I'm making my own scifi galaxy, and need races/species. Besides humans, what are other common species tropes in scifi?

I'm looking for a book that I read around 2010 or 2011, and I'm pretty sure that it was published not long before, maybe just a few years. Blue-gold cover, smooth abstract pattern somewhat like water ripples or caustics Takes place in a quantum sea or ocean. That's what I thought, but I can't f...

In the book, (which I'm listening to for the 5 or 6th time), I can't think of any obvious mistakes that any of the characters make, that can stop you during a film or book and think "there's no way they'd have done/not done that in real life". I'm thinking of those infamous tropes such as not tak...

I'm looking for non-cartoon movie, but I don't know a title. It's fantasy movie from 60's, 70's or 80's, perhaps from Soviet Union. My friend saw it in 80's. The main character is a man (perhaps a young boy). His main enemy is an evil wizard. The wizard lives in a cave and keeps his heart. He doe...

She is a side character with pink hair. In the novel she became a maid. One of the main character's is her brother. I think the male lead is imprisoned by one of the lead characters. She tried to befriend the male lead of the story. In one scene, there's a party for one of the lead characters and...

Read around 2012-2016, written probably within ten years before that - likely less. First in a series, I believe. The core issue for the book is that men can't read women's minds, while women can read everyone's. The story follows an orphaned tween/young teen boy, the youngest in his village, who...

I'm looking for a scene in The Expanse where someone is doing a space walk to do a repair/maintenance. They have an Augmented Reality helmet on which highlights whatever piece of the ship they need to interact with, and gives instructions. Does anyone know when this scene happens or if the scene ...

Big spoiler below. At the end of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, During the battle, Wouldn't archeologists have found some remains long before 1969 when the movie happens? Or at least, such an event could have been documented. Is it realistic that this event remains totally hidden and fo...

I'd like to find an anime I watched on Netflix a few years ago. This is all I remember about it: The protagonist was a young boy who lived with his father that was a baker. The bakery got invaded by some corrupted creature one day and the little boy defeated it and took whatever was inside it. I ...

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I don't have much details about it. It is an old comic where an AI goes rogue, and seeks for ways to wipe out humanity. In its research, it finds out that statistically, Humanity won more wars with spears and swords than anything else, so uses that weaponry against our modern equipment, and loses...

The story revolves around Harry and Draco waking up one day in their 11-year-old bodies, but having the experience of their post-war selves. They have gone back in time, but everyone else is living a normal timeline. Draco and Harry decide to try to make their seven years of Hogwarts easier by be...

Some 8 years ago I read some manga volumes in a very distinct style. Some words I think describe the style best is gothic and steampunk. It was in black and white but I vaguely remember the covers having brown as a main color. The story went something like this: A girl and her male friend encount...