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Where in the world is Westworld's park?
This question addresses the question of how guests get into the park, but no one knows exactly where it is.
This question asks if Westworld is an isolated part of the country, while the one I am ...
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Book where Earth is being divided up into different time periods by aliens
I'm trying to remember the name of this book. I read the description maybe 20 years ago. It was about the Earth being divided up into different time periods by aliens. Some of the Earth was present ...
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Is Janeway fated to die?
At the end of the Voyager series, Admiral Janeway travels 26 years into the past to quicken Voyager's travel home. She sacrifices herself in the process. Does this mean that this timeline's Janeway ...
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(Recent?) book or series? - Young woman pilot wins old space freighter in a gambling game
Young woman pilot wins old space freighter in a gambling game. Discovers some crew on board, including Romany young woman (and her stowaway father) who has a hidden hydroponics plant.
One of the ...
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Do Force users ever manipulate lava?
I'm not well versed in the books, comics etc. surrounding the Star Wars universe, are there any examples where a Force user has manipulated lava? I'm thinking along the line of throwing lumps of lava ...
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What does the First Order Heavy Gunner have on his chest?
When I saw The Force Awakens, I had some doubts about the new Stormtrooper design, but the variant I liked the most was the 'Heavy Gunner' (see image below).
However, what I quickly noticed was that ...
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I read a book a long time ago- it was a fantasy book about a quest for a treasure which turned out to be a spaceship [on hold]
Also there was a necromancer I think. Anyone know this book?
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Quote by Science Fiction writer: peace and prosperity are the exception, not the norm
There is a semi-famous quote by a science fiction writer that basically asserts that peace, prosperity, industry and maybe democracy are a fluke in history and poverty and violence is pretty much the ...
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Why does legilimency seems more powerful than before?
In the Harry Potter books, Severus Snape told Harry the following while teaching him Occlumency:
"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on ...
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What's the deal with Gnarlak's fingers?
At one point in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander winds up having to make a deal with a goblin named Gnarlak, played by Ron Perlman. Below is an image of Gnarlak from that scene.
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Book with worms that burrow through material
In the episode The Aenar of Star Trek Enterprise there are some worms that burrow through the ceiling. This reminded me of reading a story with a similar creatures. I do recollect also it might not ...
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Searching for title: short story or book from 80's, young man on a ship wakes from stasis every year on his birthday
The young man wakes up every year from stasis for just one day. He's on a space ship heading for a planet to colonize, I think. The first time he wakes, the computer leads him to a nursery full of ...
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What changed about Hulk in All-New, All-Different Marvel?
I haven't been reading up on the All-New, All-Different Marvel that much, but I know what happened with a lot of the characters. However, Hulk is one that stood out to me as I have no idea what ...
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Why is there a lack of spoken spells in Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them?
I know that there are some spoken spells in Fantastic Beasts, but they are very limited. For example, Percival Graves seems to speak no spells at all, using his hands very often. Is there are specific ...
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Looking for the name of a SCIFI show (or movie) where an alien artifact eats energy ( 50 years ago)
The plot as best as I can remember it. Two scientists are notified that a warehouse has exploded and they are sent to investigate. Upon arriving they discover that all the steel girders are pointing ...
