Was interested in reading any books written in the 2011 Terra Nova TV Series. But in doing a few google searches, I could not find anything. Not even a Novelization of the series I was surprised that I was not able to find anything. I am looking for Published novels Not Fan Fiction. If there w...

I'm looking for a SciFi/Romance book, where a female author - living with her (great-) grandmother(?) - is writing a biography about the crew of a B-17 bomber a relative (grandfather?) flew in during WW2. The bomber was shot down over occupied France. Among the papers, she finds a picture of th...

So basically this guy was with his friends and they were watching a girl get undressed from another build across the street through the window and when the main character looked through the telescope he saw her with a fox tail, then he looked away and it was gone then he looked back through the t...

The story begins with the three children (two females, one male), about ten years old, carrying the corpses of their parents to the back yard. Later you discover that they have exterminated all of humanity and that they have the power to kill any living being just by mentally desiring it. That is...

This was written around the mid 20th century by an author who (I think) was also known for sci-fi, but this was about a real person and (more or less) based on real events. The protagonist was a Confederate leader in the US civil war. He was not a secessionist or in favour of slavery, but lived...

In the first episode of the new The Mandalorian TV show, it is mentioned that the Empire is gone. We can then infer that this show is set after Return of the Jedi. Do we know exactly when the show takes place, in-universe?

This has been suggested to pretty far, even light-years, plus have been turned into a subspace beacon or transponder especially if damaged to aid in finding the owner either to rescue a survivor or to recover the body in the event of death. Has someone any information on how this is supposed to t...

This story has stayed with me for a long time. Published in a 1970s (possibly '60s) issue of F&SF. Post-apocalypse setting -- no devastation described, but people live in low-tech hunter-gatherer tribes. Protagonist is a hunter. In a time of need, when no other game can be found, he does what...

We see AI doctors in Sci-Fi work all the time. Examples can be famous medical droids of Star Wars: The Doctor (Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I) from Star Trek: Voyager (1995) is even better example because it didn't have physical body. I believe I've also encountered AI doctors in Doctor...

I am currently re-reading The Magicians, and I wonder if Quentin really passed the exam on his own. He sure is the unappreciated genious in the narration, but that doesn't mean he really is. He did pass the theoretical part well enough, but he gets a special treatment from Fogg to reveal his abi...

In episode 1 of The Mandalorian, the protagonist is given a chunk of metal that he then takes to another Mandolorian who melts it down and makes a shoulder piece for him. What is this metal, and why does it seem so special to the Mandolorians?

According to Star Wars canon, the Wampa Ice Creature, created for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, may have been based on the cryptozoological phenomenon of the Yeti or the Abominable Snowman, a humanoid beast believed to inhabit the Himalayan Mountains, but I ask if the Wampa could have been ...

When the main character in The Mandalorian brings beskar metal to the forger, she asks him if he has 'revealed his signet'? The Mandalorian replies that he hasn't yet. She then forges him the shoulder piece. What does this exchange about revealing the signet mean?

For years I lived with the impression that I have heard that quote somewhere in the movies but I can't Google it so I am starting to think I am confused. Is there an instance where Yoda (or maybe another character) says that?

I am looking for a novel that was written as a history, but from the perspective of centuries in our future. The genius of this particular work was to take future events written by other authors and run them together in one coherent history, each chapter corresponding to a borrowed future. The fu...

Stack Exchange recently announced that it'll reward question askers more and so a reputation re-calculation will happen. We’re Rewarding the Question Askers I welcome this decision because I believe I'll get most benefit out of it on this site. I am just curious to know when I can expect to see...

PyroKenisis or Fire generation & manipulation of heat is a fairly common power in the Marvel Universe, even when not counting the magical Heaven or Hell fire from beings like Ghost Rider. Of the known flame wielder, three of the most potent and popular are: Angelica Jones, the mutant known as F...

I distinctly remember playing a PC game as a child but cannot find it after countless hours of googling. The game was turn based and you would assemble a party (I distinctly remember an elf, human, and faerie) and then you would travel through a map, choosing which way you adventured. Along your...

The purring sound of the Enterprise warp core is iconic (for example https://news.avclub.com/read-this-behind-the-scenes-of-sci-fi-s-most-soothing-1798247701). Is there an in-universe explanation for the components or processes specifically responsible for this sound?

During the First Age of Middle earth Manwe sent Thorondor and the Eagles to watch over the inhabitants including the Noldor. Throughout the First Age,Thorondor has intervened on behalf of Men and Elves and even left wounds on Morgoth and was a great asset to the War of Wrath.We know that The othe...

This is short fiction (most probably a short story, or just possibly barely making it to novelette) I read more than 20 years ago. They find in the Arctic frozen remains of a primate that seems to be roughly as ancient as some of the australopithecus, so they call it (if I remember correctly) "...