What's the correct plural of Jedi and Sith?

Lots of times, I see people using "Jedis" and "Siths" (I also use that), but it doesn't feel right. Or, maybe, it's correct.

Is there official word on this? What's the correct plural of Jedi and Sith?

Widespread religions at the time of The Galactic Civil War

Were there any active, widespread, common, public religions in the Star Wars galaxy at the time of the rebel alliance? If so, what were they?

By widespread, I mean religions that span multiple systems, and aren't just tied to one specific world. All of the examples that I'm aware of are either small cults, or specifically tied to individual worlds. By common (and public) I mean that most educated/worldly people in the relevant sector(s) would have heard of the religion.

Note that, by this time, the Jedi are considered to be extinct, and the other explicitly Force based belief systems, including the Sith, are a combination of small-scale and secretive.

If there are so many, that this would turn into a list question, I really only care about the one (or two) most common religions that Outer Rim.

Did Dumbledore know that Ron would get lost?

Dumbledore left Ron the Deluminator, which turns out to be a way for Ron to find his friends after he runs away.

Did Dumbledore suspects such a case (so that's why he gave it to Ron)?

I remember reading something about this matter, possibly in the books.

Why did Skye use Honeycomb Room on Coulson's Bus?

In the last episode S02E14 of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Skye try to use Honeycomb Room on Coulson's Bus. Okay, the Honeycomb Room gives some confidence against aliens, but wasn't Skye's powers beyond comprehension? Talking about the confidence, in the episode S02E13, the same Honeycomb Room failed to contain Skye's powers. Then, why did Skye try to demolish precious Boeing Jet? And, why didn't anyone try to stop her?

Story about mankind being alone in the Milky Way galaxy

Many years ago I read a short story about mankind searching the galaxy, hoping to find intelligent non-human life. After many millenia, on the opposite side of the galaxy, they think they have finally found an alien species, who have been undertaking the same quest. Later, DNA analysis reveals that the supposed alien race are actually descended from humanity, but evolved differently while going the opposite way around the galaxy. They initially conclude that mankind is alone in the universe, but then turn to look at the Andromeda galaxy, and say something like "No, we are alone in this galaxy".

Anyone recognise this story?

can a lightsaber cut through adamantium

I now that adamantium is hard material where as lightsaver is also a cutting laser.

I want to ask that can a lightsaber cut through adamantium?

What was the content of the 20 million gigaquads uploaded to Voyager's computer in the episode entitled "Twisted?"

In Star Trek Voyager, Season 2, Episode 6, "Twisted" there is an alien life form that is trying to communicate with voyager through a distortion ring/energy field. At the end of the episode the alien communicates by uploading 20 million gigaquads of data to Voyager's computer. Is there any record of the actual contents of the data? Is any of it technology based? Do we ever learn in any novels or anything else canon anything about the content of the data or who the aliens were that deposited it?

Will world war 3 happen in Given Scenario

Since the partition of British India in 1947 and creation of modern republics of India and Pakistan,the two South Asian countries have been involved in four wars.

Relations between India and Pakistan have been complex due to a number of historical and political events.

The Kashmir conflict is a major territorial dispute between India and Pakistan that dates back prior to independence.

There have been numerous attempts to improve the relationship?notably, the Shimla summit, the Agra summit and the Lahore summit. But all of them are ineffective for betterment of relations.

## Involvement of other nations:

1) United States: Both countries are big market for the weapon Companies of USA. USA used both countries strategically for his Market and for playing Big Brother role in Asia (getting hard competition from china in many fronts).

2) Russia: One of the old Allie of India in Several Fields, also has good Relations with Pakistan

3) China: One of the old Allie of Pakistan in Several Fields, also has Competitive approach with India and has Border disputes.

4) Japan: Technology partner of India, Much favor of India than Pakistan

5) Europe: Just see Both countries as a Market for there Products.

## Present Day both the countries capable of nuclear arms.

1) Nuclear doctrine of Pakistan stating a first strike policy.

2) India has a declared policy of no first use of Nuclear Weapons.

## Assume a Scenario in which war is going on right now between these two Nuclear Powers for 1 Month.

So what are the consequence of this war while keeping below points in mind:

1) What will be the Roles of Big countries like USA, China, Russia, Japan, Europe and the other Neighbors of both countries?

2) If Nuclear War happens as chance to be started by Pakistan, what will be the outcomes on both nations?

3) what will be the effect on worlds economy?

4) what are the estimated number of human casualties from both nations? how it will effect social life of peoples?

5) Is this going to be a another World war?

6) what will be the future and status of both country after 1 month of war?

Military Power of Both Nations:

India

Pakistan

What would probably happen when the Flying Ford Anglia runs out of fuel?

The Flying Ford Anglia only appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Mr. Weasley had enchanted it to fly, become invisible and to be able to fit in eight people. It only has some intelligence which can be gauged from the fact that the car came to Harry's and Ron's rescue in the book. And we also know that the Forbidden Forest had turned the car wild and it had taken to roaming the forest.

Now keeping these things in mind. I have two questions

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   What would happen if the car runs out of fuel

   
   


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   Does the car actually needs fuel?

   
   

Was being a Sith crime in The Republic?

If the Jedi order had arrested Palpatine, would the court have declared Palpatine guilty quickly based on the proof that Palpatine was a Sith? Is there any rule stating that?

Note 1: Here, the word quickly is important because finding proofs of his political crimes would be difficult and time-consuming (could take decades).

Note 2: Here, I am assuming that Jedi somehow proved that Palpatine was a Sith (using security hologram of his conversation with Anakin in which he declared that he was a Sith).

