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Q: YA novel where the world is divided by color

BeaRead this book before 2013. The protagonist (I think it was a boy) lived in a world where society was divided by colours and each colour had their own city/continent. Each of these colours had their own rules for that part of the world. The main character wants to either change his colour or make...

 
 
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3:11 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer, blacklisted website in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (267): Did the events of First Contact create the Prime Universe? by Gregory on scifi.SE
 
 
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5:06 AM
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Q: I've watched star trek movies but haven't started star wars yet, what star wars movies should I skip and with which one should I start?

Mayank ChaudharyI've watched all star trek movies, so standard for graphics is way high if compared to star wars, but leaving that aside what movie or series should I start with?

 
 
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6:44 AM
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Q: Identify a science-fiction novel… key points: space travel, immortality drug, main characters stranded on distant planet, they eventually escape

Booker LookerI’m looking for the name of a science-fiction novel I read perhaps a decade ago. I’ve extensively searched several common search engines and come up with nothing, so I’m turning to this community to help. Here are the key details I remember about the story: Space travel. The main characters (and...

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Q: I need help in finding a manga about isekai but the mc gained the power similar to Minecraft

user145540I remembered back when i found a manga about a guy being isekai'd into another world with minecraft like powers If i remember correctly he either landed on a cave, an island? he's also near the sea. He also has goblins? as helpers which he can evolve. can't really remember anything about the mang...

 
 
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8:46 AM
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Q: Novel with large, tusked goat-like creatures as mounts

Kenneth W. Denk III read this in the mid '90s, but it had that acid treated paper feel that said '70s through '90s. The protagonist rode a mount that was definitely not a horse. I recall tusks and goat-like descriptions.

 
 
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11:37 AM
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Q: What did 'thrice defied' really mean?

The Boy Who LivedThe prophecy states: "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches...born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies...and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not...and either must die at the hand of the oth...

 
 
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12:50 PM
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Q: Short story with a boy who goes through a door that isn't there

ledgeI'm trying to remember a short story I read in the early/mid 80s with some kids who decide to take revenge on a bully, they turn up to his birthday party laden with presents which turn out to be empty; maybe they also try to scare him by putting their clothes on back to front and walking towards ...

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Q: what is the title of the book?

Eaglepup12I have been trying to remember the title of a book I read like a year ago. It is based in a time of dragons and the two main characters in the book is a boy and a dragon. The boy and dragon are friends, and they have to try to save their homeland from weird monsters. Does anybody know the title o...

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Q: Is Greg the only in-world character who notices the game mechanics?

FuzzyBootsEpic NPC Man is a web series by Viva La Dirt League set in an online RPG, making fun of the various tropes associated with the plot and mechanics of said games. One of the running jokes is Greg the Garlic Farmer noticing the bizarre behavior of players (such as Crafting, or Players being AFK), al...

 
1:24 PM
@Marvin how is distinct from ?
 
2:04 PM
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Q: Is Flash (Barry Allen) faster than light or slower?

SuperYoshikongOn the internet, people keep saying that Barry is far faster than light and thus significantly faster then every dc superhero besides his nephew Wally, citing the time he could perceive attoseconds, and reacted in a femtosecond, as proof. But there's confusion here. In some instances, he is said ...

 
@AncientSwordRage Without claiming that the tag is useful, "sword and sorcery" is to fantasy as "space opera" is to science fiction.
 
 
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3:11 PM
@DavidW hmm.... I feel like they should be used with the fantasy tag then, at the very least on story-id questions
 
4:11 PM
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Q: Very short story - passengers on faster-than-light ship watch old broadcasts of the Howdy Doody show

dodgethesteamrollerThis xkcd "What If?" reminded me of a short story I read, maybe in a compilation of Golden Age SF stories by the likes of Henry Kuttner and Fritz Leiber. It was just a few pages long. A group of rich old geezers are passengers on one of the first faster-than-light ships to leave Earth. The las...

 
4:47 PM
On the recommendation of @AncientSwordRage I'm posing a question I asked in a different chatroom: "Which fantastical horse do you wish was real?"
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Six year old me would have picked Starlight from Rainbow Brite. I'm trying to think what my answer is today though.
I know everyone loves ShadowFax but my LORT favorite horse is Bill the Pony
 
@Rosie Bill the Pony is an excellent choice
I honestly can't recall enough fantastical horses to make a good judgement unfortunately
 
5:15 PM
posted on October 13, 2021 by tech

Click here to go see the bonus panel!Hovertext: My alternate version of this was giant aliens putting humans in food slurry so that their excreta would cause it to be fluffy, but honestly that felt weird. Today's News:

 
 
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6:19 PM
Fantastical horses I can think of Sleipnir and Binky
 
6:57 PM
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Q: Story about aliens using machine to remove and send their collective evil thoughts away to a place that, in a twist, is right in the path of Earth

mechareneAbout a decade ago, I read a brief synopsis of a Sci-Fi work (may have been a Golden Age, Sci-Fi short story in an anthology on Wikipedia) of a "Utopian" alien civilization that would send their collective negative, violent, insane, evil thoughts/feelings off-world to a place that was revealed in...

 
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Q: Are there movie about dinosaurs updated with regard to modern science?

Ya YDocumentary movies used to depict dinosaurs as bald lizard-like creatures. Whereas according to recent scientific discoveries predators had feathers. Are there yet documentary that has updated creatures appearance with regard to science?

 
@Feeds yes
 
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Q: Name of the book I cannot remember about poor people boycotting rich

Ri DiIt is about how one day poor people stopped working, all shops closed and rich people were left on their own - their cars would break down, no food at home - all poor were planning this and prepared with lots of food. I think book had many dystopian stories in it - one was about remotely controll...

 
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@Babelfish When you have no money, a boycott is probably the norm.
 
 
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9:24 PM
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Q: jeepers creepers and the number 23

jimIn the film "Jeepers Creepers", Jezelle points out that the Creeper seems to need to feed based around the number 23: "Every twenty-third Spring. For twenty-three days. It gets to eat". Is it known if there is any significance the number 23 given by the author, Victor Salva?

 

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