When Hermione was at library searching about monster she got petrified whereas harry was just about to play quddich at the very specific moment why harry didn't hear any voice from basilisk just like others got petrified

After reading this question: In the Aliens movie, what do the Xenomorphs eat? I commented an observation: the strongest acids we know of from Earth elements contain Fluorine, such as Fluoroantimonic acid (pH -23) and Fluoroboric acid (pH -16) owing to the insane reactivity of F atoms. Drops of th...

I almost know this is a stupid question, but I have to ask it. Why doesn't Paul just give orders to stop the Jihad? "stop killing in my name"... or punish those who do kill in his name? Would the Fremen just disobey him... is it not possible for him to order that many people? It isn't clear to me...

Read a short story in 1969 high school English class. It had to do with buying a ticket to ride a ferris wheel, but the ride would actually go to Mars? Protagonist wrestles with desire to go vs fear to leave. I thought it was a Ray Bradbury story, but not at all certain.

I remember reading a novel where multiple timelines converge over several days and then separate again. In one scene, the lead character sees his own body (from another timeline) in the burnt-out remains of his yacht. He is re-united with his dead wife/lover but at the end I think I read this in...

the dog's owner is an alchemist. the dog talks to other animals, like the cat of a witch or the rat of a vampire and reports about the ongoing battle to open the gates of hell, which can only be done every 666 years

The Suggsverse includes tons of characters who are stronger than omnipotent beings. I thought that omnipotence was unbeatable and that it was the maximum amount of power imaginable, but in the Suggsverse the characters are much more powerful than omnipotent. More than that, there are characters w...

Years ago, I read a short story about the creation of an AI species. I believe they were described as crab-like. I remember the creator could speed up their evolution by letting the simulation run. Once they evolved language, the creator would communicate with them. Eventually, they discovered wr...

I'm looking for a manga, where MC gets transported to a cultivation world but he has all his skills from a game he was playing, it starts out as follows: The MC gets transported(or isekai'd I'm not too sure) to a cultivation world while playing a game once he transferred he gains his skills from ...

From what I’ve made out by watching “World Between Worlds”, I heard “Help me Obi-Wan, Your my only hope” -Leia ANH And, “I lost my way for a long time. But now, I have a chance to change things.” – Kanan Rebels I heard fragments of a lot more, but couldn’t make them out. Is there a list of the qu...

I'm looking for the detective novel matching this description: I have nothing to add, except that one of my favorite lines from a detective novel (long since forgotten which one) was to the effect of “1.5 gallons of blood doesn’t sound like a lot to most people. Pour 1.5 gallons of milk on your...