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Q: Post-apocalyptic movie where people can't or don't speak

pabasquitoI've seen the trailer but can't remember the title. It's a newer film (within the past 10-15 years I'd guess) and it seemed to be mostly set in the woods. As stated in title, people can't/won't/don't speak for some reason. I believe the lead is a female character and she's to be sacrificed (shack...

 
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Q: A short fiction about a woman alone in a spaceship tricked by alien traders with offer of a pet

AlfredI read this story at least 30 years ago, probably in a collection. Either a short story or maybe a novelette. It is a bit fuzzy in my memory. IIRC, a woman lived alone in a spaceship. The ship had powerful weapons and so she controlled an asteroid which was very valuable, something like an astero...

 
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Q: Why do most survivor groups in France use manual-action firearms?

galacticninjaWhile watching The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, which is set in France, I noticed an interesting contrast in the weapons used by different survivor groups. Most survivor groups who use firearms, including those Daryl joins (i.e., the "good guys"), rely on manual-action firearms (lever-action, bolt-...

 
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@DavidW I must've not been paying attention to the network election schedule in June, and didn't notice that you missed out on becoming a mod by the narrowest of narrow margins.
Next time maybe :-)
 
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@Randal'Thor For some reason I thought it would be egotistical to vote for myself, so I didn't...
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Q: Short story: Alien consciousness jumping between hosts, finds out that the human consciousness jumps with it

Jackie RobertsI am trying to find the name of a short story I read over 40 years ago, I thought it was written by either Asimov or Herbert but a search hasnt identified it. The premise is that there is an alien consciousness (I think called the Tegan) that jumps from human host to human host with a second cons...

 
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Q: Short story identification: Village setting in the middle of a nuclear war

Jackie RobertsThis one is for my husband who has been trying to identify a short story with the following premise: He is unsure about the setting - he thinks it is set in an English village with a pub. The characters find themselves sealed in on three sides of the village by mysterious forcefields that burn an...

 
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Q: B-movie circa mid-80s about a guy with a motorcycle, possibly post apocalyptic

pabasquitoSaw this, or part of it, when I was a kid. I mostly remember the guy riding his motorcycle/dirtbike across vast expanses of barren land in a dreary, possibly foggy landscape. It's possibly set in the future as I think the bike had modded silver-metallic bodywork to make it look futuristic. I thin...

 
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Q: Book series with a character who is forgotten by everyone

LiaI'm trying to find this book series I read in middle school with a character who no one could remember. He had a girlfriend later in the series who was blind and wore a bracelet with his name in Braille on it so she wouldn't forget him. At the end of one of the books he spreads himself so thin ac...

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Q: Why do the aliens blow themselves up at the end of "The Mile-long Spaceship"?

Organic MarbleIn the classic Kate Wilhem story "The Mile-Long Spaceship" telepathic contact is achieved between a telepathic human on Earth and an aggressive alien race. The plot concerns the aliens' attempts to locate Earth in order to destroy it. Failing that, they destroy the titular ship and themselves. Th...

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Q: Aquaman and Submariner

Nu'DaqAlthough being competitors, Marvel and DC have published the occasional crossover (In addition to seeing two 'Batman meets Punisher' works I have also heard of a work where Superman fought the Hulk). However, each company has their own version of the 'undersea prince of Atlantis' (specifically Ma...

 
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Q: The lost TV show I used to watch

RobI remember that there was this TV show I used to watch that had a kid in it. I think in the first episode the kid with his two other friends had found this sciencey place. One of the friends was a black girl while the other was chubby. The science place I think had an orange z logo. The first epi...

 
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Q: Fantasy book series about a brother and sister able to use more of their brain than the average human

Pierre NEILLOi can't remember the title of a book series. Here's what i know about it: The main characters are a brother and a sister They have special abilities (might involve telepathy) and are part of an organisation of people having said abilities. I think the abilities are hereditary They have creatures...


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