I remember a short story... or I remember part of it anyway. The vague plot was that this guy discovered that Earth was part of this big war. Spiders were on one side (the good guys), flies etc were on the other side. I think he discovers this because he can hear them, which causes the bad guys t...

What was the goal of the Three Circles Conspiracy in the Lt. Leary/RCN series (David Drake)? Adele's parents were involved, it seems, but what was their goal? Was it a philosophical difference such as communism vs capitalism? Or just a power grab? Note: I can't create tags, or I would have tagged...

I started watching Picard last night and even though it's set after Voyager, Data and his AI are treated as unique. I've never actually watched ST:TNG, but was a huge fan of Voyager. Several episodes were dedicated to The Doctor's humanity and growth -- it certainly seemed like the EMH AI was at ...

Book 7 : When Lord Voldemort "killed" Harry in the Forbidden Forest , He is apparently knocked out (like Harry) for some reason. [1] Why ? [2] What happened to Voldemort when he was knocked out ? Did he also visit the Limbo ?

I'm looking for a Harry Potter fanfic I probably read at AO3, for 6-12 months ago. Was then a WIP. I may be mixing together two stories... It's Hermiones (20th?) birthday and they're celebrating. From Molly (even though she and Ron is broken up) she gets an glass-orb that's supposed to show he...

I read this in an anthology at least forty years ago. Some people (maybe at a party) are talking about the graffiti appearing everywhere. The story jumps to an alien soldier finalising his training by a qualifying test. Then back to Earth in WW2, a new recruit is Manning a pillbox, just as the en...

Peter Pettigrew was an animagus and he could turn into a rat without wand. In DH, when his hand started to torture him, why didn't he turn into a rat and rescue himself from evil hand?

So I have a series of vague impressions and a couple of details: Pretty sure this was a book, not a short story I probably read it in the 90's... maybe earlier I think the basic plot was that there was a computer which was supposed to protect those under its care. It decided to do this by alteri...

Looking for a mech anime series where if the mech suit chooses to merge with the human pilot, he receives total control over the suit but if destroyed in combat will die with the suit. The main character is a young male who takes over the suit after the original owner dies. When the mech decides ...

I am looking for a book that came out in the early 2000s was about pyramids I can't remember who wrote it or the title. The pyramids stopped either nuclear war or asteroids they had a shield ability that held everything in place.

In Half Blood Prince:7th Chapter; Mr Weasley says "Harry please you are talking to the man who raised Fred and George", What does this statement mean ? Does Mr Weasley know that Harry gave F&G his Triwizard winnings ?

According to what is said; Tolkien had written a letter to an friend or acquaintance in Wales. This letter was to someone who was sold in an auction in France (Marseille). There were those who saw it. In this letter, the nickname "Eastern Ring Slave" was used for one of the Nazgul, and it was mos...

If I'm able to run 48,28 km in 6 seconds, how can i calculate how much i could carry/move Like flash and quicksilver are able to carry heavy stuff and more people while running

I'm replaying TW3, and in Crookback Bog I noticed something that looks like a plot contradiction: The children of the Orphanage say Johnny told them that he saw a girl with ashen hair. This knowledge leads Gerald to track down Johnny and advance the main quest. When Geralt meets Johnny, Johnny c...

To avoid spoilers for season 3, the title is incomplete, I will clarify my question below. Now there's two possible explanations: Which of these two options is more lilely? Maybe there's some other explanation?

i am looking for an isekai manga i saw before. the guy who was a first ranker in a game had his account named sevent stolen and suicides (or just falls asleep i dont remember) and when he wokes up he is in his second account named "second".

We know at the end of the initial Harry Potter series that Neville Longbottom had a bit of a crush on Luna Lovegood, and during the Battle of Hogwarts, sought her out to "confess" to her. As an adult, we know Neville married Hannah Abbott and Luna married a grandson to Newt Schamander... but the ...

I vaguely recall a 1990s comic where something happened differently, and Clark Kent ended up not becoming a hero who rescues people and inspires Hope, but a sports hero and one of the richest, most bankable men on the planet; he played Basketball, Baseball, and Football, if I remember correctly. ...

I know this may depend on the continuity, but generally, Bruce Wayne has been shown to be a few years older than Clark Kent. This has been portrayed anywhere between 4 to 15, depending on the story, but most usually, Bruce is older. We should also take into account the "sliding time line" which e...

Does anyone know this isekai where the MC is a high schooler transported with classmate to a post apocalyptic world overrun by beasts. These beasts attack human and the MC even though being very weak has be ability to control. If I remember correctly the beast attack people cause there have been ...

In Terry Pratchet’s Discworld universe, he has five books that focus on Tiffany Aching, a trainee witch. She has a mix of non-magical and magical powers. Non-magical powers: First Sight Second, Third, and Fourth Thoughts Her magical powers are: An unnamed ability to connect to the land Borrowi...

A man is a heavy drinker, I recall the story says he drinks 12 or 20 beers a night and sends his son (nephew?) who is the story's narrator to buy then for him. After drinking a beer which is 'bad' he slowly starts transforming into a horrific monster. I have the feeling it's a Stephen King story,...