This was a library book I read maybe 5 or 6 years ago in the uk, I can’t remember the cover. There is a girl protagonist who is a courtesan or bonded servant to this mega rich guy who has vast resources and power. In the story he is going around the galaxy sorting out business deals. I only recal...

So, if Charlus Potter was not James' father and therefore Harry's grandfather, how could he be related to him? According to the Harry Potter Wiki (I don't know how valid it is to use their information, as much of it is correct), "it is more than likely that Charlus was an uncle or cousin of James...

In "The King of the Klondike" (1993), chapter 8/12 of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", there is half a page which frankly disturbs me, and it has bothered me since I first read it long ago. To me, that part is even worse than when he had a bunch of thugs destroy an African village after th...

I looked up Age of Resistance last night, and some of what I saw kind of contradicts the original movie. Far as I can tell there was nothing about the crystal breaking, Augrah (spelling?) used to watch over the crystal until the Skeksis distracted her with the orrery and gelflings are working for...

I've asked about it repeatedly on Wikipedia's talk page for the article about Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A space odyssey, but had no reply (I have also mentioned it on the talk page for the french article, where at least someone chimed in, but it's even less likely to get a conclusive answer ...

Near the end of the miniseries Behind Her Eyes, manipulates Louise into putting herself into a situation where he could, one might say, habeus corpus. This plan seems to rely on a few things. First, Louise had to care enough about someone who betrayed her and who she thought was a psychopath to ...

In an early episode, we see that David apparently took away his wife's credit card and phone—or so it would seem.... However, why? Obviously, out-of-universe, it serves the purpose of making the viewer suspicious that David is abusive, before the more supernatural truth is revealed. However, from...

I'm looking for suggestions of manga/manhwa/webcomics ect. where the main character, preferably a female, has a dragon as a pet or familiar or friend ect. Beyond that, I'm open in terms of plot. I have been reading The Reincarnated Great Saintess Hides the Fact throat She's a Saintess and really ...

I'm trying to recall a story I read about a man alone on a Mars outpost except for the companionship of a dog that had already either been modified post-birth or natally bioengineered to have human-level intelligence. Over the course of the story, the dog starts getting progressively more moody a...

In this setting humans who are not specialized in anything but trained for survival wake up in a world where theres no others left, They have supplies for what they need but have to rebuild civilization Through this blueprint library that contains instructions and information of what we have toda...

In my copy of Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land, there is an introduction written by his wife Virginia. She writes as follows: The given names of the chief characters have great importance to the plot. They were carefully selected: Jubal means “the father of all”, Michael stands for “Who is ...

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Looking for a short story from an anthology, late 70's early 80's, about a sewing machine salesman who is assumed to be a spy and inadvertently escapes being killed enough times that the agencies decide he must be a super spy. He is mistakenly given some plans about the Berlin wall which he event...

Suppose in the Star Trek universe a baby was born on a starship. Presumably, everyone on the ship is using the universal translator at all times. Further suppose that both parents never remove their universal translators. What language would that child learn to speak? Would it just learn pure mea...

What would happen if there was no Hogwarts? Would there be no Voldy? No Lily or James?

Fantasy coming of age trilogy about a boy in a small village who had healing powers, but had to hide them or he would be hunted down. He meets a girl who is later revealed to be a shape shifting dragon and they go on to discover he has more powers then he realized. I remember a lot of little det...

It's not really science fiction because the story takes place in a small village that has banned technology and musical instruments. We only hear a bit about the outside world when he eavesdrops on his parents. The protagonist also hears that he's not his parents' son; he's a clone of "dad's" for...

Last year (2020) saw some changes to the question closure system across the SE network. One of the changes was to introduce audience-specific texts for custom close reasons, so that the OP, close voters, privileged users, and the general public can all get slightly different versions of the same ...

On Knowhere, Drax calls Ronan, and just after he arrives, the Guardians steal some pods. Rocket tells Groot he can't fit in the pod and to wait for him until he gets back. Drax then attacks Ronan. Where was Groot? I've been wondering why Groot didn't help Drax during the fight. Afterwards, Groot ...