In JRR Tolkien's work the "Ring of Barahir" (RoB) was one one of the key heirlooms of the Heirs of Elendil. There is a passage I recall, I trhink it is from Appendix A to LOTR, but my copy of RoTK is not available. This passage tells the story of the flight of Arvedui (spelling?), the last King o...

I've been trying to find out the name of an anime in which there's a girl who allegedly lost her father after he's enchanted by a mermaid. It's a movie, not a series. Its protagonist is a girl - a child with black hair. She eventually becomes friends with a boy who's able to turn into a fish so b...

In The Suicide Squad (2021), Rick Flag and his crew reached a shore by swimming: Rick Flag: Waller, we're on the beach and dry. What does "dry" mean?

mc and the saint as children made a promise to date each other when they grow older but when mc sees the saint she was getting married to the hero. I know that it is a manga .

In the Seven Kingdoms series by Kristin Cashore, we first are introduced to Gracelings, each of whom has a particular gift (for survival, cooking, mind control, whatever), and is distinguished by their different-colored eyes, often of an unusual color. As I recall, it's not heritable. Meanwhile, ...

A man goes to an island and takes two cats. Boat captain visits the island periodically and notices more and more cats. Eventually, the boat captain can’t get off the boat- cats everywhere and jumping into the water to swim to the boat. The boat captain calls to the man but there is no answer. I ...

I'm looking for a novel about intelligent dinosaurs and aliens. Probably published in the early 90's. Paperback, English. Cover was a green alien resembling a small, predatory dinosaur (similar to Dale Russell's "dinosauroid"), facing out and aiming a sci-fi weapon. The background was a reddish o...

I saw this series on TV as a child when it was broadcast in Hungary sometime between 1995-1997. It could have been either a North American or a European production. It was live action; it consisted about a dozen (or slightly more) episodes with an ongoing plotline. Unfortunately, I don't remember...

The anthology cover shows a woman and man (lower left) and some barrel-chested natives (upper right). While listening to the natives sing, the anthropologists are transported to the far future where the air is very thin (hence the barrel chests).

I was reading the Marvelous Land of Oz and came across this unusual passage. This unusual statement is made when the Scarecrow, Tip and Jack are going to flee the Emerald City after the Army of Girls conquer it. And while the Soldier was gone for the clothesline his Majesty continued, “it is wel...