I think i read this book in about 2009/2010 ish. I don't remember much, execpt these 3 kids/teenagers have this accident happen to them where they live, and have to move to a foster home. I remember it being described as an old castle on top of a hill, in front of a lake, close to a little villa...

In the Pottermore article "Ministers for Magic" by J.K. Rowling, the years given for Cornelius Fudge's term are 1990 - 1996: Cornelius Fudge 1990 - 1996 A career politician overly-fond of the old guard. Persistent denial of the continuing threat of Lord Voldemort ultimately cost h...

I mean after she got caught by Hermione. While being an officially known Animagus can be a downside to her work, not working at all is surely a bigger issue. We know she was forced to be unemployed: Unemployment did not suit Rita. The hair that had once been set in elaborate curls now hung la...

After reading the movie's novelization and it's other paperback novel, Man, Machines and Monsters, one image caught my eye, specifically this one, this image is in the Man, Machines and Monsters book, so I would think it is canon. This image is interesting, as it directly contradicts what the PP...

Is the "Eggscellent Knight" in the Regular Show actually Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty in disguise? Eggscellent Knight Rick Sanchez Because in the Regular show he acts very blasé when stuff like in the episode "Garage Door" happens; he pretended like he didn't care about all the "trials...

An anime where a town is under the rule of despotic dragons. A girl decides to fight them, she gets killed and comes back with a new super power every time till she defeats all of them. Really old anime; 1970's I think. One of the powers she had was moving on balls that were under her feet. Anot...

The main idea is "Girl gets abducted on a date by satanist cult (cute guy and friends) but she has already given her soul to the Greek god Hermes" I read this story sometime in the 1980's. It was probably in Science Fiction & Fantasy paperback or Asimov monthly (could have been anything) The hea...

I'm trying to identify the short story(?) in which cars are designed to be slower than they appear to be driving - louder engine noises, higher speedometer readings than actual speed.

In the Doctor Who episode The Woman Who Fell to Earth The Doctor removed several DNA bombs from her companions and reinserted these into the data-gathering coil brought to Earth by Tzim-Sha (Tim Shaw). The Doctor was not surprised when these found their way back into Tzim-Sha and seemed to unders...

I was wondering why the Empire chose to build the second Death Star in orbit around the Forest Moon of Endor? I guess that having locals who aren't capable of space flight is handy, but aren't there fully uninhabited planets hidden away in the Outer Rim, that would be just as defensible, and les...

Novel about a sorceress called Rumour who has spells woven into her hair. Her hair is cut off for some reason and her friends are tortured by being roasted in a cage with really graphic description of cooking them .

In Shrek 4, Rumpel has Shrek sign a contract causing him to not be born. Because of that, he never met Fiona or Donkey and the King and Queen signed their kingdom to Rumpel. But there’s a paradox - a grandfather paradox. The grandfather paradox is where you go back in time to kill your grandad...

My recollection is of a highway circling the world, people living in their cars until finally a hole in the ozone breaks through then expands, burning them all Any ideas?

Please link to your favorite questions and answers which were either asked or answered from July 1st 2018 through September 30 2018 (They don't have to be your questions and answers, but it also doesn't matter if you want to self promote your own stuff.). Your answers will be compiled into a blo...

About two years ago I read a short story about a Jack-in-the-box that is unused. I believe that he was at the bottom of the toy box and where he came from was unknown. In the house were a bunch of kids. If I can remember the oldest died in WW1.

While cataloging some of my sci-fi assorted images, I found this image that I have in my ‘sci-fi dioramas to-do’ folder. If one considers its appearance, the artwork looks like a sketch of some (nonsense) sort for a sci-fi movie. The only references that I have of this image are the folder name, ...

There is a picture on Imgur https://m.imgur.com/a/7dgVCDL where someone is saying that Qrow didn't put that cut on Winter but she was battling him when the cut was spotted. So was had it been there or did Qrow cut Winter?

Spoilers for Avatar: The Legend of Korra Season 1-3. below. Korra became able to enter the Avatar state at the finale of Book 1, and we have seen her using it numerous times in Book 2 - even for cheating in a game with Tenzin's children. Even after the happenings of the series's finale, she is c...

I saw the trailer maybe 6-8 years ago. May have been a German language movie - the trailer was in English. Post-apocalyptic. People hiding from very harsh sunlight. Kind of Mad Max.

In the series Zeroes, by Scott Westerfield, the protagonists and various other people have supernatural powers. Most of them are straightforward enough to understand, except Ethan's. At first it seems like some kind of unconscious mind-reading that makes him more persuasive. Except later the voi...

We've seen that every Zero power has an inverse. Some are rather obvious: destroying with electricity vs. fixing, making oneself the center of attention versus removing oneself from attention altogether. Others...a little less so (seeing through other people's eyes vs. seeming very sexy?). What ...

In Ethan's "omniscient" narration at the end of the series, it's mentioned that the next generation, the Ones, will have powers significantly more awesome than the apparently garbage ones that the Zeroes possess, such as mind controlling thousands of people or destroying the power grids of large ...

Whilst reading the first three books, and especially PoA, I kept wondering whether it's known how much Pettigrew learned about Harry, Ron and Hermione whilst in Animagus form; i.e. as Scabbers. How valuable did his time as Ron's pet rat turn out to be when it came to strategic or personal infor...

Back in the late 70s or early 80s, I read a short story in an anthology of science fiction (possibly The Year's Best series) about a scientist who has developed a new type of nuclear weapon. The technique is so simple but devastating that he is sure if he releases his work, all humanity will be...

I wasn’t able to find this novel since I've read it as a child at least 10 years ago). The story goes somewhat like this: A boy escapes the siege of his father’s castle. His family gets killed and he decides to travel as far away as he can. He meets a band of thieves and joins them. In their tr...

Has the Batmobile ever got stuck into a traffic jam? I suppose the Dark Knight will just left it there in case of an emergency (perhaps causing more trouble by parking that monster in the middle of the street), but looking for more data on this question I came across this article, that mentions ...