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Q: Is there a possible in-universe reason why lightsaber strikes don't flash-boil the victim?

RobIt was established in official canon that lightsaber blades are NOT made of light and are instead plasma contained in a strong magnetic field. This is actually possible to do in real life and therefore it is plausible. However, because of this; a lightsaber when it cuts off a limb or makes contac...

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Q: story which includes prince of roum

Richard Tibbitts"The Prince of Roum gave me more pleasure than anyone else, but he was cruel." Teratogenic heralds bellowed "make way for the Prince of Roum!"

1:32 AM
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Q: Manhwa about a saintess with disciples that had to physically obey her every command

FroginsA year ago, I read a manhwa but can't remember the name. It was about a saintess, except no one knew she was the saintess as there was a fake saintess. I remember that the saintess had disciples that had to physically obey her every command. I think they were referred to as stars, maybe? I also t...

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Q: Sci-Fi Movie where a woman is alone on a spaceship

sammySo I remember this movie from 2010-2019ish, and iirc the main character was a woman who was alone on a spaceship with an AI. I’m pretty sure the big reveal was that the whole movie was some big test or simulation to see how well she could save humanity (there was a time limit?) and at the very en...

 
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3:12 AM
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Q: The fate of Starfleet characters in TNG "Conspiracy"

M. A. GoldingAt the end of the TNG episode "Conspiracy" it is found that parasitic aliens are taking over Starfleet Command. Dr. Crusher finds that Admiral Quinn is infected with a parasite. PICARD: Never mind the details. Can you remove it? CRUSHER [OC]: I don't think so.> [Sickbay] CRUSHER: Not without kil...

 
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4:51 AM
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Q: Manhwa with a saintess who died and reincarnated

carlosI forgot the name of this manhwa I was reading. It starts off with a little girl meeting a man (some kind of priest or something) who was brought by her parents to help her since she would never smile and didn't act like a child or something. The girl then scares the guy off by telling him that s...

 
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11:13 AM
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Q: Looking for the title of a short story (?)

Jay AndersonIt involves a woman on a farm after world war two. She has two farmhands, one a former Nazi, the other a former allied soldier. Also there's the proverbial macguffin, providing the "science" of the story. Most likely it would have been from a short story collection of one particular writer, rathe...

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Q: A burning devil shape rises into the sky like a sun

LunsterI'm trying to find the origin of a scene, possibly at the end, or at a climax of some sort, where an apocalyptic event unfolds and in a nightmarish scene, the camera points to the sky, and rising is a (probably unconvincing now) burning devil shape. I suppose the shape is like a devil emoji, but ...

 
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12:14 PM
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Q: Animated TV show I saw in the early '80s in which a group of children go to a secret world

TooyoungtohaveseenitMy memory of this show is really vague, I was so young. It was animated. There was a group of children who go to a secret world. I think they get there by going under their bed, or falling through a crack. While there, there is an image of them standing in front of a bridge talking with a skull. ...

 
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posted on August 13, 2024 by Zach Weinersmith

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: Prints are available if you want this for your future cell. Today's News:

posted on August 13, 2024 by Zach Weinersmith

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: I don't know if anyone else likes the etymology jokes, but I am here for me. Today's News:

posted on August 13, 2024 by Zach Weinersmith

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: Later the human has an existential tantrum so they take away its ice cream for a week. Today's News:

 
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4:06 PM
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Q: Looking for a British childrens book, I think from the 1950s, called "C-for-Charlie"

Jules MayI remember, when I was very young in the 1960s, reading an already-tattered book called (I think) "C-for-Charlie". The plot was about a boy who discovered a Gremlin -- C-for-Charlie -- who used to fly on aircraft in the war, but was now out-of-work. C-for-Charlie offered the boy three wishes, bu...

 
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5:38 PM
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Q: A post-apocalyptic short story where very sick people from our future save people in our timeline that would be killed in plane crashes

AlfredI read this short story about 20 years ago, in a collection that was possibly much older. Some sickness has almost destroyed mankind and the survivors are sterile, and in the rare cases they can have children, the latter will also be very sick. On the other hand, a planet similar to Earth has bee...

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Q: Language inconsistency in The Expanse

ArthurThe adjective of the planet Mars is Martian (note the s changes to a t). This is part of common knowledge, and it is in use in the Expanse novels. The adjective of the planet Jupiter is Jovian (the exclamation "By Jove!" might be a more known example of this declination quirk). This is nowhere ne...

 
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Q: Why did Leto II change his wedding location to Tuono Village, despite the obvious danger?

Bri BriI just finished re-reading God Emperor of Dune and the final bit where Leto II is setting up his marriage ceremony seems awfully silly and careless when considered at the surface level: Tuono Village was a location poorly suited for the marriage ceremony in multiple ways He changed the location ...

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Q: 1950s or 60s black-and-white show where aliens took over an old TV set

Jo SchexneiderBlack-and-white, early 1960s or late 50s. Old box TV on 4-legged wire stand moves by itself. It was rolling down the street and people were hiding.

 
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Q: Quotes on the site cover how much of the Harry Potter books?

b_jonasAnswers and questions on SciFi Stack Exchange often contain excerpts (quotes, quotations) from the Harry Potter novels. We have over a thousand questions. Could you estimate how much of the novels these excerpts cover? How long till the full text of the novel (although with many typos) can be ...

^ The answers here might need an update now that we're ten years and 5800 more Harry Potter questions later

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