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Post-2000 sci-fi book series (maybe YA, 3–4 books) about constantly fleeing planets while seeding ships with warriors
I'm trying to identify a post-2000 (I believe) sci-fi book series (3 or 4?), maybe YA, about constantly fleeing planets while seeding ships with warriors, where basically the vaguely human ...
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Fantasy story where mc was killed by the evil king and then regressed
Manwhua where The main character was the kings head Knight but betrayed him after finding out the king put insect in the main characters head to control him. After the main character dies he wakes up ...
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Short story a watcher who sleeps ten thousand years and wakes to destabilize stagnant civilization if needed 1980s or earlier
I need to find the author and title of a short story, but I only remember the plot.
In the story, we follow a mysterious human with advanced technology. He is in a hill country and encounters tribes ...
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Saga of probably 4 books. The protagonists are a group of boys and girls who in the first book are being trained. Read in 2017 or 2018
What is it? I’m looking for a YA sci-fi saga (probably 4 books) that I read online in Spanish around 2017–2018. The edition I found mentioned it was a translation from English. It was definitely a ...
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60s Book. Young boy from scrap planet grows, befriends princess(?) fights bad guys, and eventually overthrows evil empire(?) but dies in the end
Maybe an old ACE sci-fi novel (Maybe one of the ACE Doubles) But I am not certain it was an ACE Book.
Basiclly a poor boy on a scrap planet, eventually leaves the planet, adopts a small kitten, meets ...
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I am searching for a manhwa in which mc can steal abilities
At the start he reincarnates just before dungeons start and monsters attack. In his previous life he did not use his ability as he had to kill to get other people's abilities. His brother always ...
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Story about an elderly couple building a robot, in a world where robots are semi banned, maybe not, and the couple are robot makers
The robot might also be their dead son. It's set in the woods, or the forest or something. The old man and his wife are in hiding, and building this robot. When he wakes up he runs off and just runs ...
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World destroyed and survivors escape to space
So this is a book I read 25+ years ago.
Its set on a world which eventually gets wiped out and a handful of inhabitants escape in a shuttle/spaceship/rocket to find a new home.
They stop on a moon/...
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Why did Father Paul wear the wrong vestments in Midnight Mass?
In Midnight Mass, Father Paul wears the wrong color vestments for his first sermon. He wore his more formal vestments instead of his usual green? I feel this was used as a plot device to alert viewers ...
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What is the title of a book of short stories. all based on a single extraterrestrial world. which was destroyed in the end?
The first story involved a boat trying to sail down a river in a competition of some sort(?), and they hired a man who could fly to sail above them and warn of dangers.
The last book was about a man ...
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Looking for comic about scientific research [closed]
I hope this identification question is on-topic here; I recognize that it's borderline, but I'm not sure what other SE site would be more suitable.
I remember seeing a webcomic—my first instinct was ...
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A niche manga about a school boy that returns from another world
Can't seem to remember the name or even find it via google. I remember some specific points as it only had 1 or 2 chapters at the time I read it, but then after a few months manga sites started going ...
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First SF&F appearance of a two-stage delayed bomb designed to catch rescue workers?
I recently read Babel-17, by Sam Delaney, winner of the 1966 Nebula Award for best novel. In one sequence, the protagonist is being given a tour of a collection of high-tech weapons by the head of a ...
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What inspired the name Shrek?
Simple question: is there any information about the inspiration or thought process behind the creation of the name Shrek for the eponymous film and franchise?
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Manhwa where the female-lead constantly regresses after each death
What I remember is the female-lead is still young of age. She was maybe 15 and she saved the male-lead from the snow after finding him unconscious, but what she doesn’t know is that he is a prince. He ...
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