I'm looking for the name of a 1960's or early 70's SF novel/novels in which the hero fought enemies called Bleachies (I think). One part had the hero and friends fighting on a Norse style planet. When the combatants were killed they were retrieved by Valkyries and revived.

Be aware: the whole question is basically a major spoiler! In the last arc of Doctor Strange (2016), Strange and Mordo But while doing this, Kaecilius managed to break the effect on him. How was he able to do this? How did he get to know, that something on a different timeline was affecting h...

I read a short story published in the 70s. Aliens capture the moon and earth military recaptures it using specially modified tanks, artillery and armored infantry.

Can somebody help me out trying to find the name of the movie where two twins a boy and a girl that go out into the woods and they get powers and they are connected some how and they can feel each other pain

I'm trying to remember a science fiction novel I read sometime in the mid-1980s -- I'm sure it was no later than the year 1986. English language, published in paperback in the USA, with a cover illustration which I think had a white-haired young woman and a couple of human kids standing over on...

Some anonymous person suggested a revision to my answer that totally changes the meaning. I was notified of this and a review screen was offered: I completely disapprove of this suggestion, but the only button I am given on the review screen is Approve. How do I reject this edit? The answer ...

In the very first episode we are shown 3 nights watch men going beyond the wall. It is in this very first set of scenes that we are shown White Walkers, first they kill the man who seems to be in charge and give chase the other. And when he stops to catch his breath, a White Walker cuts his head...

Some details: I must have reached it via io9.com, gizmodo or imgur. It was probably within 6 last months. The animation is really good and realistic for what it is. No dialogue. ~5 minutes. Animated Synopsis: A pilot in full suit walking towards a ship, you can see on lookers from a distance...

If there was really such a book that contained all sports results (football, baseball, races etc.) within 50 years, wouldn't it be a little bit thicker than just a magazine size? Maybe something like this:

In Back to the Future Part II, it was mentioned that Biff turned 18 in 1958. That's when he placed a bet on races and won his first million. So why did the old Biff gave the younger himself the almanac in 1955, not in 1958?

The answer to this question implies Gared survived the White Walker attack in the first episode of the first season because he outran them. Which leads to the question, How fast can White Walkers run? (Let's limit this to when they are on foot instead of when they are on horseback.) I'll accept...

first question on here. The short story I remember reading ~15 years ago was in a short story anthology. Here's what I remember: Man and wife are broke. The devil approaches them and offers them stuff for the guy's soul. They want to be rich so the devil gives them a copy of the next day...

Balrogs are Maiar who were corrupted by Melkor to become evil. Sauron was also a Maiar who was corrupted by Melkor and became evil, and Saruman was a Maiar who was corrupted by Sauron to become evil. That said, though, I have no idea if they themselves are Balrogs. If they are, why are they? If t...

In Back to the Future Part II, there is a scene where Doc opens a suitcase full of dollar bills from different years. Of course he had a time machine to obtain them. But how did he get all those money? Did he earn that money by selling something, or just steal it? And when did he do that? After ...

In Back To The Future Part 2, Doc Brown says that if young Jennifer (from 1985) were to meet her older self (from 2015), it could create a paradox that would unravel the fabric of the space-time continuum and destroy the entire universe. Back in Part 1, at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance, Mar...

I know its not Westworld and tired of getting that on google. its set when all humans are long dead or at least very rare. the main character is like a hired gunfighter who arrives in a town of other androids that just had a fight and a headless android gets the gunfighter to attach his head to...

While the GAR is predominantly made up of clones and the Separatists' of droids, both also have their share of non-clone, non-droid soldiers (e.g. Wookies, Umbarans, Gungans, Calamari, Quarren etc.). With organic lifeforms fighting alongside the Separatists' droids, has the Republic ever deploye...

In Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Anakin briefly mentions the Angels. Since then, a few Angels have appeared in the to series, but this debuted much later. Was there any information at all on the Angels before their appearance in the tv show?

Does anyone know the name of this book? I don't remember the title but I remember some details about it. it was a world where you played video games to earn money ; there were guilds and it was told from different perspectives ; in the end, one of the female characters sacrifices her self to sa...

I remember someone lent me this book maybe around year 2000, at least not much earlier. I only remember the outline of the novel, all details are now lost to me. I read the book translated to Finnish. It is a fantasy novel (in two parts I think) in which a boy for some reason enters a cave/tunne...

There are two types of Time Travel [if not more]: You go back in time and make true what has already happened. [Fixed Timeline] You go back in time and create an alternate world unlike the one you left. [Alternate Timeline] The book clearly seems to be the first time. But, the movie got it wr...

While perusing through the many many questions about Harry Potter here, I stumbled upon this one that says Slytherin was not the first parselmouth and in fact a man named Herpo the Foul predates him. It also says in one of the answers that Parselmouth is something that is passed on through blood ...

Okay I'm trying to find two dystopian novels I've read a few years ago. The first one was about this girl who has these horrible super powers that causes damage everywhere and this man takes her away and I think gives her an injection to try to control them. The next one is about 2 boys and 2 gi...

In Chapter Ten of the Deathly Hallows, we're told the Regulus Black is a chaser for the Slytherin team. Is there any symbolism behind Regulus Black's Quidditch position?

I believe I originally read this in a Literature or English textbook. I believe this was when I was in Elementary School, probably between 8-11, in the early 80's. A con-man becomes the royal chef because he claims to be able to make Dragon Stew. Luckily for him dragons have become extremely r...

Inspired by this question/answer According to the answer, The Lord of the Rings has both half-elves and half-orcs, but no half-dwarves or half-hobbits. Is there any example in LOTR of half-dwarves? If not, is there any clear reason? For example, is it because some sort of genetic incompatibilit...

What's the origin of the nickname "RiverLily" that Ego called Meredith? He refers to this nickname at least twice in the movie, so I suspect it has a special origin. Does it come from somewhere in the Marvel canon or in the actual life of a co-creator of the film?

In an answer that I recently wrote elsewhere on this site, I posited that photographs are used by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter books as a device to portray the subjects of the photograph in a specific light. I wrote that answer about Regulus Black, who was shown "smiling and waving" in a phot...

I'm a long time lurker in the Stack and this is my first question, so please be gentle :) So, my question is: Did Gandalf ever have a partner or a spouse? I've read the books several times, but I don't remember ever this being mentioned or even hinted at. However, perhaps someone else here k...

The Wikipedia page for Dr Xavier's school gives its address as 1417 Graymalkin Lane. But the Google maps satellite view of that address looks nothing like the school. And the movies use this English estate the set for the school. Why did Marvel choose this actual address? Did a Marvel employee ...