Note 3: I am also removing Jedi murders by his hands from the equation.

How did Skye's watch work here?

[Spoilers ahead...based on material up to Season 2, Episode 11]

Electronics do not work in the underground Kree city in Episode 10.

Yet in the next episode Fitz analyzes the biological metrics from the watch Skye was wearing during that time.

The data recovered from the watch turns out to be a crucial plot point, as it leads Fitz to cover up Skye's transformation from the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Is there an explanation for why electric flashlights didn't work, but Skye's electronic watch did?

Who owns the rights to popular 1980's cartoons that haven't gotten a modern live action movie?

Because I personally believe American tv has taken a downturn, I have taken it upon myself to present the younger members of my family with the nostalgia-fest of both 80's and 90's cartoons, so I worry about what they will be exposed to in later years in cinema.

Say what you like about Micheal Bay's Transformers and TMNT, they are going to have sequels possibly into the 2020's and many studios will follow this trend.

So I'm asking: who owns the rights to, and will be responsible for making, movies concerning popular sci-fi & fantasy cartoons? ( like He- Man, Thundercats, other )

Halo Reach Mystery Marines

In the final "level" of Halo: Reach, Lone Wolf, Noble Six is fighting, supposably in/around the breaking yards. Around him (/her) there are many dead marines. Now, where did they all come from? I get that there are many dead military personnel on reach, but is there a (preferably canon) explanation for who these dead marines are, where they came from, and how Noble comes to fight his last battle among their bodies? Thanks!

Science fiction anthology

I am trying to recall an anthology of science fiction short stories I read about 15-20 years ago. It was called "Monsters" or something similar (could have been "Creatures" or "Dragons" or something else, I don't precisely recall). The theme was monsters and creatures in science faction (not any fantasy-type stories I think). The story I specifically remember involved humans exploring an alien planet and encountering a unique creature there. The creature was harmless when first encountered but at each subsequent encounter the creature had changed and adapted to its environment and the human threat - it was hyper-evolving and quickly becoming a life-threatening danger. I don't recall how the story resolved but I think the humans "won".

Does anyone recall this story or anthology? I checked ISFDB but could not find anything that matched up to what I recall.

What exactly did Barry do in "Rogue Time" to change things so badly?

The Flash S1E16, "Rogue Time", starts out right where the previous episode left off, with Barry having just traveled back in time 24 hours. Wells almost immediately picks up on it and warns him not to change things, but of course, he does. This has the expected terrible unintended consequences.

However, the things that happen as a result of Barry's meddling don't make any sense. The only major change Barry made was his premature handling of the previous episodes meta-human villain. The changes to the timeline that result don't seem to have anything to do with the villain Barry nabbed:

and:

Even when Wells is warning Barry of how badly he messed up, he remains very vague; basically saying that "time" was going to try to get even for Barry messing with it.

Are they trying to imply that that time/karma/destiny is somehow actively screwing with Barry's life to get back at him for "cheating"? Or is there some subtle connection between all of these events that I missed?

What was the creature at the Cahadras Pass in LOTR?

In the Fellowship of the Ring, the group chooses a path up a mountain through the Cahadras Pass. As they progress, a winter blizzard sets upon them that seems to get worse the further they travel.

When the group decides to turn back, a creature could be almost be seen laughing in the far distance (?) What was this creature that the book hinted at and was it responsible for the snowstorm ?

Why aren't there two Flashes?

At the end of The Flash S1E15, Out of Time, Barry accidentally

However, as we saw this same scene play out earlier in the episode, there should be two Flashes standing there. Why wasn't there a second Flash?

Movie about a man whose shadow didn’t follow him

A few years ago I watched a movie trailer, but now I can’t remember the name.

It was about someone whose shadow didn't follow him. It was like a regular shadow, but it wasn't doing the exact thing that the man was doing.

For example, the man opened the refrigerator while holding a bottle of milk, but the shadow stood behind him without doing anything. There was also another scene;the shadow's hand came out of the wall. The movie was not animated and the language was English.

Title of post apocalytic novel, sterility, clones, pennsylvania?

I read this novel that I believe was written around 1975. Something - I think it was ecological - has resulted in the almost universal sterility. A (rich) family has created an enclave somewhere in the mountains, probably in Pennsylvania. They have developed quite advanced cloning techniques and the clones are fertile. But there's a problem - around the 4th generation, some genetic problems arise.

I thought the title was "Earth Abides", but now I know that can't be it!

Help me!

Identify a ghost story about a mirror in a hotel room, possibly in Ireland

As a child in Britain in the 1980s I remember reading a ghost story in a (1970s?) British compilation which went roughly like this:

• It is set in Ireland, or at least mentions an Irish city.


• The protagonist misses a ferry, and has to stay at a full hotel.


• There is one room, but the hotel keeper is reluctant to give it to him.


• The room contains a mirror.


• The protagonist falls asleep, but wakes during the night.


• He goes to the mirror. There is something wrong about his reflected image. It may be something to do with condensation or drops of water on the glass.


• ??? [I do not recall what happens; either I did not understand, or I skipped it because I was scared.]


• Much later, the protagonist is back in his own house. He passes a mirror, and notices that there are drops of water on it. [I did not understand the significance.]

The compilation may have been by Aidan Chambers; at any rate, it was 1960s-70s and of the same sort. I don't believe the story can be hopelessly obscure, but Google has not given the remotest clue. I just want to know what the story was actually about.

