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17 votes

5 answers

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Which was the first sci-fi story to feature nanobots?

Dewi Morgan

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modified Nov 16 at 12:45

20 votes

6 answers

2k views

A "Great Classic", but also very confusing, SF novel about dreams within dreams within dreams (but very different from the movie “Inception”)

Alfred

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modified Nov 22 at 17:22

20 votes

2 answers

3k views

Generation ship overtaken by newer technology ship which reaches target planet first

skranz

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modified Nov 19 at 8:32

14 votes

5 answers

2k views

Why does D.J. translate "liberate me" as "save me"?

Christi

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modified 9 hours ago

17 votes

2 answers

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What is the earliest work of SF to mention a concern about time travel causing unintended space travel

Andrew

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modified Nov 10 at 21:20

26 votes

1 answer

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Telepathic plants lure space travellers to a feast

Pastychomper thanks Monica

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modified Nov 24 at 9:42

13 votes

3 answers

2k views

A Fantasy-horror short story about an old bed-ridden woman who “stole” the body of her young maid, and what ensued

Occam Shave

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answered Nov 6 at 16:35

15 votes

3 answers

1k views

What's the oldest example of "dinosaurs from Earth went to space and then evolved to be humanoid"?

user14111

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modified Nov 15 at 7:49

26 votes

1 answer

2k views

A poetical short story about bringing matter from the Sun back to Earth

Andrew

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modified Nov 2 at 21:19

16 votes

3 answers

1k views

Science fiction short story with duodecimal measurements in technical specification

Pastychomper thanks Monica

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answered Nov 13 at 12:10

19 votes

1 answer

1k views

What does Ben Aaronovitch mean by “…large wading bird…” in “Stone and Sky?”

DJClayworth

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modified 7 mins ago

12 votes

2 answers

1k views

Live-action horror short film about a man that saw gore and blood as cake/candy/good instead of disturbing

galacticninja

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modified 6 hours ago

26 votes

1 answer

2k views

Story of an intelligent race of robots that evolved after millennia on an icy moon in our solar system

user14111

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modified Nov 11 at 16:27

17 votes

1 answer

945 views

Short story about machine that shows clients' fantasies

DavidW

161k

modified Nov 8 at 19:51

18 votes

1 answer

999 views

Fantasy story from F&SF Magazine about a djinn, and a sheik's descendants and nation becoming wealthy by water transforming into oil

user14111

183k

modified Nov 20 at 2:58

17 votes

2 answers

1k views

Yellow King inspired book with an Art Dealer

John Rennie

131k

answered Nov 6 at 9:58

6 votes

1 answer

2k views

What did Tom Riddle pursue after finishing school?

F1Krazy

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modified Nov 13 at 13:12

9 votes

1 answer

2k views

What's the meaning of "Sling Blade" movie reference?

Binary Worrier

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modified Nov 11 at 9:49

18 votes

1 answer

2k views

Space Opera with the Captain, the Wizard, the Death Dwarfs, and the Star Queen

FreeMan

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modified Oct 30 at 13:45

5 votes

1 answer

2k views

What does Wolverine mean by he's "the wrong guy" in Deadpool and Wolverine?

Machavity

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modified Nov 17 at 15:44

14 votes

1 answer

2k views

Sentient starships named after women murderers?

Shawn

12.6k

answered Nov 7 at 0:27

14 votes

1 answer

1k views

Landing at a ghost airfield where pilots of both sides greet you

John Rennie

131k

answered Nov 11 at 6:37

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

What's the meaning of this hand gesture here?

FuzzyBoots

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answered Nov 15 at 7:33

18 votes

1 answer

1k views

Short story set in a future where an authoritarian government has outlawed psychology and therapy

fez

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modified Oct 30 at 5:28

13 votes

1 answer

1k views

Short story: jumping to/from FTL travel affects body and mind at different rates

Occam Shave

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modified yesterday

6 votes

4 answers

242 views

Is DS9's s1e19 "Duet" the first/only time the word 'rape' is used in Star Trek?

Basya

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modified Nov 5 at 7:59

7 votes

2 answers

449 views

What does the "Save the clock tower" lady want?

agarza

847

modified Nov 19 at 18:31

18 votes

1 answer

982 views

Seeking standalone fantasy novel: warrior whose weapons become magical in his hands; guided by a “Blue Woman”; monsters requiring silvered weapons

TheCrimsonKing92

461

modified Nov 19 at 18:30

15 votes

1 answer

980 views

A sci-fi novel about a group of space-borne habitats of varying types and a terror-type attack on one of them

Andrew

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modified Nov 18 at 2:41

13 votes

1 answer

562 views

Fantasy trilogy published in the 1970s or 1980s. Female author - The 'Time Lord Trilogy'?

Valorum

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modified Nov 16 at 1:48

16 votes

1 answer

889 views

Movie in which a starship is hit by an asteroid and the small crew try to fix the ship to get home

LogicDictates

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modified Nov 22 at 2:41

13 votes

1 answer

2k views

Book (I think part of a series) where the protagonist visits a convention (I forget what sort), and learns that it's actually for eldritch horrors

CommunityBot

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modified Nov 4 at 19:11

16 votes

1 answer

2k views

Short story identification — aliens pick one human to decide Earth's fate; framed by two reporters in a bar

John Rennie

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modified Nov 3 at 6:19

13 votes

1 answer

1k views

Game with shrinking one's self as main gimmick/mechanic

Valorum

744k

modified yesterday

11 votes

1 answer

990 views

1980s-90s sci-fi book, something like "Tai Shan" about a dystopian China-ruled global dictatorship, reddish cover

DavidW

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answered Nov 11 at 5:48

10 votes

1 answer

1k views

Book about a man who found out he was an alien robot and eventually started running from both his makers and humans

DavidW

161k

modified Oct 31 at 3:18

12 votes

1 answer

882 views

Looking for a book for teenagers involving heaven and hell

lfurini

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modified Nov 22 at 16:22

12 votes

1 answer

1k views

What was the first story to use the term "artificial intelligence"?

DavidW

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modified Oct 31 at 2:55

7 votes

3 answers

798 views

Fantasy movie (mid-90s or earlier) about a man in Tibet centuries ago

Alfred

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modified Nov 12 at 3:42

10 votes

1 answer

1k views

Woman from future describes dystopian society

LogicDictates

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modified Nov 15 at 22:05

11 votes

1 answer

898 views

I'm trying to find the author of the short story "allies"

user14111

183k

modified Oct 29 at 23:46

12 votes

1 answer

795 views

Book involving surgically modified soldiers, a ring that affects probability, and ape-like aliens with prehensile tails

CommunityBot

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modified Nov 9 at 21:07

9 votes

1 answer

1k views

Why couldn't all assimilees be liberated from the Borg?

Arno

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answered Nov 20 at 16:00

13 votes

1 answer

899 views

Trying to remember a book a woman born with no mother claims to be Christ

Paulie_D

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answered Oct 31 at 23:27

7 votes

1 answer

1k views

What was different about Locutus and Seven compared to other Borg?

agarza

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modified Nov 18 at 15:30

4 votes

1 answer

855 views

Is "bit of a low point" referring to box-office bomb "The Marvels (2023)"?

FuzzyBoots

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answered Nov 10 at 15:03

13 votes

1 answer

852 views

Trying to identify an Analog magazine story where human music contains coded a alien message

user14111

183k

modified Nov 24 at 2:28

9 votes

1 answer

1k views

What was Gen 1 Shockwave's alternate form?

Narlord

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modified Nov 15 at 22:11

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