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Q: Sci-Fi book revolving about a male character who traveled between dimensions and recorded his travels in logs he sent to his friends

EknarI've been searching for this series for a while, the story revolved about a group of guardians of sort that travelled between parallel dimensions, through specifically hidden gateways in each dimension, that only said guardians know how to use. None of the people of the parallel dimensions knows ...

 
1:19 AM
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Q: Would killing Horus early in the horus heresy made it better or worse?

TomWhen the Horus heresy was well underway in a battle called the Battle of Trisolian, Leman Russ could have killed Horus but didn't in an attempt to talk him away from chaos. what if Leman Russ had killed Horus? Would the chaos gods have better leverage? would he be banished for the standard amou...

 
1:34 AM
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Q: In Watership Down what was so bad about Efrafa

SallyFirst of all I never saw the entire movie just bits and pieces secondly I know a rabbits named "Blackavar" wanted to escape Efrafa and so did some does ,female rabbits, it's just I'm not sure why they wanted to get away was just cause General Woundwart was a jerk (because he was) or was the warre...

 
2:23 AM
^ is this on topic? If not, can we get it migrated to M&TV?
 
I think it actually is on-topic here, for whatever weird reason.
I guess there's a spin-off with Batman in it? ;-)
 
Batman and Watership Down? The book about a society of rabbits? That I would have to see!
 
I wasn't fully serious.
 
I want to say that I found it filed with the SFF stuff in the library when I read it (before the movie), and certainly some of Adams' other work (Shardik) was clearly fantasy. I have no problem with it remaining, just wasn't sure if it was officially okey-dokey.
@NapoleonWilson Dang, now I'm kinda bummed. :-)
 
Watership Down is already awesome enough without Batman anyway.
 
2:37 AM
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Q: Searching for a short story scifi/horror of kid teleported to space to die

Kami've never used this site before. I'm more into horror than scifi but i thought i'd check here. I read lots of anthologies and i looked through all my books but could not find this one, i believe it was in a horror anthology but had scifi elements. From what I can remember this seemed to be vagu...

 
Agreed. But the mental image of Batman holding a bunny rabbit and talking to it could'very been hilarious!
 
3:09 AM
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Q: Westworld 1973 computer virus

Danny3414In the Wikipedia entry for the original 1973 Westworld it mentions the computer scientist scoffing at the idea of 'an infectious virus that affects computers' Is there an earlier than this sci fi work (novel or film etc) that mentions a virus that only infects computers? Extract from the Wiki e...

 
 
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4:16 AM
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Q: How many Doctors apart from Doctor Who?

DJClayworthI've been enjoying watching Broadchurch, at least partly for the pleasure of seeing the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) acting together. This made me think: What TV show or movie has featured at the most number of actors who have played The Doctor? To q...

 
 
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5:16 AM
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Q: Futuristic world where reality is humanity's plaything and God is in a zoo

Neo DarwinNovel read in 2015. The cover was black and hardcover. Don't remember any specific details. Book was in English. Setting: In the future where the world is United as one. I'll try to outline all the major events that I remember in as much detail as possible. The story begins with a prologue o...

I wish I had more reputation so I could add a bounty
Anyone else have a bunch who wants to find this books? Sounds good
(I know I could add a bounty, but I'd lose a bunch of rep. proportionally to my current reputation)
 
 
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10:23 AM
@Stormblessed Can't be bountied yet, it's less than two days old
 
10:34 AM
@NeoDarwin did you read that in a library?
 
11:03 AM
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Q: Which story has living mountains that move very very slowly?

mohanI remember reading a short story decades ago whose plot involved colonisers on a planet thinking it had no life. Later they realise that the mountains are indeed alive, but move so slowly they could not realise it at that time. Does anyone know which one this is? Thanks Mohan

 
11:35 AM
@Jenayah yes
 
I guess you don't have the library ticket anymore? :P
 
It got burnt in a housefire
 
oh crap
sorry to hear that :/
 
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Q: What does this inscription on the Infinity Gauntlet mean?

