The story begins with a family leaving the city through a long tunnel to go on a vacation. There is anticipation that slowly gives way to anxiety as they are in the tunnel. We ultimately learn about what the tunnel does: it closes off, trapping the cars within, who will perish - a kind of populat...

Comments below this answer remind me of a book that I remember reading that began with wealthy families preparing to move from their homes on their Earth-like home planet up to a ring-type world that orbited the planet, packing their "family rockets" with their families and possessions. I remem...

In the Star Trek universe, alien species are frequently seen working alongside humans, both aboard starships and Federation outposts. Memory Alpha lists close to 50 species that have been established as Federation crew on at least one of the series or movies. Realistically, one would expect some ...

In Harry Potter most of the people are afraid to say Voldermort's name and they use the alias you-know-who. I'm looking for other characters whose names are even feared by the public in fantasy stories. A candidate that is feared that much by the common folk could be Sauron, but his name is spo...

In season 2 of A Series of Unfortunate Events, it's revealed that Count Olaf apparently knew, ! In a world where such information is often difficult* to know, how did Count Olaf know? Guesses: I think it's not 3 or 4 because *'Difficult' here is a word which -

Apart from droid NFL style football and board games is there any example of sport similar to ours? ie snooker/pool football/soccer tennis etc?

This was a post I read a few years ago (I can't remember which website). It was a typical quiz of "which power would you choose", but someone took it to the next level and posted a short story that has 8 (or 6) characters who all chose one of the powers, and the story was pretty amazing imo. The ...

Star Trek is famous for its multiculturalism: Chekhov is Russian, Sulu is Japanese, Uhura is Swahili, being Afro-American is an important factor in Sisko's identity, Chakotay is Native American, Scotty is Scottish, O'Brian is Irish, Picard is French. Yet one ethnic group is notably missing from a...

It’s set in a TV studio and these scientists are showing off this new wonder tool, which can basically blow up anything. At first it’s shown off as this great thing that can help mankind, then it becomes clear this thing can vaporise entire tank columns and the presenter orders the film feed to b...

In The Colour of Magic, we learn that: "Can't tell you. Don't really want to talk about it. But frankly," he sighed , "no spells are much good. It takes three months to commit even a simple one to memory, and then once you’ve used it, pow it's gone. that's what's so stupid about the wh...

Mr. Jonathan Teatime's name is, as specified in the book Hogfather, pronounced "Teh-ah-tim-eh". But since there's no marks of pronunciation included, its pronunciation is still under question. The TV adaptation seems to get it entirely wrong, pronouncing it "Tea-uh-timey". Personally I've alw...

I the SW universe which species has the largest population? Humans seem to be the most common where as most of the more well know characters don't have a friend/buddie of the same species hanging about with them.

In Dune and subsequent books we learn that Gurney and Duncan had been freed from Harkkonen slave camps etc and pledged loyalty to House Atreides. Did the Atreides see themselves as freedom fighting liberators of the defenceless rescuing people from unjust treatment or was is just a personal battl...

A police officer (I think) travels back in time after falling of a building while trying to prevent a criminal from comitting suicide. She then trys to prevent said "criminal", who is still innocent, of comitting his crimes. Meanwhile she falls in love with him. Does anyone know the name of this...

I recall this being the case, but I can't find evidence for it when looking recently. This still being the case could be supported by: Having Greek culture and language, architecture, etc Atlantis being a Greek 'myth' They worship and are seemingly under the domain of classic Greek gods, and t...

In the film Beauty and the Beast, Gaston is obsessed with marrying Belle. He planned on having “six or strapping boys, like (him).” I’ve read fan fiction on what if Belle gave birth to a daughter and those stories involved Gaston beating Belle up, but my question is: What if Belle gave birth to ...

In Goldfinger, Oddjob throws his hat and cuts off a statue's head early in the flim. However, later on he throws his hat at a fleeing girl and it hits her in the neck, she falls down dead. How exactly is she dying, since her head is still attached and no other evidence?

I have a question. I'm currently watching season one of Star Trek TNG, and I count FOUR Chief Engineers! Sarah MacDougal, Michael Argyle, Charles Logan and Leland T. Lynch! Was one the chief and the others his (or her) assistants? Was this ever properly explained?

The basic concept of this show was that several aliens (who seem to be of different species) crashed the ship they crewed on Earth and had gone into hiding from humanity in a rundown house, possibly for years. I remember the following three: Edno- considers himself the leader of the group, speak...

In the initial fight between "the Children of Thanos" and Tony Stark, Dr Strange, David Banner and Wong, Wong opens a portal to a cold, snowy wilderness - presumably somewhere in the Himilaya's since Wong would be familiar with the area and Cull Obsidian falls through, and when he tries to jump b...

My knowledge of Chocobos is lacking in the sense that I'd like to know more about their eating habits and preferences concerning the different types of foods available to them in Gaia/Planet. More precisely, are Chocobos considered herbivore or carnivore; no doubt they must be omnivore?