Peter Parker takes off his mask and possibly cries
I remember a comic that I had and lost which had Peter Parker in his suit sitting in his bed, taking off his mask and saying something to himself and crying, ending the comic with:
"I am sorry, ...
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Number of the Beast Purge query
I'm re-reading Heinlein's Number of the Beast (1980) and the item below caught my attention....Is there a record in Heinlein's works of The Purge? Did it form the basis of any other story he wrote?
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Time travel story where a man goes to rob an Egyptian tomb, but meets his earlier self and kills him
I want to find this story in a classic comic. I read a reprint of it. The original might be from the 1940s, 1950s, or 1960s.
A man travels back in time to rob an Egyptian tomb before it gets buried by ...
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Is "boss lady" referring to Ladypool or Cassandra?
Deadpool speaking to multiple Deadpools about Cassandra:
Deadpool: Do you not get it? If we don't go down to the subway and
stop her, we all die.
Cowboypool: Say, the boss lady don't want no ...
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What's the meaning of this hand gesture here?
Nicepool describes about Ladypool:
Nicepool: Oh, my goodness. Wait till you see Ladypool.
She is gorgeous. She just had a baby too. And...
(He's waving his hands as if his bottom half is gone)
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Could Poison Ivy even count as an environmentalist? [closed]
It's been such a long time since I consumed anything about Batman that I forgot about Poison Ivy's beliefs. I remember hearing that she is meant to be an environmentalist.
Yet later on, I heard that ...
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Fantasy trilogy published in the 1970s or 1980s. Female author - The 'Time Lord Trilogy'?
The books were published around the late 70s I think or the 80s? The author is female and I thought they were called the Time Lord Trilogy? It started off with a man washes up on the shore of I think ...
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Why was "Have You Ever Seen Rain" used in the SG-1 series finale?
The series finale of Stargate SG-1, "Unending", includes a montage set to the song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Credence Clearwater Revival, depicting the passage of time on ...
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What's the oldest example of "dinosaurs from Earth went to space and then evolved to be humanoid"?
The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Distant Origin", aired 30 April 1997, has the Voth, dinosaurs that went into space and then evolved into a humanoid form.
What's the earliest example of that ...
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What does the "Save the clock tower" lady want?
At the beginning of Back To The Future there is a lady who approaches Marty and Jennifer trying to raise funds to "Save The Clock Tower".
Mayor Wilson is sponsoring an initiative to replace ...
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Modern version of Poe's "Masque of the Red Death"
Several years ago (pre-Covid) I read a short story that was an updated version of Masque of the Red Death that was set on Long Island (the Hamptons?) and was told from a security guard's point of view....
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