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Q: searching for a novel with a sideplot of mad scientist sociologists attempting to institute a theocracy via mechanical monsters

BassoeA novel written in english, in which one of the sideplots was a group of mad scientist sociologists who'd concluded that theocracy would the best political system, if its tendency of inevitably being taken over by power-hungry corruption instead of true believers could be avoided and this could b...

 
12:49 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Repeating characters in answer (80): What happened to Kreacher post-Deathly Hallows? by user136065 on scifi.SE
 
 
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2:03 AM
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Q: Ray Bradbury Vampire Short Story

Lee EckhardtI am pretty sure this is a Bradbury story but I can't find a title that seems to fit. All I can remember is a vampire waking up in some future time period. He runs amuck and then hides in a brand-new coffin, unaware that in this time society automatically cremates its dead. There may have been me...

 
2:28 AM
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Q: Why didn't Harry, Ron, and Hermione not duplicate their food in the Deathly Hallows?

HelloWhile the trio are on the run in the Deathly Hallows, lack of food is a counting problem that causes the trio to be very unfocused and malnourished. This leads up to Ron quitting and leaving Harry and Hermione. But my question is why didn't they duplicate the good food they had. I am sure that th...

 
 
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3:45 AM
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Q: How big were the shooting models used in the original Thunderbirds TV show?

Anthony XThis is from a production perspective of the 1964-1966 Thunderbirds TV series. The various Thunderbirds vehicles appear in numerous shots including bay scenes as their pilots are transferred aboard before launch (or where the appropriate pod is selected for TB#2), as well as sequences in various ...

 
4:02 AM
Is it just me, or is nearly every new question (and some old ones) getting flagged as opinion-based?
 
4:36 AM
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Q: Was The 4400 based loosely around Scientology?

MissouriSpartanI just finished watching the 4400 up to it’s last season before it’s cancellation. I couldn’t help but notice its overtones to what seemed to match L Ron Hubbard’s Church of Scientology religion. Were there any out-of-universe comments from the directors/producers/writers about alignment with or ...

 
 
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6:19 AM
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Q: What religious (or political) differences is Gulliver talking about here?

BuzzNear the end of Gulliver's Travels (part IV, chapter V), the narrator offers a list of differences of opinion that have led to warfare among humans. Difference in opinions has cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether the juice of a certain be...

 
7:10 AM
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Q: What was Darth Revans life before his evil ways?

Sina MohseniI have not read the books on him and I would like to know. I´m not sure if the books even describe his life before, but Im just curious.

 
 
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8:54 AM
@Alex I've seen a few recently but probably not nearly all... though a lot of close votes seem to be coming in when I'm asleep so maybe I'm missing them
 
 
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10:40 AM
@Alex I thought I noticed a small trend, however I don't see many of those Q not in a queue of some sort
 
11:27 AM
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Q: Earliest example of Troll's Regenerating?

AncientSwordRageI have always known Troll to have had regenerating powers, starting with Dungeons and Dragons. However a Video by Mystic Arcanum seems to imply the first story to show an example of regenerating Trolls was in Three Hearts and Three Lions. Is there an earlier example of this troll ability?

 
11:38 AM
@Marvin Well that got closed early (!)
 
Can mods not hammer closed their own questions?
 
@TheLethalCarrot can do, but it's fewer clicks to go via the 'is this a duplicate' post notice
 
Ah, guess someone flagged it not VTC'd
Fair enough
 
 
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1:27 PM
posted on January 18, 2021 by tech

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2:55 PM
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Q: Title of a strange short story where protagonist discovers most of existence has vanished, girl he knew in the past is the cause?

Helbent IVPlot Summary/Details As stated in the title, the protagonist is a man who realizes that everything around him is gone. Not as in a deserted city/country/world, but as in there's nothing but emptiness around him. I think the emptiness is white, but not sure. He's sitting on a small piece of lan...

 
3:21 PM
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Q: A 80s-90s anime/cartoon where MC carries a sword in which can place different gems that grant different powers

pakoreThe story goes about a young boy who carries a sword in which he can place different gems of different colors (one at a time) and they provide special powers to the sword attacks. He starts collecting gems so he can switch them mid-combat to grant different powers. There is a side kick which is a...

 
3:48 PM
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Q: I dont know the title

Help pleaseA guy that has a eye of luck power on his right eye i think. he be able to see some prints i think when he go to gambling he always won. Eventually the power has gone. And put himself on a lot of debts. He even ask her girlfriend transferring money. And one night a girl showed up and give him an ...

 
4:14 PM
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Q: Did James Blish just make up a bunch of scientific disciplines?

CalionIn A Case of Conscience appears this quote: “You should see what they can do with mixed disciplines—scholia like histochemistry, immunodynamics, biophysics, terataxonomy, osmotic genetics, electrolimnology, and half a hundred more.” Of the items in this list, histochemistry and biophysics are r...

 
4:57 PM
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Q: German book where a hiring manager hires his former bully

S4MI am trying to find a German book from which I read an excerpt when I was in high school studying German. In that book a manager at a company is reviewing applications for an opening at his companies when he finds one sent by his former bully. At least on paper, his former bully seems perfect for...

 
 
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6:25 PM
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Q: How to get Flight Training outside Starfleet in the TNG era?

ShadeHow to get Flight Training (and an according rating) during the TNG era for persons who did not want to join Starfleet but were inhabitant of a planet within the Federation? We have, as an example, Kasidy Yates(-Sisko). In her biography on Memory Alpha, it is not mentioned with any word that she ...

 
 
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8:09 PM
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Q: What determines the powers a Super gets?

SkoobaWe learn that in the universe of The Boys that superheros gain their powers by a chemical compound created by Frederick Vought known as Compound V. We see all different types of powers super strength, super speed, talking to marine life, energy based, limb regeneration, a huge penis... So what ab...

 
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Q: How dense is the Star Wars universe?

Ink blotIn The Mandalorian S02E02 the hero is tasked in taking a passenger from Tatooine to another star system "nearby", but they cannot jump into hyperspace. I can get behind FTL (Faster Than Light) travel between star systems, and it's a great plot device when used correctly, which is how it's usually...

 
9:15 PM
@Babelfish I'm deeply disappointed that el Reg doesn't have an official unit for measuring human stupidity.
 
9:54 PM
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Q: Science fiction book about an advanced, underground civilization with no crime

LeoThe book talks about an underground civilization, which is highly advanced, very peaceful, very sincere where no crime is present. Moral values and rules were different and soon complications started to happen with the Earth visitors. This civilization was discovered by mistake, by either a geolo...

 
 
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