While reading the book Jurassic Park, I read that the Visitor Center was made almost entirely of glass with a black metal frame. Apparently, this made the building look 'very modern and hi-tech'. While this would give the building a nice aesthetic, my question is, why would John Hammond build the...

In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, we see the Mosasaurus escape from the Jurassic World Lagoon and into the ocean through a gate. In the first Jurassic World, there is no gate to be seen during any of the lagoon shots, and on the maps of Isla Nublar, we can see that the Lagoon is in the center of...

Ive had this toy fish for a few years now, and I've always wanted to find out where it comes from. unfortunately I don't have much information to give out. I'm hoping someone here can find /something/ about them, he is a mysterious little fiish. Shortly after me and my family had moved to our ...

The story begins in media res with as the viewpoint character fights a duel on a frozen planet. They combatants are wearing something between a power suit and a single-person armoured vehicle; visibility is almost zero and radar range is short. The viewpoint character knows what to expect, how ...

I read this about 3 years ago, around 2017, I think as an EBook. The protagonist is an adolescent, not quite a teenager, who has moved to a small town. I think the town itself is in a valley. I do remember that it has a bridge over a large expanse of water. He's being bullied by a pair of boys wh...

How did the people of Gondor know Aragorn was king? From their perspective, Aragorn is a ranger from a faraway land and a friend of Gandalf. They eventually learned that Gandalf supported his claim to the throne, but was did they know before that. This question asks how Faramir guessed/knew Arago...

Short story: Generation(?) or battleship based on Norse myth culture. Read in last 15 years, perhaps in The Year's Best Science Fiction edited by Gardner Dozois. Not a sure if it was a generation ship or just a large battle cruiser on an extended trip that had been damaged. Command structure adop...

In multiple Harry Potter books/movies, there are a number of scenarios where a spell is cast or some magical event happens but the instigator did not use a wand: In HP1, Harry removes the glass from the Boa Constrictor's enclosure allowing it to escape and then puts it back, trapping Dudley. In...

On the series Tidelanders, Adrielle is the leader of the titular characters, but she does not do a very good job. She governs them with extreme brutality, even being willing to order a child's eye put out for having spied on her—more than that, she did the same to her second-in-command and who kn...

I am trying to track down a volume of short stories by different authors. I am certain that one was "The Small Assassin" by Ray Bradbury, probably the first story in the volume. I am pretty certain that it also contained "Inconstant Moon" by Larry Niven, and the Eric Frank Russell short story "...

About 6 - 10 years ago, I read two books in a series about a Shaman or Wizard attending a US Military Academy. I would like to re-read them and see if any new books have been written in the series. Vague memories about the books: Written after 2000 (I think?) Ley lines crossed and met within t...

Film set in USA where everyone wears a headset which controls thoughts by suppressing IQ. Everything is a copy of 1950s, even cars & clothes. Hero discovers the truth and is told by interrogator that the 1950s was used to pattern the country because that was when it was happiest. At ending he ha...

I read this approx 1990 but I think it was in an anthology with a lot of stories from the 1960's and 1970's. A man steps into his daily transporter booth and sits down, a few seconds later he goes to leave but the door won't open. While he waits for assistance he realises his head is on upside d...

It probably aired on Cartoon Network/Adult Swim/Toonami/Boomerang from around the 2000s to 2013 or something which involves three protagonists using cards to transform to monsters or something powerful to fight the bad guys.

Novel about a talented young computer programmer (maybe a child-protege..?) who makes a splash in the programming world and ends up moving to Dallas. I don’t really remember much of the plot, but I think he ends up getting in some trouble there because of Dallas’ “incomparable nightlife”. The “...

In Star Trek, we always see that ships are aligned in the same way--or at least, their dorsal and ventral sides are never opposite to each other. So, for example, the Galaxy class Enterprise is above a planet, and its ventral side is facing the planet. There's a ship next to it--let's just say it...

I would like to know if there is anything in Star Trek canon that says that Spock had a good relationship with his mother's family on Earth. For example, would he from time-to-time visit with the Grayson family when he was not on duty or on vacation? I have searched a good number of Star Trek we...