In the late 1980s, one of my elementary school teachers read my class a fantasy novel. I know that the book was decades old at the time, so I think it may have been written in the 1950s or 1960s. The author may have been British, but I'm not sure, and I have not been able to locate the book sin...

Does batman like Wonder woman? will they get to together in the new justice league movie? Many of my friends are asking this. They think superman gets wonder woman... I say no, So does wonder woman like batman?

I've watched this scene 3-4 times but I still couldn't understand how Edmure was convinced by the King-slayer. Jamie mentions about Catelyn, Cercei & her love for their children and they can go to any end to protect them. He then mentions about Edmure & his new born son. Did Edmure Tully reall...

So there are only 3 blades that can glow blue when enemies are close: Orcrist (Thorin), Glamdring (Gandalf), Sting (Bilbo/Frodo) being the work of Elvish smiths in the Elder Days these swords shone with a cold light, if any Orcs were near at hand Why didn't the Elves (Gondolin elves) make a...

I'm reading THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Phillip Pullman. Lyra, John Faa, Farder Coram, and just about everyone else wonders what the Gobblers are doing with the children they've been stealing, but they never ask the alethiometer. Why is that?

So in the Jacksonverse movies we see Gandalf losing his staff tons of times. I believe, in the movies, he loses his staff to the Necromancer (The Hob.), and Saruman (LOTR-1st), and the Witch-King (LOTR-3rd). I don't remember any more movie instances where Gandalf loses his staff but I'm not aski...

Dean produced a woolen hat, which Harry placed carefully upon Dobby’s head, muffling his batlike ears. Seriously? How could he do something like that? Hermione had to knit them!! If wizards could produce clothes why did Lupin had old clothes? Why did they have shops for clothes? And also Ro...

I often see spaceships float above Earth's ground in movies, video games, but it seems quite unreal to me. How can a massive object like a spaceship float above ground? Is there some science behind? Is it gravity, or magnetic field, or something else? :)

SPOILERS Right from research I have found that Captain Jack Sparrow once worked for the East India Trading Company and in doing so he got sent on a ship called The Wicked Wench to deliver cargo (which were actually slaves). Instead of delivering them he set them free and kept the ship which le...

In the live-action universe, Bumblebee had his voice unit destroyed by Megatron long ago. In Transformers: The Last Knight Cade is still trying to fix Bumblebee, but so he continues using the radio to "speak". ...until and then goes right back to using the radio. How is Bumblebee able to ...

My memory is a bit fuzzy, but if I remember correctly Luke was supposed to go to the rendezvous point with R2-D2 after they were attacked on Hoth, and Luke tells the other rebels he will meet them at the rendezvous point as well However once he gets in his ship he changes course to go to Dagob...

Horace Slughorn's club, the Slugclub, was his club for "special students", but it was moreso his was of becoming chummy with kids that had high profile friends or family. So why was a muggle-raised, friend-less orphan like Tom Riddle allowed in?

In Star Trek TOS, what is the maximum number of photon torpedoes that the Enterprise NCC-1701 can hold?

Seeking help again to find two short stories I read in my teens (mid 1960s). The first was a story about a policeman who has to enter the dreamworld of a criminal to extract some vital information. He becomes trapped and about to die when faced with the reality that the criminal has created but...

Is there any lore in 40K about how Humans can talk to other humans from distant planets and more confusingly xenos like orcs? My understanding is that most/all humans learn Low Gothic to be able to speak to each other, but it would seem odd that Tau, Orcs and Eldar would also learn that. Also st...

There was a sci-fi movie I recall seeing on British TV around 10-15 years ago and I can't remember the title. I believe the movie was quite recent at the time and made in the US. The main things I remember about the movie are: The premise was similar to that to Alien in that a handful of passe...

Trying to identify book about woman who bioengeneers giant telepathic wolves that have somekind of alien dna spliced into them. The woman/scientist also has some wold dna spliced into her giving her a wolf's sense of smell. Her colleagues have more advanced adaptaions enabling them to full body m...

In The Elfstones of Shannara, the Demons break through the Forbidding, then mass up and attack the Elves as an army, intent on destroying Ellcrys along with the Elves (or preventing her rebirth). Why did not Dagda Mor destroy Ellcrys in the beginning, as soon as he broke through the Forbidding h...

In America at least, if a grade school student (K - 12) is exceptionally gifted they are allowed to advance to a higher learning level without having to take the previous courses, up to and including entire years. Has this ever happened in the wizarding world at any school? As far as Hogwarts g...

She belongs to a family where witchcraft is hereditary. These families are quite rare. Their fantasy world is quite similar to our real world and magic has very little power but is pursued by law. Her witchcraft is very occasional and more like a psychic power. She is forced to flee her home acco...

How would a Badminton player (P.V.Bindu) from a parallel universe where the speed of light is half that of earth (1.5*10^8 m/s) fare against a player (P.V.Sindu) from earth ? Match Venue: India

From an online chat interview (found here), J.K. Rowling answers a question: Q. In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain was sixth year Marcus Flint. If there are only seven years of Hogwarts, why is he in the third book? A. He had to do a year again! :-) Indicating...

In Book 1 we are told and shown that Harry Potter is one of the most famous wizards ever because he is 'The Boy Who Lived' - wizards and wizard children all over know of him and what happened w/ Voldemort. That night, Dumbledore spirits him away to live in secret with his Muggle family, and, as...

During the years that Harry Potter was living with the Dursleys, before his fateful eleventh birthday, some wizards and witches spotted Harry — and were spotted by him. Yet sometimes he thought (or maybe hoped) that strangers in the street seemed to know him. Very strange strangers they were,...

In Steelheart, we learn that In Firefight, it is confirmed that when Epics first become Epics, they go into a rampage, killing everything indiscriminately. This seems to happen to pretty much all Epics when they receive their powers. However, Why does he not go insane at the beginning like ...

This quote is probably misquoted, but I remember this as a Blake's 7 quote from Servalan. However, I have also read elsewhere a similar quote from Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Is there a quote like this from Blake's 7 at all, and if so which episode? Is this quote from Discworld, and if so whic...

Consumables on the Enterprise such as food are recyclable, given enough power. And presumably power is all that's needed for phaser shots. But photon torpedoes are manufactured elsewhere and loaded onto the Enterprise, with only twenty on board. That doesn't seem enough for a prolonged mission, e...

With the (relatively) recent release of the third game and the recommendation of a friend, I'd like to discover this universe. I know there are several media; the books, the video games (though to be honest, I don't intend to play the first video game) and a TV series (also still unsure about th...