This one is a real longshot. I won't be surprised if nobody can identify it. I read this book sometime in the early-to-mid-1980s. Science fiction novel, checked out from a public library, written in English, and I am pretty sure it was in hardback. Told in the third person, with multiple viewpoin...

We all know of the primary element of long-distance interstellar travel in the Star Trek universe being that of linear warp travel at faster-than-light speed from one point in space to another. However, are there any canonical (books or series) instances in the Star Trek universe where point to p...

In The Hobbit (or at least in my edition, HarperCollins 2011), the word ‘cram’ is italicised wherever it appears. Cram is (as according to Chapter XIII, Not at Home) biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely, is supposed to be sustaining, and is certainly not entertaining, being in fact very uninteres...

Is this familiar to ANYONE or is my brain making it up?? If it IS familiar please tell me what it is.... How does "shove it" meet your guide lines!!!! Thanks for NOT HELPING

Mohan speaks to Stefan: Mohan: Colin's still off exploring other dimensions. He can't bail me out so I need the code. First thing Monday you said. The ads are out, I've booked the dupe plants. There's some serious cash down the swanny if you don't deliver. What does "dupe plants" mean in Black ...

In case you didn’t know, Ken Ichijouji is one of the Digidestined from Digimon Adventure 02, and the former Digimon Kaiser. His partner is Wormmon.

I have just started reading The Lord of The Rings. I have caught up a bit on Middle Earth's history. I recently read the story that Elrond says during the meeting in Rivendell (Fellowship). Here's where I am getting confused: Isildur was the son of Elendil, the king. He cuts the Ring off Sauron, ...

I’m hoping someone can identify a short anthology of sci-fi stories I read as a fourth or fifth-grader, around 1971. It was probably published specifically for younger readers. I’m certain it included “The Last Command” by Keith Laumer and “Puppet Show” by Fredric Brown. It’s probably where I r...

The Shi'Ar Praetor Gladiator is known as one of the physically strongest interstellar heroes in Marvel canon. In various media, he has faced off against powerhouses such as Colossus, the Thing, and Captain Marvel. He has bested Thor in combat, has positively manhandled Rogue, and tossed the Jug...

It's always struck me that Grand Admiral Thrawn's name rhymes with that of his creator, Timothy Zahn. Thrawn also doesn't seem to be based on anything in English or anything else I'm familiar with. Was Thrawn meant to sound a lot like Zahn, or is there some other reason he got that name and it's ...