I read this novel about 3 years ago. Here's what I remember: The protagonist is an American woman living in an underground Mars colony populated by colonists from several nations. The protagonist's boyfriend is a Chinese man also living in the colony. The colony's AI deceives the colonists into ...

This is a short story I read years ago in a collection I guess. There is a guy who can rescue people by tracking down their fear. I remember very little except that at one point he consults a tea leaf reader for information. I am guessing this is from the 70s.

I have been told, and Memory Alpha confirms, that in Nemesis, Janeway is not only but also a very high-ranking one. How was this derived? I couldn't find it in the script. Is it something on the uniform?

It was about some shipwrecked survivors. They get onto an island and one man is attacked in the water by something you can't see. Later at night he begins to mutate and goes to the sea. Then the other survivors find this abandoned military facility. They find Aborigines and they gave some bananas...

Who is the wealthiest superhero: Tony Stark or Bruce Wayne? Most of sci-fi viewers believe Tony Stark is the wealthiest superhero.

I read it ages ago. I don't recall it being posted on ff.net or AO3. It was a story where Snape ends up fully adopting both Harry and Draco. Harry ends up with some prophetic dreams, is at one point blinded by Lucius poking needles in his eyes, for some time can only cast spells by saying the inc...

According to many accounts, Frederick B. Warde performed a play entitled Iskander in 1897-1897 season in many country theatres such Lancaster PA, Chicago, Illinois, Columbus Ohio and so on. The play was adapted for stage, based on Benjamin Disraeli's novelette The Rise of Iskander, by William Dun...

I'm trying to find a book that a friend of mine read. He does not know the title nor the author's name. Here is how he described it: It was a dystopian society where I guess the poor live underground, and the rich used a machine or something to be able to be put in the conscious of the poor peopl...

I've heard both that it's blue from a variety of sources, due to their blue skin, as well as it being red (the Tau40k subreddit list this in their FAQ). Is there a definitive description of their blood colour in the fiction?

There is a man who is born with a disability that means he can't feel heat, so his body temperature always gets really low. He meets the other MC and discovers that he can feel this person's body heat.

The name of Alan Turing often crops up in science fiction, especially when AI appears. Although I know his scientific and mathematical papers, I was surprised to discover that at one point he began to write a science fiction story. According to King's Treasures (an archive of material from King's...

Near the end of the first season, Arisu speculates that there was a way to win the game without anyone dying, although it's unclear whether he is thinking about the current game or the one in which his friends died. Even if it is the former, that raises the question: Does every game have some t...

Vulcans adhere to foundations of logic. Music and art seem like emotionally driven creations.

In the series Alice in Borderland, there are logically several references to the book Alice in Wonderland. Most notably, the protagonist goes by Arisu (Alice) and finds himself in a bizarre world where he is subject to arbitrary and incomprehensible rules involving playing cards. The main plot i...

I solved this one in the midst of writing the question, but posting so that I can find it again. This is a book series I listened to as an audiobook about 1-2 years ago, downloaded from my library's eBooks system. At the beginning of the story, a brother and a sister (I think, maybe homeless?) ar...

Growing up in the 80's my mother introduced me to a trilogy she read. I don’t remember the name but they traveled to another world and worked to colonize it. 2064 or something idk. The books were paperback and fairly thick. I think the colors of the books were blue orange and green. Went through ...

I just finished rereading Red Thunder by John Varley, which is a fine read, as are the other two books in his trilogy. This time, Heinlein's Rocket Ship Galileo flashed into my brain. Please note, I am NOT in any way suggesting that Varley in any way copied Heinlein. Varley's book is richer in ...