Short story with a mechanical fly

Trying to identify a short story from some long-forgotten collection with multiple authors. All I really remember is a man attempting to swat a fly that landed on him...when a blue flame shoots out of it and it gets away.

Identify cartoon about a set of fairy/demon twins in a far future where the demon uses propaganda to take over the world

I'm looking for a cartoon from the 70's (I believe) which is about a set of twins; one plump "fairy" and a skeletal "demon". The "fairy" has magic powers and ends up living a life of pleasure, while the "demon" flees and turns evil.

When the "demon" finds his new weapon in the ruins of the ancient world (roughly modern day) he plots to enslave the world; the weapon in question is a set of propaganda movies with Adolf Hitler.

Did they take regular prisoners in the Clone Wars?

I know in the Clone Wars TV show, there are numerous examples of Jedi and Separatist leaders being taken prisoner. Is there any instance where either the Separatists took regular clone troopers prisoner, or where the Republic took battle droids prisoner? Or was it simply a fight to the death?

Is the Golden Superman canon, and what were his exact powers?

In Superman one million, Superman spends 15,000 years, I think, inside the sun. I'm just wondering how powerful he is compared to other characters in the DC universe, and if it's canon.

What are these nonsense paragraphs in Stephen Baxter's Weaver?

"I'm sorry for the bad quality. However we really did as what you said. To make things clear, could you please give me name of jobs with bad quality? If possible, the errors with picture. Only told us what's problem is no enough, The more pictures you can send to us, the more clearly we can understand what's the problem.What are you going to do, Dad, thump me again?'"

This shows up in Weaver at the beginning of Part 3.

I wasn't able to make sense of why this shows up several times, apparently seperated from the story. I get the feeling it's an indication of wobbles in the timestream, but I don't see any other references to it in the book.

Why was Snape called the Half-Blood Prince?

My question comes from what I learned in the movies, considering I have not yet been able to read the books. I would just like to know why Severus Snape called himself the Half-Blood Prince? Did many people call him that or did he just think that it was a cool nickname? This question might be answered in the books so feel free to quote from it.

Why aren't S.H.I.E.L.D. founders simply stripping Coulson out of power formally?

In the recent episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, we came to know about the real S.H.I.E.L.D. The founders don't like Coulson because he is following the same path as Nick Fury and he isn't same after he was injected with alien DNA. That's fine. But, why aren't they simply stripping Coulson out of power officially after introducing themselves? If they think Coulson would resist, then they can always do it hard way. I don't think Coulson's S.H.I.E.L.D. (which has financial problems) can stand a chance against real S.H.I.E.L.D. (which has a Helicarrier). Talking about Fury's cube, there's no point in searching Coulson's office with a toy car if you know the location. After crushing the band S.H.I.E.L.D., the room can always be searched in a better way. Why exactly is the real S.H.I.E.L.D. playing monkey?

A fantastic movie about the planet of the kids

Years ago ,I watched a movie about a little girl somehow fell in to earth from a planet where humans never get older ,always stay as a kid.

Why doesn't S.H.I.E.L.D. use Tesseract-based HYDRA weapons instead of Destroyer-based weapon?

Based on 3 times uses of Destroyer-based Weapon in MCU (first on Loki, second on super soldiers, third on Kree), I concluded that the yellow light beam actually knocks someone with high impulse. That's why it failed to kill the victims all the three times.

Talking about Tesseract-based HYDRA weapons, it's illegal even inside S.H.I.E.L.D. But, why when we are dealing with the alien adversaries here? If Tesseract-based weapon is alien tech, then so is Destroyer-based weapon.

Semper Fi --- Trying to locate a book

I can't remember the name of it but the premise is this:

Two portals open on a typical fantasy world. A large stockpile of modern military weaponry and instructions to use it fall into the evil kingdom. A US Marines Drill Instructor (or maybe Gunnery Sergeant) falls through to the good kingdom. He proceed to train them in geurilla tactics to overthrow the evil empire.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Was Agent 33 designed with this villain in mind?

As of the latest episode of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Agent 33 now has

Has anyone involved with the show mentioned this connection? It seems to fit with the MCU interpretation of comic characters so far.

Why is Peeves never on camera in HP movies?

In the HP Books Peeves actions are in some situations verry important for the story. why he never appeared in the movies or get a small role in one of it. What do you think? don't give me the answer that a Book is to big to put it all in a movie. Its Peeves!! :D

How is it that Feanor is greater in craftsmanship than Sauron or Saruman?

I can't remember the exact quote which i will try to find later, but Gandalf tells Pippin that the palantiri are beyond Sauron or Saruman's skill. But giving the fact both Sauron and Saruman are greater in power and are of the Valar Aule, surely they would be better craftsman?

Why wouldn't Ron know what thestrals are?

Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna share a carriage from Hogsmeade Station to Hogwarts in Order of the Phoenix. Of course, this is when Harry sees thestrals for the first time, having witnessed Cedric Diggory's murder a month or so before. When he expresses shock and trepidation at the now-visible-to-him thestrals waiting to pull the carriages, Ron considers Harry as if Harry were totally mad. Ron is genuinely baffled at Harry's behavior, and expresses he has no idea what Harry might be referring to. Ultimately, Luna is the one who tries to put Harry at ease:

‘Can’t ... can’t you see them?’



‘See what?’



‘Can’t you see what’s pulling the carriages?’



Ron looked seriously alarmed now.



‘Are you feeling all right, Harry?’



‘I ... yeah ...’



Harry felt utterly bewildered. The horse was there in front of him, gleaming solidly in the dim light issuing from the station windows behind them, vapour rising from its nostrils in the chilly night air. Yet, unless Ron was faking – and it was a very feeble joke if he was – Ron could not see it at all.