ShreedharI was recently re-watching Avengers: Infinity War and I noticed that when Spider-Man, Ironman, Dr. Strange and the GoTG try to pull the gauntlet off of Thanos' hand, there is some sort of inscription on the gauntlet. Below is a photo of it (pardon me if the image isn't very clear): What does...

 
 
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12:56 PM
Is the question, "Why didn't the avengers cut Thanos hand off? Appropriate for the site
 
Keep the description PG-13 and it should
 
There is a pg 13 requirement?
It might be duplicate of this
 
1:45 PM
Well basically don't be too graphic in your description, SE members are supposed to be 13+ years old so don't put too explicit stuff unless really needed
And even then make sure you label it as "harsh" content
 
2:02 PM
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Q: What Marvel did with MCU, differently then other production companies to become so successful?

Kushal BhuyanWe all know that Marvel, right now is the most successful production company as far as superhero movies are concerned. If we ignore "The Incredible Hulk", then in last 10 years Marvel hasn't faced any failure, with their on-going MCU saga. It's been 20 films and none of them have failed. In contr...

 
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Q: Where was Beckett heading after leaving with the Coaxium?

EssenClose to the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Tobias Beckett first betrayed Han, then Dryden Vos, and attempted to keep the two cases of the refined Coaxium for himself. He took Chewbacca as a prisoner and abandoned Vos' ship leaving him, Han, and Qi'ra fight each other. Beckett and Chewie left on...

 
2:58 PM
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Q: Why do people always use Malfoy's last name?

user50780Why does everyone teachers and students, friend or foe alike, always refer to Draco Malfoy as just "Malfoy" or "Mr. Malfoy"? I haven't any evidence why.

 
3:13 PM
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Q: Freefall: Why can't Florence ask the robots for a genetic engineering facility?

Paul JohnsonIn Freefall Florence is the only Bowman's Wolf on the planet, and the total population of Bowman's Wolves is too small to be viable anyway. However Florence now has millions of robots in her debt, and they are very eager to help anyone they can. She also knows that Dr Bowman is on the planet. So...

 
3:36 PM
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Q: How many Doctors, apart from Doctor Who?

DJClayworthI've been enjoying watching Broadchurch, at least partly for the pleasure of seeing the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) acting together. This made me think: What TV show or movie (except Doctor Who itself) has featured the most number of actors who have p...

 
 
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4:36 PM
Any chance someone's got a Battle Royale book copy?
Mine is a dozen departments away
 
5:20 PM
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Q: Who are these characters in Spider-man: Far From Home trailer?

Ver NickIn the recently released Spiderman: Far from Home trailer there are some new unkhown characters. I already know there is but who are the others? Are these characters mentioned in comics? What are their names?

 
 
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6:38 PM
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Q: Why did Voldemort have to torture Garrick Ollivander for information on the Elder Wand?

EJSRelated: Why did Bellatrix rely on torture and the word of a goblin to get information from Hermione, and not use the Imperius curse? Very loosely related (although a lot of the reasons given there don't apply here): Why didn't Bellatrix use Legilimency on Hermione? Why did Voldemort torture Ol...

 
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Q: Why did Jon and his group travel along the Northside of the wall when they arrived back at Castle Black from Hardhome

GabrielIn Game of Thrones season 5 episode 9 titled "The Dance of Dragons" Jon and company arrive at Castle Black after a disastrous battle against the White Walkers at Hardhome. Now they leave the battle at Hardhome on boats. So they most likely stopped off at Eastwatch by the Sea and marched towards C...

 
6:53 PM
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Q: Why did President Snowe tell Katniss to "let it fly" when she was pointing her bow and arrow at him?

EJSVery related: Is President Snow sadistic or simply ruthless? At the end of the Hunger Games movies when President Snowe is facing execution with Katniss's arrow, Snowe could be seen grinning malevolently and quietly encouraging Katness to "let it fly." Why did he do that? Given that he'd die in ...

