We know that Sirius Black is sent to Azkaban around the same time Harry is left at Privet Drive and by the dialog between Dumbledore and McGonagall we're led to believe that it was Dumbledore who decided that Harry should stay with the Dursley. Was it really Dumbledore's idea? I know Harry doesn'...

They are listed in The Force Awakens credits.

Around 1993 or 1994, I remember getting a copy (probably downloaded, but it's possible that it might have been on physical media) of a shareware fantasy CPRG. I don't remember that much about it. I only played the free version with one town and one dungeon; there was supposed to be a paid versi...

David Ramsey sure has been making the rounds lately! In the last couple months he's dropped in for a cameo on every Arrowverse show except Supergirl, which has been on hiatus, either as John Diggle or (in the case of Legends of Tomorrow) a past figure who looks enough like Diggle to be mistaken ...

I want to buy a present for a friend who loves stoic philosophy. The thing is that he's advanced and have studied a lot on the topic so I would like to avoid the "usual" and frequently bought books. Any suggestions?

Main character was an inspector general but really an assassin sent to kill his family member who betrayed their people. Also it's about the Jews are mercenaries

There was a manga I read in middle school, but I forgot the name, and it didn’t have more than 3 books in the school. It’s about a guy who falls asleep and observes a world he created in his head, however one of the girls in this world summons him to fight in a battle, and then after which he wak...

I don't mean from a skill perspective I mean as a person could Obi have had the will to kill Anakin/Vader. I'm ignoring the fact that he couldn't due to the OT being a thing I personally would have thought that if pushed enough he would do, but after doing so he would leave the Jedi order (What r...

I'm looking for a short story that I think I listened to as an audiobook, in a collection with other stories, in the early 2000s, checked out from a library in Ashland, KY. I was reminded of this when seeing the title to Looking for an O.Henry story where a young man from the country working in t...

In the film Harry, Ron, and Hermione try to destroy the locket (Horcrux) with their magic wand/spells and it didn't work, that's clear, BUT when Harry found the sword of Gryffindor, Harry and Ron opened the locket to destroy the Horcrux. To my question: Why did they have to open the locket to des...

In the 1990s, when I was a child living in England (UK), I had an illustrated story book that my mother had bought me which was about a young child who falls into a puddle on a rainy day. When the child is inside the puddle, they are travelling through a 'twisted' reality where shadowy creatures ...

I don't remember exactly when I read this, I think at least ten years ago, almost certainly more than five years ago. I don't remember what was being investigated in the story, but the protagonist is in a town that has a deserted military complex dating back to the Cold War just outside of town w...

In the season 7 finale (s7e18) of The Flash, it is shown that Godspeed aka August Heart was sometimes speaking in an Indian language (either Hindi or Punjabi). Why did he speak in that language?

I'm finding a book about a kid who doesn't have magic but most people do and the people who don't have magic are banished to a place outside of the city. The boy tries his best to pretend his magic by using gadgets at school but one day he joins a "soccer like sport" that's played using magic but...

The Gauls are constantly attacked by Romans. The explanation for why they resist is because they have a magic potion, but there are other Gauls: how do they resist? Asterix protects them in the book but Asterix and Obelix not are there in other books. For example, the Belgians are said to be very...

I'm looking for a sci-fi novel I read as a teenager. The novel starts with the main character, who was a soldier, travelling on a ship that was transporting a secret cargo that was to be turned into a weapon -- an animal that was able to jump back and forth in time, especially when threatened / ...

Does Frank Herbert ever state who took over governorship of the planet Caladan after House Atreidies departed for Arrakis? It seems to be implied that they gave Caladan up rather than governing both it and Arrakis. In contrast the Harkonnens govern Geidi Prime their homeward and also governed Arr...

We see her doing that in The Last Jedi. The mirror cave scene. But she's been in Jakku since she was 6. I can't find an answer (besides the ones provided by speculation, of course)