‘Shall we get in, then?’ said Ron uncertainly, looking at Harry as though worried about him.



‘Yeah,’ said Harry. ‘Yeah, go on ...’



‘It’s all right,’ said a dreamy voice from beside Harry as Ron vanished into the coach’s dark interior. ‘You’re not going mad or anything. I can see them, too.’



‘Can you?’ said Harry desperately, turning to Luna. He could see the bat-winged horses reflected in her wide silvery eyes.



‘Oh, yes,’ said Luna, ‘I’ve been able to see them ever since my first day here. They’ve always pulled the carriages. Don’t worry. You’re just as sane as I am.’



_{Order of the Phoenix - pages 179 - 180 - Chapter ten, Luna Lovegood - Bloomsbury}

Why on earth would Ron not know what a thestral is? They're listed in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a first year textbook, under Winged Horses. As well, Ron is a generational pureblood wizard -- how could he not have heard of thestrals? (It's kind of like Harry not hearing a word about the Trace until he's almost 17, even though he's been accused of underage magic at least three times throughout the series).

When Harry talks about the thestrals to Ron, Hermione is out of earshot, but it would seem like a conversation Ron might share with Hermione out of concern for Harry. Undoubtedly -- at least I think so -- Hermione would know that Harry was seeing thestrals, even if she couldn't see the thestrals herself, and she could have informed Ron accordingly, had Ron confided in her.

Why wouldn't Ron know what thestrals are?

Why did Lady Selyse Baratheon hate Shireen so much?

I understand that Lady Selyse Baratheon is a little off her rocker, but is there a particular reason that she appears to hate (or at least, strongly dislike) her daughter Shireen so much? Surely she can't blame Shireen for her face, which - as the result of getting Greyscale as an infant - is no fault of her own OR the child's. Stannis himself doesn't appear to bear the child any ill will.

The only thing I can figure is that Shireen is a reminder of her failure to provide Stannis with a son, something that he desperately wanted. Is this the case?

Were there families on the Enterprise-E?

Were there any families on the Enterprise-E like there were on the D? Was it also a ship of exploration?

Identify a story about an emperor and a gifted poet destined to write a poem for him

I remember reading a great story somewhere in around year 2006.. although I believe it originates from a much earlier time, like somewhere in 20th century. The story was likely to be a part of a bigger book, but it was pretty self-sufficient, and about 20 pages of A4 or so long.

The plot was rather strange..

What I remember is that the action takes place in some kingdom or empire, ruled by an emperor. No one have ever seen this emperor for he is too great to see him. In the name of him, a big and prospering city of his country gets totally destoryed to build a super huge garden and palace in place of it. Also, the emperor wants the best talented poet to write the most beautiful poem for him to proclaim his glory.

Then somehow the plot is telling us about a boy which studies in a school for poets, where they are teached various disciplines, including some mental and meditative ones. During one of the sense deprivation sessions he undergoes some kind of sexual intercourse with grandmother (with the vision of her), for what he is considered to have the required traits to be the poet for the great emperor.

The boy (I believe he had matured to this moment already) and some of his schoolmates are relocated into the emperors new palace, where they are alowed to live in the beautiful garden (the garden was full of houses and places to spend time). They were not allowed to look around when they were lead there originally, they had to look down on their foot for some reason. Also, upon arrival, some silver threads were slithered inside the inner sides of their thighs, preventing sexual desire. Some later in the text they are removed and he has some sex with someone, I do not remember exactly.

During living in the garden, the main character has encountered some girls, got his best frend killed (i do not remember how or by whom), and all in all, has grown to hate the emperor. Then, on one occasion, he is invited into the palace to meet the emperor in person. When he comes into the room, there are several people sitting, and they have a mask which they pass from each one to another when they speak, and the one wearing the mask at the moment is the emperor. So, turns out there is not even any emperor at all. I do not remember what they were talking about.

Then the protagonist is coming back to his living place in the garden and begins to write the poem, being full of hate. He writes a very destructive poem about the emperor, accusing him of many many bad things he done, starting from destroying the whole city and killing everyone in it just to build his great residence there (the text of the poem is present in full in the text of the story). So, he writes the poem and someone kills him.

The servants bring the paper with the poem to the emperor, he reads it and says "what a wonderful poem!" - or something like this, then they change just 1 (one!) word in the poem and it is totally flipped in its meaning. That had a magical effect on me - the reader - they change just a single word and it really reads like a very glorifying poetry, singing a beautiful hymn for the greatness and goodness of the emperor.

I believe the description I have managed to write above is rather characteristic, although I could not find the text or mentions about it anywhere in the net. I also believe that it was probably written by some writer from Geat Britain, from 19th or 20th century, although I am totally unsure of that.

Thanks in advance!

Is Captain America less powerful than other superheroes?

I wonder that Captain America only have his shield ;)

Does Captain America have less power that other superheroes?

Why don't the Ministers of Magic apparate to the Muggle Prime Minister's office?

The entire question is in the title. Instead of apparating they use the floo network instead. Is floo arrival more impressive than appearing out of thin air? Or maybe that's the point ... it's less frightening?

Why Iron Man 2 and 3 is so boaring w.r.t. 1 [on hold]

I found IM2 and 3 boring (specifically 2), Why is it so?

Is Gandalf's origin discussed in the books but just excluded from the movies?

Solely from reading questions and answers here, I've learned a lot about the lore of Middle Earth lore, mainly to do with Maia, Valinor, Aman, Eldar, etc...

