I remember reading this (old) book when I was about ten years old. I can only remember a few things from it: They used coca-cola syrup to produce negative friction The main character gets arrested and questioned as to what he most dislikes doing. to fool the automated system, he said he hates i...

In Interstellar, it was proposed that if Plan A of evacuating the humans on Earth does not work out, they would have to colonize a new planet using the frozen human embryos. But since the evacuation was successful, was Edmund's planet finally colonised using the embryos or was it just Dr. Amelia ...

I am asking this question based on the trailers of the film. As from the trailers, we know that Shazam is pretty much like Superman in terms of superpowers. He can fly, he is bulletproof, has super-strength, can shoot beams. Most of these powers are there with superman. Only the difference is how...

Is there a in canon reason why in chamber of secrets she looks 13 and suddenly in prisoner of Azkaban she looks 25?

I'd like to identify this anime which I watched a long time ago. I watched it around 15 years ago. It looks like a Japanese anime, but I'm not sure. I do not remember a lot about this anime. I only remember there is a boy fighting robots in space. The setting is quite futuristic with spaceship ...

I'm reading throught Elantris from Brandon Sanderson (great book by the way) and I'm also a D&D (3.5) DM with a great love for psionics. What struck me was the similarity between the Elantrians from Sanderson's book and the Elan race from the Expanded Psionics Handbook (XPH) for D&D 3.5 (apart f...

From what we see in the movie Interstellar and from this answer, it seems that both Plan A and Plan B were implemented. Now, considering that humans who survived from Earth, would ultimately have to move from Cooper station (and other stations) to Edmunds' planet, won't this open up a whole new ...

After Carol finds out the truth about her past and how Yon-Rogg lied to her, she claims she can no longer wear the Kree colours (dark greens) and allows Monica to choose the new colour scheme of her suit. But why does she not make any attempt to get rid of the Kree star symbol on the chest of her...

In the TOS episode Turnabout Intruder, a woman who wants to be a Starfleet captain states that "[y]our world of starship captains doesn't admit women." In canon works what limits exist based on gender in Starfleet? Dates would be helpful as clearly about a decade earlier there were female starsh...

When Risk gets blown off the bridge and floats downstream with a giant wound through his back and abdomen, along with countless zombies that have been blown to bits. How does zombie blood not enter his bloodstream and infect him? I loved the episode but I couldn't get this question out of my mind!

should hermione Granger end up with harry potter or ronald weasly

‘Yeah, well, food’s one of the five exceptions to Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration,’ said Ron, to general astonishment. Now Avis is a charm that creates a flock of birds. Isn't it possible to create the birds, and cook them to get food? Isn't this an indirect violation of the Gamp's L...

Note: I looked for this question since it seemed obvious it should be there, but I couldnt find it. The closest one I've found it's this, and it isn't exactly the same Earliest example of mind control failing. If there's one, please post the link to it Many stories features "espers", or in other...

I've never watched TOS. I hate the sounds and picture, but loved TNG. After watching the whole series, I liked their system of government(or least what is shown). So what exactly is it, or rather, what would/should it be called? No currency-everything is provided. Food, entertainment, shelter. N...

I've been looking for this series for a while. I remember reading the first two books of this series around 2010 in the USA. Additional Details The blood was important, and transformed the character over time in small ways. He could do some partial transformation into the dragon spirit. The b...

What I remember is a little girl has this tiny cat that gets into her lunch box and eats a bite out of her sandwich by chomping through the plastic. I read this book about 25 years ago so it's got to be older then that.

Which classes of ship are which in the art on the covers of the three books in the Imperial Radch series?

I was under the impression that the Head Boy and Head Girl were always chosen from among the prefects, however... "No one would have made me a prefect, I spent too much time in detention with James. Lupin was the good boy, he got the badge." — Sirius Black to Harry, Order of the Phoenix ...

During the finale of Elantris, the biggest mystery of the book is revealed by the way of Raoden This, somehow, prompts him to This implies that: the road to Tao was in a state of poor repair, and the road to Tao was the only road in such disrepair. How did Raoden know that? Was the inte...

In Season 1, Episode 9 "Tigh Me Up,Tigh Me Down" it is very clear that Cylon Raiders have FTL capabilities (since part of the main storyline is about that fact). Now one can wonder why that Raider did not use the FTL to jump "closer" to Galactica at the end of its feint in the attempt to be a sui...

The book I am looking for was written in the mid 80’s to early 90’s It had a simple cover dark in color and was about an inch thick It took place largely on a spaceship the three main characters were in a threesome one was a dreamer the other was some kind of energy vampire the third was somewha...

I am looking for the name of this series. It starts with an intelligent ship and a crew of engineers that get a planet ready for colonization. After all of the engineers die the ship remains in space and watches the humans that were seeded on the planet. The humans on the planet know nothing of...

It is mentioned in The Deathly Hallows in the chapter, "The Will of Albus Dumbledore:" "Would you say you were close to Dumbledore, Ronald?" asked Scrimgeour, ignoring Hermione. Ron looked startled. "Me? Not -- not really... It was always Harry who..." However, Ron ends up becoming Prefec...

I read this around 2015ish, I think, as a Kindle book. Sadly, I have quite a history of books to work through. The protagonist was a nun, not quite at final vows. Her monastery was known for its pickles. At the beginning of the book, she'd failed to properly monitor a batch, and it had moulded. D...

I'm searching for a short story I read a long ago in a different language. It was listed as a story by Ray Bradbury, but I can't find it in his bibliography. I've checked every title, that is even remotely related to the plot, and couldn't find it. And the style is not exactly like his. It's very...

Just a passing fan, but couldn't find the answer out in the www... Was there a Shazam prior to Billy Batson? Did anyone come after Billy Batson, (in comics or tpb)? NOTE: I don't count the Amalgam character Billy Mar-Vell as a true Shazam.

I read this back in 1992-93. I'm trying to recall a novel that had an authoritarian society with rigid eugenics based on intelligence. I can't recall a great deal more except that the main male protagonist ends up being displaced by his assistant for breaking the eugenics code and having an affa...