When I was in fourth grade, in the mid-1908s, my advanced reading class finished the regular textbook several weeks early, so our teacher selected a novel for us to read. I only saw the cover though, which featured a Kirby-boom-tube-like tunnel with a human figure inside it. The tunnel was prob...

How would humans get superpowers? Would it affect everyone or just some? How would the world react? What would the powers be based on? Would the powers be random?

My friend in high school let me borrow a book of short stories. I think Ray Bradbury was one of the writters. Maybe Isaac Asimov? I want to read it again but i can't remember the title. There is a story in there that I remember. A little boy lives with his mom or grandma who rents a room to a m...

I do of course know that all of the circumstances for the perfect replications of Bruce Wayne and him becoming batman also is highly unlikely but of course still statically possible. but using everything we know of all of the circumstances involving batman's existence, closest real life examples,...

Would that make him any less popular in wizarding world?

At some point in the mid-late 90's I borrowed this book from my local library (UK). Details that I can remember (not much to go on, I know): It was from the older childrens or teenage section of the library. Children (two - I think) are recruited into a secret organisation which I think might ...

In Liar Liar, Jim Carrey gains the superpower of not being able to lie for 24 hours. As per the article linked earlier, A lie is a statement used intentionally for the purpose of deception. The practice of communicating lies is called lying, and a person who communicates a lie may be t...

Inspired by "Is Needle’s portrayal in Game of Thrones faithful to the books?" and more recently "Are the swords shown in Game of Thrones faithful to those in A Song of Ice and Fire?" comes the question: Is the Iron Throne as depicted in Game of Thrones faithful to George R. R. Martin's vision of...

I had a children's LP record that had some American Indian stories on it. As I recall, there was a frame narrative about a grandfather telling the stories to his grandchildren in the present day (meaning some time from the 1960s to 1980s, although the copy of the record I had was probably presse...

Note: what follows is wild speculation, and based mostly on events in the Game of Thrones TV Show which did not happen (yet) in the Song of Ice and Fire novels. (Note: I am completely caught up on the TV show, but not the books, although I have often read ahead.) Question: Is there any evidence ...

I don't remember much from the story but I am hoping someone can help me find it I downloaded this story few months before the Deathly Hallows book came out, and it was supposedly a leaked copy (it was NOT actually) In the first chapter there is a scene where Harry (with Hermione or Ron pro...

The animated series of "Spider-man Unlimited" was one the best Spider-man series after Spider-man TAS. The concept of Counter-earth and the beastials was great. But the show ended on a cliffhanger and Season 2 never came. Why was this show canceled? Or was the cliffhanger actually the end?

I read a series in the late 70's and early 80's that had flying birds that were large (like large eagles). This series was well over 15 books maybe even over 20. Any help would be appreciated. Curt , Ashland, Ohio

In the Fiat Lux section, Don Thadeo mentions evidence that the humans then-living were not the original humans, but a created servant race who had rebelled. It seems clear from the context that he had misinterpreted a piece of fiction. Was Miller referring to a specific work? Was it Frankenstein...

After Hela destroyed it, would it be possible for him to get a new one? Or was it unique?

These are figurines that are part of a Sand Tray set that I'm trying to identify. There is no certainly they are from the same continuity. When I Google Image searched them I got a Ghillie suit, and a figurine of a man. Nice work Google Image...

More than 10 years ago while traveling I read one book in a series. I found it in a book exchange. I think it was about humans in the far future being servants or slaves of an alien race. The one characteristic of the this alien race is that they remember everything. They hear a story or view ...

I can't remember if this was ever spelled out in the books, but why does drinking from the Mortal Cup give Simon back his memories?

In the "A Memory of Light" it turns out somewhere near the end, that all four great captains were under Compulsion, I think placed on them by Graendal/Hessalam. Do we know when this started? Was this in effect since the very beginning of the book?

I can't find a webcomic I use to read now. It was written to emulate an 8 bit rpg, including playing out battles by showing the 'gamer' picking which action to take and having a picture of the box the cartridge supposedly came in etc. The story was set in a world with four distinct races. One ...

In A Memory of Light, the number are a bit off for me for the Black Tower. Taim is apparently running his Ashaman to exhaustion, which is the 13 used for the Turning and like 5 extra, as I saw it mentioned. Also Androl and co. number about say 20? We have like say at most 10 named Ashaman flingin...

The General Order 24 of the Starfleet is an order to destroy all life on a planet by orbital bombardment (as mentioned here and here). To quote the order: If a commanding officer deems that a planet has been culturally contaminated to a point where correction is no longer viable and said cult...