 
7:27 PM
@Stormblessed the "square characters" are what make the images clickable... ;)
 
7:58 PM
@Jenayah oops
There were a bunch of visible ones that weren’t supposed to be there
 
While you're at it you can put some alt text for these images
The "enter description image here" field
 
@Jenayah I’ll get it later today, ok
 
For accessibility purposes, people using screen readers etc
nice :)
 
(Kinda “busy” right now, drawing and whatnot)
 
Hey @odwimi! :)
@Stormblessed what are you drawing?
 
8:00 PM
@Jenayah hedgehogs
 
oooh a hedgehog now that would make for a nice daily floof
 
I hear a lot about Asimov being good, anyone know what’d be a good book to start with?
 
Talking about Asimov? Obligatory pings to @b_jonas, @Alex and perhaps @SQB too IIRC
 
@Jenayah How does one revert an edit?
I want to fix the images, make 'em clickable
 
rollback?
If you go back to the revision history you can click on "rollback" on the version you wnat
 
8:08 PM
@Jenayah Thanks
 
you're welcome
 
@Jenayah I believe they are traditionally referred to as "spiky floofs" here :P
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@Alex perhaps you can help this guy:
I'm sure there's a question on here that explains, using Voldemort's character profile, why he used Avada Kedavra on baby Harry rather than just drop him out of a window or something, and I'm sure that character profile explains this situation but I can't find the question for the life of me. — Ongo 18 mins ago
 
Who is this fellow?
He's not Lee Harvey Oswald or Jack Ruby
He was in the Bent Bullet thing
Trying to describe the image
 
Maybe they didn't get permision to use LHO photos?
 
8:16 PM
He is not magneto's actor
 
You sure it's not LHO? He looks a bit like this photo:
pinched lips
 
@Jenayah You're right
Looks very different in Wikipedia's first photo
 
indeed
 
Do you think these are reporters?
They seem to have a microphone
 
there appears to be two guys handling him (police?) and someone off-screen handing a micro
Is that a boom on top right?
 
8:21 PM
@Jenayah I think so
 
probably some kind of press conference, or reporters gathering around the caught murderer
 
Magneto in the picture?
 
yeah
 
SQB
@Stormblessed what kind of sf or fantasy do you like?
 
@SQB I liked The Illustrated Man a lot
I don't really read that much SF and haven't read much in while other than The Way of Kings
 
SQB
8:29 PM
Ah, an excellent choice.
 
(I spent much of last year reading 80 volumes of One Piece...)
I've heard I, Robot is good?
 
SQB
Yes.
A lot of Asimov's robot-stories revolve around his three laws of robotics.
 
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A: Where can I read the full version of "The Bent Bullet Report", an immersive article used in the promotion of X-Men: Days of Future Past?

Stormblessed Here are all the images I could find, along with a .txt of the (apparently complete) article from another answer (on the marvel Movies Wikia). A video apparently from the website. Another

 
SQB
These laws should ensure that robots do not harm humans.
 
@Jenayah screen-readable!
 
8:31 PM
@Stormblessed great! :thumbsup:
 
I kinda want to ask Valorum for the bounty but that seems really annoying...
 
SQB
In most stories, a robot does something unexpected that seems to go against the three laws, yet ultimately can be explained.
 
@SQB Is there a starting point in the continuity thing?
 
SQB
I, Robot is a good starting point.
 
@SQB Requested from the library
 
SQB
8:36 PM
Then there's The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn, and Robots and Empire.
 
Not all archive.org is copyright-friendly, da?
 
SQB
After that, the Foundation series.
In that order.
That's quite a saga, tied together by his later books.
 
@Jenayah ?
 
