The question says it all. When was the first mention of the Golden path in the books and when it was mentioned did it mean what it meant at the end of the series? Note that I do not want an answer from anything other than the original 6 novels.

I have searched over and over trying to find this, so now finally posting the question to see if anyone else has a clue about this. My details are vague, but here goes. I remember watching a cartoon in the 80s about big robots. I do not believe it was Voltron and I know it is not Transformers ...

It didn't take me long to learn aurebesh; I can read at a very slow but steady pace. But I find it surprising that there are no sources of texts written in the script! I searched extensively, but I get swamped with decoders and small samples. Best results are screenshots of the Mandalorian or ot...

The girl has a harsh life and a terrible fiancée because of this, she dies and woke up again in her younger self. Determine to avoid the inevitable future, she started to learn swordsmanship and becomes very good in it sort of like a genius. Then in order to avoid the future she has already lived...

In the short story "Profession" (1957) by Isaac Asimov, much of the story revolves around the Olympics that take place on Earth every year. As a child, the main character asks his father about the origin of the word Olympics. Once he had asked his father: “Why do they call it Olympics, Dad?” And...

Between 1994-1998, my library carried a sci-fi novel about Mars. I remember the cover being mostly black, somewhat larger format than a usual novel. I was under the impression it was Christian-themed, but I remember the themes as being implicit. The story follows a somewhat shy man, who initially...

I am trying to find a Flash Gordon comic in which the protagonists are forcibly brought somewhere (Mongo?) and have to treat the antagonist (possibly Emperor Ming) for a dreadful illness, which turns out to be a bad case of the cold/flu in the end. I might have read this as a print comic book in ...

Mira Furlan, Croatian-American actress and singer, has just passed away at the age of 65. Her best-known screen role was as the Minbari ambassador in Babylon 5, a role that she played both boneheadedly and hairily, but always with care and compassion, through five seasons. R.I.P.

In the MCU, we rarely see anyone call "Black Widow". There are a few cases, such as in Age of Ultron during the "lifting the hammer" scene: James Rhodes: Come on, Cap. [Steve starts pulling on the hammer and manages to budge it a little; Thor looks a little alarmed. Steve still fails to lift it;...

H.P. Lovecraft was never popular during his lifetime and died virtually unknown in 1937. Was he the last sci-fi writer to die unknown, only to become famous in later years? If not, who was the last one?

This is a sci-fi novel, fairly short, and I think fairly old (50s/60s, but might be earlier). The author is well-known, but possibly for other genres as well as sci-fi, and definitely anglophone. I'm fairly sure it's the first book of a trilogy. This man travels to another planet, and things are ...

In Naomi Novik's Deadly Education the Scholomance is the Boarding School from hell, where monsters fight for the privilege of being able to eat the tender morals(mortals) stuck inside. But how dangerous was the school supposed to be? The first novel makes it clear that some Mals were expected to ...

I recall a novel in the mid-80s about a (high school or collage) student assigned to write simulation code. He develops a virtual world in which the inhabitants use time travel to bring natural resources from the past to the present. However, the simulations inevitably fail because overuse of thi...

The movie takes place in some alternate universe where "luck" is scientifically proved to exist. Furthermore, every child (I think) needs to take a test that checks their luck. The two main protagonists take the exam at the start of the movie, and it is discovered that the girl protagonist has an...

Given that in Star Trek Discovery we don't yet know if for certain if Tilly will be the XO at the start of the next season and she (currently) holds the rank of ensign. Is there any precedence in the Prime universe only for someone being promoted by 2 or more ranks in one go (excluding cadets get...

At a key point in the story, our heroes get the drop on Nolan Sorrento because the guy keeps his password written down, therefore they are able to hack his OASIS rig. That's fine as far as it goes, but does it really make sense that he wouldn't know he was still in the OASIS?

I have just recently finished reading the first Star Wars novel set in the new High Republic, Light of the Jedi. One of the villainous female characters is named Lourna Dee, which sounds a lot like Lorna D., something that could be close to Lorna Doone. Is the character Lourna Dee in Light of the...

I'm trying to locate better, high resolutions pictures of these Nazca lines, the name of them if any and their location. Any info would be appreciated. Nazca Line Link

I am looking for the name of a short story most likely by Asimov, Bradbury, or Clarke. The plot is about a small group of explorers who have set up an outpost on a planet when they notice that the native population starts dwindling because they are migrating. Suddenly the outpost is beset by a wi...

Posting for a friend. The story is about a group of people who live underground and are hunted by giant slug creatures. They can see in the dark. Apparently there is a hero amongst them who once killed a slug, and is considered legendary. The truth is that he is in fact blind, and killed the slug...