Back in the early 90s I read a book that had won an award and was an excellent example of writing to create a sense of dread. I have had trouble finding this book again and unfortunately can remember neither the title of the book nor the author. The book would have been written in the early 199...

So I have several email addresses over the last 20 years based on the main character from a 3-4 part book series. I'd love to remember the title and re-read them so I can explain the meaning of my email address - it has become my persona. I read the series in around 1996-97. It was set in space...

I have watched both LOTR and The Hobbit, but can't decide which one is better to watch for your health, yet is fun to watch at the same time? Can anyone help? Summary:which is healthier, yet fun?

Possible spoilers for the novel/movies We see in the novel that It can take the form of whatever It chooses to be (leper, giant bird, mummy, etc.) and yet, Its primary appearance is Pennywise the Dancing Clown throughout the book and even in the past, as seen from the pictures in Mike's book. W...

The staircase to the girls' dormitory in Gryffindor is enchanted to become smooth when a boy is trying to climb it. He was on the sixth stair when it happened. There was a loud, wailing, klaxonlike sound and the steps melted together to make a long, smooth stone slide. There was a brief momen...

I'm listening to the Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson and next in line is 'Oathbringer' - due for release on the 16/11/2017 (in the UK). I've noticed (via Audible) that there's another book in the series 'Edgedancer' which they designate as 2.5 in the series: 1 The way of kings 2...

I'm looking for the name and author of the story about an alien race that wants to invade Earth, with a lot of weapons and an immense army. It seems the Earth is doomed. The ending, however, is very unexpected: The mother-ship of the aliens land, and a man who walks there happens to put his foot ...

Trying to identify a story of a robot suspected of murder on a fairly small planet. Investigators have strong suspicions on the robot but also reservations since robot is not supposed to harm people(ala Asimov's 3 Laws of Robotics). The solution turns out that the man had shot himself (by accid...

In Star Trek Discovery S1:E3 - Context is for Kings, we see Lorca's collection of extraordinary items, including a Tribble. Now the trouble with Tribbles is that they multiply. Indeed, the following commentator writes: But the real question is how does he only have one tribble???? My que...

I'm looking for a book I read sometime in the late 90s or early 2000s, probably published in the 80s or 90s. It's about a girl with four hair colors, like red, black, silver and blonde. She is new to the area where the book is set and is somehow being held captive or controlled by a woman who tel...

As the title implies, I am curious to know whether or not within the Star Wars universe at all if it is possible for a purely synthetic, or 'android' would have the ability to have the Force infused or be imbued with the force to become a Force wielder by any technological or use of the Force its...

I tried to search the original 42 quote from google, but it would not give me much. I wonder, what is the original 42 quote or aka the answer to life, the universe, and everything else...

I have been looking for a book for years, but have very little detail about it. The main story line is Aliens come to earth for help in a war and humans have super strength compared to other alien races. I don't know title or author. I vaguely remember there is a scene where an alien first appear...

Please help to find a short scifi animation film with a boy-loooked robot from multi-level vertical world that was sent down to explore it. He aws put into some capsule that fell down, and while it was falling, some mummy-looking creatures shot it down, and only a head fell on some level even fu...

Given that he and several other Death Eaters had attacked the Longbottoms 4 to 2, why did he criticize Malfoy for attacking Harry Potter from behind in the 4th book? If attacking from behind is cowardice, how is attacking someone 4 to 2 any better?

I played this game back in the mid 90's, in America, and I'm pretty sure it was for DOS. Things I remember: You play as a knight in armor You start the game in hell on this platform at the bottom of a small pit, surrounded by lava You have a sword and a fireball spell It's first-person I think...

I read a book series about 15 years ago when I was a young kid, and I believe there was at least 7 books in the series. I remembered them being sorta short in length (around the size of an R.L.Stine YA book) and each book was paperback with a glossy photo/image type cover so I believe the series ...

Anakin was pretty hot headed and brash as a Padawan and that included his time as Jedi Knight as well. Yes, I know the Council gave Ahsoka over to Anakin in the hopes of tempering his hotheadedness and make him mature but wouldn't she have done better to have someone with a leveled head on their ...

My copy of The Opal Deception has this cover: I can see that the male in the suit and tie is Artemis, and the person next to him is presumably Holly, and the person on the screen is naturally Opal. But what is the red, furry creature with horns on the cover? It doesn't appear to be humanoid, l...

Does anyone know the name of the episode ( can't remember which season neither) where a genius Asian kid (from South Korea if I'm not mistaken) is introduced to the guys at the university's cafeteria and they had to convince him (the kid) to pursue his grad studies at Caltech, I can vividly recal...

A cop, (Jimmy Smits type) investigates a new addictive Virtual Reality tech that kills its users. It used a small coin sized disk that plugged into your brain. The bad guy HQ was the Los Angeles Pacific Design Center. (the Big Blue Whale building). The MC's BFF was a black guy who over dosed an...