According to this answer, Gandalf is a 11,000+ year old spirit that came from Valinor to Middle Earth to help mankind fight against Sauron.

As someone who's only seen the movies and not read the books, I just assumed Gandalf was a 60ish year old wizard. I don't think his origin is mentioned in the movies, maybe when he dies and comes back as Gandalf The White, it's suggested he's more than just a regular wizard, but I definitely never got the impression he was an ancient spirit.

Is the fact Gandalf is an ancient spirit from Valinor ever mentioned in the LOTR trilogy or The Hobbit novels and is just excluded from the movies?

Why didn't anyone stop Luke from leaving the second Death Star?

After killing the Emperor in his throne room in the second Death Star, Luke drags Vader's dying body to an Imperial shuttle to leave the station. He is not shown to have fought anyone on his way there and can leave freely.

How is that possible? I refuse to believe that nobody would bat an eye at a prisoner hauling a very injured Emperor's right hand man on his back towards the shuttle bay, with no word from the Emperor himself. Especially the Emperor's Royal Guard would start to ask questions when they see the prisoner they guided into the Emperor's throne room drag a dying Vader out of there, with the Emperor himself nowhere to be found.

Sure, this could be because of blind loyalty (maybe they were told to remain where they are and don't do anything until summoned by the Emperor), but I severly doubt this. And sure, the Death Star was under attack at the time but I doubt that nobody saw Luke at all. Has this been mentioned at all? Or has it been handwaved in some way?

What are Loki's Magical Powers in Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Does Loki also Possess Telekenetical Powers ? As He was Shown Blasting Things in his Cell in Thor The Dark World .If He does have Telekenetic Powers then Why He Never used It Before or Afterwords ?

Did Madame Kovarian originally come from when Trenzalore was under Siege?

In A Good Man Goes to War, Madame Kovarian said there was a war against The Doctor to which justified trying to trun River Song into a weapon against him.

In The Time of the Doctor Trenzalore was practically a warzone between The Doctor and all those who didn't want the Time Lords to return.

Tasha Lem changed the Papal Mainframe's faith to "Silence" making them the Church of Silence (to which Madame Kovarian was apart of a renegade faction of the church) and Madame Kovarian has shown to be able to travel through time having taken River Song from 51st century and to 21st century where she placed River Song in the spacesuit to wait to kill The Doctor.

So i am wondering, does that mean that Madame Kovarian originally came from the time when when The Doctor was living on Trenzalore protecting Christmas?

Why did Hermione stay with Harry and not leave with Ron?

In The Deathly Hallows (both the book as well as the movie), Ron gets corrupted by the power of the Locket's curse. He has a breakdown with Harry and decides to storm out and leave.

At this point however, Hermione, the love of his life, chooses to stay with Harry for the greater good of the world and to finish the mission they had started.

What compelled Hermione to stay with Harry and not leave with Ron?

Alien boy and human girl looking at each other through a portal on the book cover

It was a sci fi type book I read in the mid nineties. The boy in the story was an alien and the girl was human. On the cover, the alien boy is looking down at the little girl, through a portal I think, and the little girl is looking up at him.

Is it convenient to go to trade show or your other

I saw the product on http://ift.tt/1E1Rs1E .Is it convenient to go to trade show or your other

Were the Dominion aware of the Borg?

Are there any canon sources which indicate that the Dominion was aware of the Borg? If so, do those sources indicate what the Dominion planned to do about them?

I find it hard to believe that they didn't know about the Borg, yet I don't recall seeing anything in any of the TV series or movies about what the Dominion might do about the Borg.

On a side note, it seems to me that the non-Borg races of all quadrants would have been done well to band together to take down the Borg.

Scientist discovers hyperspace with a twist

I believe the setting is an Earth that desperately needs transportation to the stars (overpopulation?)

A scientist discovers hyperspace (I believe he solves a theory that explains how to reach it, but I am not certain). However, he can't get any government agency to believe him and fund his research. Furthermore, government agencies are funding wacky other FTL drives with little chance of success.

Finally, one government representative agrees to see the scientist. The government representative explains that hyperspace was already solved, but that speeds in hyperspace were slower, not faster than those in normal space.

I read this more than 10 years ago and probably more like 20. It was a short story, probably in an anthology book.

Why didn't the enterprise modulate its sheild frequency

In the movie star trek generations, when the Klingons stole their shield frequencies, why didn't they just modulate their shield frequency, just like against the borg in "Q Who". I have been giving this some thought and can't figure it out. Did I miss something?

When and why did Bilbo write a song about Aragorn

Bilbo wrote this song for Aragorn:

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be Blade that was Broken,

The crownless again shall be king.

But based on the timeline of Aragorn, Aragorn was only 10 years old when they first met in the year 2941. Was this song written in 2941, when they first met, or it was written sometime later? Are there any records of Bilbo meeting Aragorn after the events of The Hobbit and before the events of The Lord of the Rings?

I am just curious about why anybody would write a song for a ten-year-old kid.

What's the correct plural of Jedi and Sith?

Lots of times, I see people using Jedis and Siths (I also use that), but it doesn't feel right. Or, maybe, it's correct.

Is there official word on this? What's the correct plural of Jedi and Sith?

Is there a term for when elements become ubiquitous in a SciFi/Fantasy series that were absent earlier? [duplicate]

This question already has an answer here:

• What is a retcon, or retroactive continuity? 3 answers

Writers love to create new species, technologies, important concepts, etc. in their Scifi/fantasy novels, TV series, movies, universes... so a lot of times when you go back to re-read / re-watch you'll see that earlier episodes are very obviously missing elements that are introduced later and become ubiquitous.

