I read the series in the 90s I believe there were three books might have been more. It was post apocalyptic and the teens were trying to cross a mountain to get to California to find one of their parents. They used bows and arrows. I thought but could be wrong fire was in title.

In Toy Story (2019), after Forky jumps into a trash bin, Woody says: Woody: Oh, Chutes and Ladders! What makes Woody to say, "Chutes and Ladders"?

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Voyager's EMH is apparently simply a collection of photons and force fields, controlled by a computer, either on board Voyager or in his mobile emitter. Yet he seems to see and hear things from the perspective of where his holographic eyes and ears are, even to the point of reading printed text (...

1970s/1980s sci-fi book with a spaceship on the cover I went to Goodwill last month and I had a book in my hands. I did not read it. Not sure why I didn’t buy it because now I’m hellbent on finding out what it’s called lol. This may not be much information so I apologize. It had a picture of a...

Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were born in 1914, met in 1931, and in 1933 produced their first published work using the name Superman in The Reign of the Superman. It was a lightly-illustrated short-story featuring the titular character as a telepathic villain. The influence of Nietzsche on curr...

He is a half-elf druid, he has blonde hair and purple eyes, has a very slim build and amazing understanding of biology. He is a masterful shapeshifter and healer. He is a chaotic mess of good. His main traits are very friendly, energetic, and forgiving. He is not normally one to hold a grudge. In...

In chapter 6, Wednesday says to the council of old gods, When the people came to America they brought us with them. So what happened to the lands that they left? Do they no longer have gods? Or like Jesus, are there other versions of Odin/Anansi/Kali in the native lands. new ones who form...

One of the central themes of American god lore is that Gods, like Wednesday, Mr.Nancy, Chernobog were made out of people's beliefs. and their existence is tied to the devotion of their followers. But where then does, their mythos come from ? For e.g. Odin, the All father, sacrificed his eye and...

I recently watched The Witcher on Netflix, and just started reading The Last Wish. I'm curious what the full extent of Geralt's powers (specifically his magical powers) are? Or, more generally, what are witchers capable of and incapable of in terms of their magical ability? From the Netflix ser...

I am specifically referring to power. For example, if a known powerful wizard and a known powerful witch have a child together, does that child have a greater likelihood to excel at magic? Are there any examples for or against this concept? The alternative to this would be that "power" is a res...

In NOiSE! There is a police named Killy who is tasked to find a culprit, but later in BlAME! appears another Killy. I'm not sure if is the same person, There are thousands of years between the two works. Sanakan says he is a former Safeguard from the city. The later Killy seems to be something...

Do we have evidence that they were "above average" in terms of their magical ability? If so, does that contribute at all to Harry being magically advanced (in some areas)? Related: Is magical ability inherited in Harry Potter? I.e., he is able to produce a fully formed Patronus at a younger-th...

In the "previously" clips for Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 Episode 13, there is apparently a princess who can turn herself invisible. She says "I ran away because I wasn't ready." in the clip. Tilly was featured prominently in the clip. What episode was that taken from?