The female lead (FL) is known to be emotionless and can wield a sword really well. I remember a scene where the three (the FL, brother, and black-haired friend) heard rumors of a ghost in their castle and they tried to investigate. The FL wasn't scared but the other two were. Their dynamic seemed...
I've googled this a few times and can't find it.
Someone sees another human with a time machine creating Hitlers, Stalins and the like. (I don't recall how he witnesses this, only that he does.) Horrified, he takes over the time machine and goes back to undo all the creation of that kind of evil....
I read a novel about a system where a person could volunteer to serve a sentence working on an inhospitable alien planet in advance of commiting a crime, if they survive.
The protagonist chose to see a sentence for murder.
He survived and returned and pretty everyone he knew expected they were th...
There was a story in a collection by a Japanese writer 90% sure. A “spirit” entity was being held captive and used to defeat other spirit-realm entities. Maybe captor was descendant of Nazis or some predecessors who had learned how to do this.
Would love to know author, how to find it. And if h...
In the 50's, I think, I read a story about a scientist, last name Jaunt, who caught himself on fire and found himself outside his lab in the hall next to a fire extinguisher. Further experimentation, placing him in fatal situations, led to the existence on something in the brain whereby anyone co...
This book I read in early 2010s, it was a YA fantasy, kinda mystery book. A boy, with his sister at a college? I think, maybe his dad is a professor? The boy finds a book that either has a thorn or a claw on it that stabs him and uses his blood to unlock it or write in it? I can't remember if the...
I'm looking for a book I've read and all I can remember is the vauge concept unfortunately. There is a person who can read books and make what is written become reality. I remember that they could also write something on a piece of paper and read it quickly when they were in trouble.
So, I am trying to remember two books from my childhood, books were old around 1960-70
They were thick collection books.
one had a story “A biy worked in king’s large kitchen and used to peel potatoes, he wanted to cook but no one let him. One day King got bored of eating same, he ordered cooks t...
I'm looking for a book I've read and all I can remember is the vauge concept unfortunately. There is a person who can read books and make what is written become reality. I remember that they could also write something on a piece of paper and read it quickly when they were in trouble.
