I read this short story in the 1960s - can't remember just where. The MC is a middle-aged man, who, if I remember correctly, carried a cane. He is a telepath who was almost driven insane by the flood of other people's thoughts and emotions, but eventually, with great difficulty, learned to stand ...

I want to know some books that have a "terraforming" element in them, or just making another planet previously uninhabited planet habitable. This could include a series, novels or just short stories in general (anything is fine). I have added the 'planet-identification' tag because I can't think ...

hoping to get help and/or pique interest. I remember coming across the story online. A couple of system administrators are trying to track down an issue in a network, where a particular packet refuses to transmit across the network. The router keeps reporting no traffic, even though they're send...

At the beginning of the first season, the power of the Staff of One is presented in strictly MCU technobabble fashion. It does quantum something or other to make the user's will come into effect in the environment, and is attuned to the blood of the user. It was invented by her mother using her t...

I remember reading a book about an above 50ish blacksmith (with an English sounding name) who got injured so as a way to get through it he ends up playing a vrmmorpg. One defining factor I remember is that he own a cellar full of expensive wine, if anyone knows the name please comment it.

I'm trying to find a short story about Martians being found living on the peak of Mount Everest. The story precedes the first climb of Everest (1953) and had the protagonist reach the summit in a helicopter or plane, rather than by climbing. I read it in an anthology of short stories sometime in ...

I'm reading The Terror, but also want to see the TV series. The book is really captivating me, and I'm really eager to watch the series too. Clearly I could finish reading the book first, but if the series has the same sequence of times shown in the book, then I could watch each episode after I'v...

Maybe, Palpatine staged all medical examinations at the time of acceptance of the clone army, but later clones were pushed all over the galaxy in wars where they used to get injured. How did any medical scan didn't detect the Inhibitor Chip? Was Inhibitor Chip special in any way to evade detectio...

I have two examples of something that might be a sub-genre, and I'm interested in finding more. The essential elements are: Several generations have passed since an apocalyptic event Survivors are fragmented and have re-formed society with structures similar to historical societies AI technolog...

Seeking name of older (possibly 80s?) fantasy book. Was a fairly thick paperback that I think was part of a series but my library only had the first one. Details: the main character is a teen/young adult female, possibly red hair. Has a male friend with a limp/damaged legs? Vague plot I remember ...

I haven't been able to watch the full movie. Just saw a particular scene. In this scene, the survivors were trapped inside a cabin in the jungle. There were to person near a table which had a humanoid body (perhaps the offspring of main monster which was larger than the cabin) on it. One characte...

I'm trying to ID a 70s science fiction movie involving an AI that takes a woman (I think) hostage. It's not Demon Seed. IIRC it takes place in some slightly futuristic (in a 70s way) accommodation in a hi-tech looking establishment rather than in an automated home like Demon Seed. Another element...

I'm trying to figure out what is the earliest mention of shield technology in any work of fiction to feature spaceships that are protected by shields or any similar force field technology (think of shields in Star Trek or Star Wars).