Is there a name for this problem/trope?

Examples:

• Star Trek: Enterprise seems to show a lot more Alien diversity already known to humanity than Star Trek TOS did, which seems contrary to the flow of the story


• Medichlorians completely missing from original Star Wars trilogy


• Lost has a ton of these

Note that I am not looking for a reason for these like "sloppy writing" "natural progression of a series", "better special effects later on", but rather a name for this phenomenon.

How could the cruel House Bolton be a banner man or ally of the honorable House Stark?

House Bolton is known for flaying their enemies. Their sigil is even a flayed man. Robb Stark executed Lord Karstark for injustice knowing he would lose his alliance with House Karstark. So how could Robb Stark have been an ally of Roose Bolton? And more generally how could the houses have a history together given Ned's honor and Bolton's cruelty?

Was it just one of those unholy alliances that always goes bad? Or was there some explanation about why Robb would tolerate such a House in his midst?

Fantasy novel series with paraplegic protagonist

I am looking for a fantasy book where the main character travels back and forth between Earth and his world and they watch him like he is on TV.

He gets stabbed in the stomach and in the second book becomes a paraplegic and gets use of his spine back

Change of possession in Quidditch

It is accepted that Quidditch is a very flawed sport, whose main purpose seems to be to drive the plot when convenient.

Nonetheless, I have a query about what the rules are for a change in possession in Quidditch. The most obvious event that results in a change would be when a team scores, like in most sports. This does not seem to be the case all the time in Quidditch though.

During the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match in the 'Philosopher's stone' Marcus Flint scores 5 times while everyone is distracted. If a team was required to give up possession after scoring this would not be possible.

Also another, albeit less canon, example is that in the 'Quidditch World Cup' video game, certain teams (Ravenclaw I remember as one) have a 'special' which allows them to score twice before handing over possession.

I don't expect much, but are there are clear delineations of turnovers in Quidditch? Perhaps in 'Quidditch through the ages' (haven't read it in a long time) or Pottermore (never been on it)?

Is DNA ever mentioned in Stainless Steel Rat?

The first Stainless Steel Rat book was written in 1961, and there were several others before the discovery of DNA profiling (1985). Sine 1985, there were multiple books published in the series.

Has DNA profiling or any other kind of DNA analysis been mentioned in the universe?

What is the correct plural of horcrux?

We all know that there was more than one horcrux, included Nagini and Harry. But, what is the grammatically correct way to spell the term for "more than one horcrux"?

Looking for an American 80's movie about a hazardous accident in an underground lab in the desert

I remember seeing this movie in television a long time ago. So long that some parts that I remember might be a bit wrong.

The basic premise is that scientists accidentally or intentionally release a poison gas inside an underground research facility in what looked like the Arizona desert. The poison makes everyone who gets infected in to deranged psychopaths. They're still capable of talking and doing normal tasks and working in a group, but they can't stand light, so they break most of the brighter lights in the facility. The government wastes no time sealing all the entrances and they send a team of soldiers down in to the facility. But they get ambushed and killed by the laboratory personnel. As far as I remember the main character's daughter is stuck inside the facility and the main character (man) enters the facility with a partner through a ventilation shaft. That's basically everything I can remember, it looked like it was filmed in the 80's or early 90's tops. I'm also pretty sure it was a TV movie.

Why Nagini died even though it was a horcrux?

Nagini and Harry were the two alive horcruxes that Voldemort created.

When he tried to kill Harry, he accidently killed his own piece of soul. So that means when someone try and kill the living creature holding a horcrux then it kills horcrux and not that original living creature.

If the same logic we apply for Nagini , the second living creature holding a horcrux.Then it should not die.But when Neville try to kill Nagini , both died.

Can anyone explain why?

Edit : So it removes both souls from the body if it's physical.Then how the Avada spell knows which Soul has to be removed when casted?

looking for this sf novel about an ex soldier who during a pandemic is charging rich parents space for their kids in a secure monastery to survive

I'm a librarian and sf lover who's been asked to help locate a book which sounds very familiar to me, but which I never read myself. I haven't had any luck searching our catalogue or various sf topical indexes, so am hoping someone out there has read the book. We're looking for the author and title.

Here's my patron's description: "[It's] about an ex soldier who during a pandemic is charging the rich parents for their kids [to have a space in] a secure monastery to survive. As it turns out the monastery is not so secure, one of the kids stumbles across an old monk (??) who has survived in the catacombs of the place. Turns out he is a carrier or the virus has survived in the dead bodies in the tombs, I forget which. ... I believe you are right in that the soldier had advance knowledge of the virus. I think the opening took place in California but I'm not 100% sure. As far as the monastery goes I don't think it really specified but the description reminded me of the Greek monastery Meteora on the cliffs. ... I believe the virus was a flu virus in nature. But it caused massive hemorrhaging and extremely high fever. The soldier had a female assistant nurse who became very close with the children."

He read the book about five years ago, and my own hazy memory of having seen the book jibes with that; I think it must have been first published sometime between 1999 and 2010. Thanks so much!

Looking for the title to this children's fantasy story

This was a children's book I read in 5th grade a long time ago. The story is about a jungle explorer making his way through many dangers.

The first danger was a plant that would grab your feet and rip you in half, but the explorer was wearing 2 pairs of boots and so slipped away. He then grabbed some sticks from a wrooshyr tree (i know, i remember THAT word but not the title). he then get's trapped by another beastie, but he escapes because it is allergic to the sticks. He then encounters a village of lazy people who eat anything they catch, so he runs away, into a village that where all they eat are ideas (they are going to kill the explorer until he eats an apple, this scares the villagers into thinking he will try to eat them).

