In The Desolation of Smaug, Beorn mentions to Gandalf that he remembers the time when Sauron ruled over the Mirkwood. Since Sauron was defeated 3000 years ago when that discussion takes place, that would mean that Beorn and his kin had lifespan akin to that of Elves; Elrond mentions to Gandalf t...

About 5 or 6 years ago (I think), so sometime between 2012 and 2015, I caught most of the first episode of a dark new TV drama series. The episode began with men from an unknown organisation breaking into a family home to kill a child. As far as I recall, that child (or another) spoke at one poi...

I have not been able to find any data on this but are the transports on a starship linked to the main computer for help to transport the person. From point A to B? Or are the transporters just separate from the main computer and have their own processors to carry out the transport functions?

This might be scattered but hopefully, something helps you remember this book. First off, I read the book around 4 years ago and I'm pretty sure it came out not long before I read it, so I'm thinking the release date is somewhere around 2012. And I believe there are at least two books in the seri...

A friend of mine just told me about a book about a person named aulice/olice or something like that who want to boat in a river in which whispering mermaids try to enchant people to drown. I only remember these parts of the plot; however, it seems that it is a famous tale. What is that book?

In The Deathly Hallows Part 1, we see Bellatrix throw a dagger after Dobby saved Harry and co., and in the aftermath (right word?) wee see Harry begging Hermione to give him anything that could save Dobby, but Hermione standing still. Why is this? Is it too late for anything to be done? Is it bec...

I edited https://scifi.stackexchange.com/a/109808/1924 with the following: Changed the lyrics to the correct Unicode characters. It's written in ASCII while the original is not. Changed the translation to the official one as also noted in an upvoted comment and removed a fan translation. Remove...

I was playing Kingdom Hearts 1.5 final remix in Owl's empire 100 acres wood, then when entering Poohs home I found a mega ether potion? Is pooh sniffing that? At the intro of the level he also sounded almost suicidal, is it because he has gone around sniffing? I suspect Owl is the dealer, becau...

Light side force users are called Jedi. Dark side force users are called Sith. Both side users are called Grey Jedi, simply because their credo says "There is no good without evil, but evil must not be allowed to flourish." But still, the Grey Jedi have a greater risk of becoming succumed to the...

Trying to identify a novel I read in the mid 90's - likely published late 80s/early 90s. Plot I remember. Starts with an Inn keepers daughter in a port town who helps a man ship wrecked and washed ashore - he always wears gloves covered in runes. She ends up travelling with him to help stop some ...

When I was answering some older Interstellar related question, I had to re-watch some parts of Interstellar. I've noticed one thing about wormhole and data they were able to send (back) through it. At the beginning, when Cooper with Murph reached the NASA station and Brand, Doyle and Romilli are...

I just started writing my first sci-fi story. Please take a look at the first page. Let me know if it hooks you. Do you want to know what happens next? Are there any over the top or cringy sentences that can be improved? https://www.wattpad.com/670640419-hide-my-battleship-chapter-1 Thanks!

In Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse during Peter reveals that he has a degree in Chemical Engineering. In the Marvel comics, does Peter Parker indeed have a degree in Chemical Engineering?

I'd recently discovered Australian SF writer Greg Egan, and it occurred to me that SF.SE would be a good place to find the answer to a question inspired by his work - not specifically about his work, but finding works by other authors that have a specific similar characteristic. Based on What que...

In the fourth book of The Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair, Jill and Eustace encounter the largest of all giants, asleep underground. When they had walked for several miles, they came to a wall of rock, and in it a low archway leading into another cavern. It was not, however, so bad as ...

This is really vague I'm afraid. I read it at least forty years ago, my memory says novella but it could have been a full book back in those days. What I recall... A war is ongoing, I think on another world but it could be Earth. futuristic weapons such as laser rifles and the good old sci fi f...