I found the Battle Royale book on archive.org
but I don't know if it's ok to link due to copyright
 
@Jenayah They are TECHNICALLY a library
 
@Jenayah I don't think it's very ethical to just put copies of a copyrighted book online
 
I mean I don't mind linking it in chat but it'd be something else in an answer
 
SQB
@Stormblessed here's an answer suggesting a slightly different order. I don't disagree with it.
 
Okay so BR's still copyrighted?
 
SQB
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A: Asimov - Start with Foundation or Robots

neilfeinI think that neither published order nor chronological order quite does the series justice. Here's the order I think makes the most sense for maximum enjoyment of the books. You'll notice that I've left some out. The series was never quite finished, so I feel that a non-linear approach is the ...

 
8:41 PM
No link in my edit then
 
@Jenayah Just from 20 years ago, I think
@Jenayah Yeah
 
SQB
@Jenayah it's also one of the worst books I've ever leafed through.
 
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Q: Why are the students not aware of the Battle Royale act?

HaxielBattle Royale (2000) opens with the completion of a previous Battle Royale event, where the winner is shown to be a girl. The amount of media coverage shown in this scene is fairly extensive, showing a number of reporters, photographers and cameramen trying to cover the winner being brought out b...

@SQB oh? I have a good memory of it, even if it's been years
Huh. BR was proposed as an answer to scifi.stackexchange.com/q/65167/98028
(really?)
 
SQB
8:57 PM
From what I read of it, I didn't like it. Too much gratuitous violence for my taste.
 
Oh, there certainly were lots of violence, but from what I remember (ah, I want to re-read the book now...) it wasn't just done for the heck of it and they did tackle the "usual" dystopia stakes
 
9:30 PM
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Q: Is venom still going to be in the secret wars?

Devin BoothI was just wondering if venom being that he has his own universe theatrically will appear in the secret wars. Is that not the first appearance of the symbiote?

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Q: Is Ramsay Bolton named after Gordon Ramsay?

Misha RAs the title asks - is Ramsay Bolton named after Chef Ramsay? Both "Ramsays" are spelled the same way, and the syllable structure of "Bolton" is similar to "Gordon." Both can be sadistic bastards, albeit one is somewhat worse. And I'm going to guess that GRR Martin likely knows a culinary show ...

 
SQB
9:51 PM
My guess would be, no.
They just happen to share a — not too unusual — name.
A fun show, and Gordon Ramsay has long been a white whale for the fans of the show. Now season 8 will open with him.
 
@Stormblessed I think you can start going through the Robots/Foundation universe the good books only, in in universe chronological order, so read the robot stories first: The Complete Robot (which starts with the Susan Calvin stories and ends with the short story ersion of "Bicentennial Man"), then the three Elijah Baley novels,
then read the Foundation books after that, I recommend in universe chronological order there too. But some people find that the robot novels aren't really to their taste, in which case you might want to skip them and read miscellenious short stories not connected to the Robots/Foundation universe instead first.
I for one enjoy most of the robot stories, but not everyone is the same.
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Q: What order should Asimov's Foundation series be read in?

aceintheholeI believe that Asimov himself recommended reading them in chronological order, however I read them in the order that they were published and think that this is the best way to do it. What is the correct order?

Though the Foundation series is probably best read in either publication order or a mixed order, starting with the original trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and empire, Second Foundation), then Prelude to Foundation and Forward the Foundation, and skip the two others until you're sure Asimov is your thing.
 
10:17 PM
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Q: What kind of birds are the ones in the movie "Bird Box"?

upzigoSpoiler alert. Here is a video where you can see them a little bit:

 
11:04 PM
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Q: LitRPG novel in fantasy setting where main protagonist has a swordsman of twilith class

MyrkulI know that they couldn't talk about the game information in real life. At the start of the novel they were in tutorial town where they actions would determinate classes that they could choose later. I also remember that main protagonist was taught swordsmanship by his grandpa. In the later cha...

 
11:31 PM
Partial match from the summary. OP remembered the grandfather and the swords but not the other, say, convincing marketing arguments? :-)
 
11:54 PM
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