One other thing he defeats is a group monster. They walk in a line, and have only one eye, in the belly of the last monster. All the others monsters have a hole in the middle so the eye can see. even around corners.

This is a really trippy book, and the illustrations are really colorful.

Paper mache dragons that come to life

Looking for a young adult book I read in my high school library in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, back in the early 1990's about a teenager who makes three dragons out of paper mache, and they come to life and attack him.

I have looked all over and cannot find out anything else about this book, author unknown, title unknown.

Was Harry good enough at Quidditch to play professionally?

I can understand that Harry didn't play Quidditch professionally because he felt becoming an Auror to catch Dark Wizards was more meaningful. Was he good enough to, though?

Ginny played professionally after the war, but she was a Chaser. She wasn't as good a Seeker as Harry, so we don't really have a point of reference. Has JKR ever said anything about this? Any other sources?

What show is this?

For some reason I have this very distinct memory of watching a specific scene in an episode of a show when I was very young. The main characters [there's two, a man and a woman] are talking to this guy who is like a hardcore believer/conspiracy theorist, and he has all this 'proof' of aliens and paranormal things tacked to his wall, and most of it is implied to most likely be junk, but one picture is actually the main guy [altho not distinctly recognisable as him, so the believer has no clue] And in the photo there's lights and maybe lightning everywhere, so I assume the main guy has lightning powers, and I'm pretty sure he's an alien or something along those lines but I don't actually know.

I remember there was some concern because the believer had put his entire life into this, and the main characters wanted to help him, but he seemed to believe the "unknown" guy in the photo was at fault for something bad in his life, and they didn't want to reveal that it was actually the main guy, both because he seemed to hate the "Unknown" guy, and also because the powers were very much supposed to be a secret.

I just know I sometimes randomly remember that scene and really want to know what show it is so I can watch it and finally put it all into context!

It was on TV when I was super young so it may have aired in the late 90s or early 2000s But it could have been a rerun so idk;;;;;

Was there suppose to be an amazing lightsaber fight scene when Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Saesee Tiin and Agen Kolar go to arrest Palatine? [on hold]

If so it would have been a waste. Does anyone know if this is true? Also why? Not budget. Lucas want more close ups probably.

From reading other answers to whether it was realistic or not; assuming your only using the movie as a source then the point is mute. The movies are not consistent with 'Power Levels' of Jedi and Sith through out the movies. Episode 1 you see Obiwan and Qui-Gon(?) using super speed to escape the droidekas, then it is never seen again.

You have a Padawan defeating a Sith Load (Apprentice or no suppose to be more powerful than most Jedi) who also had the EXTREME high ground. Jedi can block and return large amounts of blaster fire (droidekas) to no being able to block a few shots from a pistol. I mean the Jedi (Coleman Trebor) Jango shot on the balcony was a Jedi Master who was also part of the council not some apprentice. Do you think if he had super speed, see thing before they happen, use telekinesis and having the other guy on the high ground he would have been hit on the third shot?

There are many other examples the inconsistencies but this is enough I think.

Need Help Identifying a Film or Show

This has been bugging me for years, and I would like help identifying a film or show that I saw this clip from. I first saw the clip on YouTube way back in 2008, completely by accident, which is why I've never been able to find it again. From the clip itself, I do believe that this was a scifi work, or at least supernatural/thriller. At one point, I thought it might have been from an episode of TORCHWOOD, because I remember the characters spoke with British accents, but I've been told its not from TORCHWOOD.

Anyway, in this clip, we see someone - or maybe something - moving around in a darkened room that has an eerie green glow in it. He/it comes to a hole in the wall where he spies a young couple having sex in a bedroom. The scene keeps cutting back and forth between the woman riding the man (and at one point with a video camera), and the hole in the wall where we can see the voyeur's eye (washed in the green glow) shaking more and more. Finally, there's a splatter on the wall inside the room (presumably the voyeur's sperm from possible jerking off), and the couple are then interrupted by two or three nerds, who cheekily apologize for interrupting them, but they needed to tell them something.

Can anyone identify what this is from? Whatever it's from, as I said, the clip was on YouTube in 2008, so I would guess this is from no earlier than the 90s. Again, one of the nerds said in a cheeky tone, "Oh. So sorry." in a British accent, and knowing the kind of show it is, I thought it might have been an episode of TORCHWOOD, but it apparently isn't.

Why aren't there two Flashes?

At the end of The Flash S1E15, Out of Time, Barry accidentally

However, as we saw this same scene play out earlier in the episode, there should be two Flashes standing there. Why wasn't there a second Flash?

Trying to find short story about man whose consciousness transferred into machine and asked questions

I read a short story online a while back which starts off with a guy being in the dark and asking where he is and panicking, and then a scientist starts asking him questions but he is super freaked out. Eventually he finds out that he is actually a consciousness on a disk that was donated by his body for a lot of money, and when he can't answer there questions well they restart him.

The story was written in a terminal type format, with the name of the character followed by : then dialogue.

E.g. :

and the background of the page online was command line-esque.

Thanks guys for helping me out :)

Why did Hagrid take Harry to vault 713?

