In the 1980s, I read a story in an anthology, and I think it was relatively new at the time I read it. I would like to locate it again, but I don't recall anything else about the author or what kind of anthology it appeared in. The main character was immortal (or more likely he was just very lo...

Following from this question: In Snowpiercer, could any life survive outside of the train? Is there any indication that the two children who survived the crash actually survive long enough to procreate? I'm looking for answers from novels, the writers of the film, or interviews. I know the fil...

In the Dune series, have humans colonized planets in galaxies other than the Milky Way?

I read this story (English language) in a science fiction anthology paperback book from the 1960s or earlier. I remember only one scene from this story. In this story spaceships travel by jumping from one point to another. In probably the opening scene the story the protagonist is outside on E...

As I remember it, some superhero comic featured the mythical city of Agartha. I think, in this version, it was a city tucked away in some mountains, maybe under some sort of shield or dome? I can't remember whether the heroes had a base there of if they were trying to protect it. I've been ...

I voted to close on this question, Back to the future, A couple of things im confued about. I made a mistake and voted as Not Clear What you are asking, when I wanted to vote as Too Broad, so I retracted my vote, but then I was not allowed to place a vote. In regards to other questions and comme...

These days, whenever I ask a history-of question, next minute I find Gallifreyan (and always Gallifreyan :)) has added the science-fiction-genre tag. A quick glance at the science-fiction-genre tag shows that it is always there on history-of questions. Do we really need such redundancy?

Is there an official Marvel Cinematic Universe viewing order? This answer is an ever-growing list which looks good for community wiki thing. Other users update the answer time to time (when new MCU property is released). The original answerer has earned lots of reputation already. Although, thi...

During a conversation on chat yesterday I used words and phrases that resulted in a chat flag. This resulted in my receiving a(nother) chat-ban and the suspension of the Mos Eisley chatroom. I'd like to offer my apologies to the site's users. It was not my intention to cause offence. In hindsi...

Mos Eisley is currently frozen, apparantly indefinitely. I assume it has something to do with the users mentioned in @Shog9's banner, but can we be told at least in concept what happened in our room to make it get frozen again? Please bear in mind that this involves users being banned, so the u...

"If that was so, it was a shameful deed; but not his (Saruman's) worst." Unfinished Tales - Part III, The Third Age: The Disaster of the Gladden Fields Saruman, in his 'fall from grace', did a lot of despicable stuff. In this quote, it seems to imply that one of his deeds were known as...

My memory is quite fuzzy, so please bear with me. I am looking for a movie, where the protagonist has to escape a prison or psychiatric center. The convicts are put to sleep with gas, so the staff can enter the center. To escape, the protagonist trains by holding his breath to be able to wait f...

I just started watching The Flash series, currently in season 2. So, Cisco gained his power when season 1 is nearly coming to an end. He somehow also affected by the particle accelerator explosion, and why he doesn't know he has power until several years later? What has triggered his meta-human p...

Marvel entertainment has released 3 blockbuster movies of Iron Man so far. Is there any official comment from Marvel Studios and/or the producers for further movies in the Iron Man franchise? "Word of God" only please, no opinions.

In Game of Thrones, Can white walkers speak? I haven't read the books but don't see evidence to the affirmative in the TV series. If not, I'm interested in any communication theories.

In the movie, Harry Potter and the philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's stone, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Filius Flitwick the Charms professor's appearance is like this. But from the third movie, the appearance has changed. From the third movie, he looked young. This continued ...

Robin Hobb has written many novels, that are part of several series, that in turn belong to a broader cycle called The Realm of the Elderlings. From what I have gathered, this cycle is composed by the following series: The Farseer trilogy (began in 1995) (the only one that I have read as today)...

After Mos Eisley was nuked from orbit, I've created a new room with a new name: Cog/Diss The Name Cog/Diss is named after the abbreviation for Cognitive Dissidents, a bar featured on several occasions in William Gibson's The Bridge trilogy. Thinking Twice Shog9 told us to think twice about c...

I remember as a child (in the nineties) reading a story where the narrator was a little boy and how he was scared only twice a day – when the clock read 3:33. The 3's would be powerful enough (there were three of them at 3:33) to leave the clock in the boy's room for one minute and do what they w...

In a recent post to The Toast, Austin Gilkeson argues that Aragorn, son of Arathorn's claim to Gondor's throne is invalid. The author goes into various details, but the core argument is: Gondor’s own laws and rulers even recognized how ridiculous Aragorn’s claim was. Arvedui, the last king ...

I often read so, but couldn't find a specific quote. So did Tolkien say that or is this a generalization or assumption I am making? I know that Ingwë, the King of the Vanyar, is at the same time High King of all the Elves, and the Vanyar are also the closest in friendship to the Valar. But it i...

I've read that Gene Wolfe strove to not make up any words in The Book of the New Sun. The book uses a lot of strange words that at first glance seem made up, but are actually archaic or non-English words that most readers won't be familiar with. Example: The northern human tribe/race "the Ascian...

Just came to my mind, while reading other Doctor Who tagged questions: I wonder about regenerating of a pregnant Time Lady and her baby. There are 3 different situations: Mother dies, baby lives: Does the mother regenerate? Mother lives, baby dies: Does the baby regenerate? Mother dies, baby ...

Basically, I remember having this old paperback (which was apparently published in the 70s, although I think my Dad got it second-hand) which was a small anthology of various fantasy/sci-fi/horror short stories for young adults (of course it was published in the 70s so it was better written than ...