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Wastrel
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Retired zoologist, lawyer and computer network administrator. Cranky and opinionated.

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Trilogy: End of civilization by hydrocarbon-eating bacteria
Nov 3, 2021
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What did Gandalf mean by "first light of the fifth day"?
Feb 24, 2021
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A novel from the 1950s or 1960s about a solar-system civilization in which law enforcement uses "tangle webs" [duplicate]
Dec 30, 2020
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First story to deal with increasing a human's intelligence?
Feb 17, 2023
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Earliest avian aliens in sci fi
Jan 8, 2023
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What unit system does Middle-earth use?
Jul 19, 2020
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Recent time traveling TV show. The lead might have been Asian(?), set in San Francisco(?)
Dec 4, 2025
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A novel about Ragnarok as narrated by Hoenir
Aug 30, 2023
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TV episode where a disfigured human exchanges places with a normal-looking human from another planet
Jul 21, 2025
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What is the earliest known story using a literary MacGuffin as a primary device to visit worlds?
Dec 29, 2025

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How can I best indicate in an obituary that a middle name was the preferred name?
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How does NC's atheism prohibition fit with the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution?
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My mother wants to use my bank account to temporarily hold money from her house sale. Will I be liable for taxes?
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What is a word like "negate" but even worse?
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Did Tolkien invent Bilbo saving the Dwarves but forgetting about himself?