In "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Hagrid takes Harry to Gringotts when he retrieves the Sorcerer's Stone from vault 713. Harry's knowing about vault 713 and its tie to Hogwarts was very much important in his, Ron's, and Hermione's detective work for the conclusion of that book. However, why would Hagrid want to take Harry to Gringotts? Was there some kind of restriction that required Harry to be with him when he retrieved the stone, or was this just done so that Harry would have the knowledge to make the connection between Fluffy, what he was guarding, and the Sorcerer's Stone?

Was Q Created in the very first Star Trek Movie?

This question is based off the end of the very first Star Trek Movie, so I will ask it in spoilers in the odd case that you haven't seen it yet.

could this theoretically have been the beginning of the Q?

Why was Michael hiding in his sons car? [migrated]

Near the start of GTAV, Michael, Jimmy's dad is hiding in the back of Jimmy's new car when it get stolen by Franklin and Michael pops up with a gun when you're half way down the road. This never crossed my mind before but I recently started the game again and noticed it and couldn't understand why Michael was under a blanket hiding in the back of the car?!

The guy who sold the car to Jimmy wanted to get it back so he sent Franklin to steal it. The car dealer and Franklin were the only two people who knew the car was getting stolen so Michael wouldn't of known anyone was coming to get it, so why was he in there?

How old is the Millennium Falcon?

From what I've heard Star Wars is still using tech from thousands of years prior, and while there are innovations, older craft can still compete with newer craft. So how old is the Millennium Falcon? In the real world you can use a 747 I've found to be between 20-40 years (depending on use), and the quality of repairs/maintenance. The Falcon seems to be a pile of junk, by the time Han solo has it, other than being extremely fast.

Story of a girl who is interested in aircraft competition

I am trying to find an anime from my childhood which was aired around 2004 or 2005 in cable TV.

It was a story of a girl who was very interested in some sort of aircraft competition. She doesn't have father or mother and she ran away from her home. But somehow she manages to get into that aircraft competition. Her past is a mysterious one.

I remember a only little bit, in that anime song, her parents will be holding her hands, as the song ends,her parents will disappear.

What happened to Weasley 's car?

In the Chamber of secrets, we know that the bewitched car of Mr. Weasley helped Harry and Ron in the forest.

However, after that I couldn't find any information about that car.

what happened to it? It came back to Weasleys or not?

I am looking for a canonical proof if it's available.

How did The Flash originally obtain Super Speed?

S1E1 Spoilers

in S1E15

in the following episode (S1E16)

However this raises a question

I'm accepting responses based on the Original Series / Comics despite knowing that in cannon things do diverge a bit, as long as those explanations are actually possible continuations of this story arch

what's the name of this movie? can anyone help?

A few years ago i watched a movie trailor. Now i can't remeber the name. It was about someone whose shadow didn't follow him! I mean it was like a regular shadow but it wasn't doing the exact thing that the man was doing. For example the man opened the refrigrator while holding a bottel of milk , but the shadow stood behind him without doing anything.

Webcomic about an anthropomorphic television guiding a young child on a journey through a dreamworld

The webcomic begins with the television (human body, television for a head) asking the child (I can't remember if it was a boy or girl, I just remember it wasn't very clear until later) if they want to go on an adventure.

The television then takes the child into a land of dreams where they run away or battle doubts and fears given form, meet strange creatures that help/hinder them, and pay for things with their dreams/imagination.

The television always seems to have some sort of colorful liquid leaking from its face/screen. The child is incredibly naive, trusting almost anything despite constant warnings from the television that things are not always as they seem, and absolutely nothing should ever be trusted.

Are Vardo and Varda two different people?

As the fellowship was parting from Lorien, Lady Galadriel sings a song in Elven. The song talks about Elbereth.

The poem goes like this:

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,

yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!

Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier

mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva

Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar

nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni

ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo

ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,

ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;

ar sindanóriello caita mornië

i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië

untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.

Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

As you can see there is a Vardo and a Varda. When Frodo translated it he only spoke of Varda. Is it a typing mistake or are Vardo and Varda two different people? Or maybe it's some Elven grammatical rule?

Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms?

In the first Harry Potter book, Harry got Nimbus 2000 which was the fastest at the time. In the second book, Malfoy's father gave everyone in the Slytherin team Nimbus 2001.

A sports is a test of players, not their tools. Real World sports do allow players to bring their own tools, but there are fixed specification limiting that. Nobody's special tool can help a little bit in winning the game. For example, in Cricket history, once a batsman brought a wide bat covering entire pitch, so he couldn't be bowled. Seeing this loophole, a new rule was pushed to fix dimension of bat.

This brings one possibility about Quidditch: Maybe, a faster broom doesn't give a player advantage. But, I can turn down the possibility with various quotes from the book. Wherever better brooms are mentioned, you can see the owner (or his/her friends) boasting about advantages they would get in Quidditch. It is projected by the author, too. In the first book, McGonagall gave Harry Nimbus 2000 because it could be advantage to Gryffindor. In Mudblood and Murmurs chapter of the second book, when Slytherin team displayed their Nimbus 2001, all laugh at Gryfinndor team as if they had a big advantage in Quidditch now. Also, Gryfinndor team felt envy.

(Sorry for the regular language, but I don't have book at this time to give quote)

Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms which can give players advantage?

Why don't the Jedi use tutaminis instead of using their lightsabers?

Tutaminis (force energy absorption) allows a Jedi to catch blaster bolts and even stop lightsabers with their body using the Force:

Why don't the Jedi just use tutaminis to defend themselves instead of worrying about lightsaber combat?

How did Yoda counter Count Dooku's Force lightning?

In the scene where Master Yoda fights Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus on Geonosis in Episode II, Dooku uses Force lightning on Yoda.

Here's a clip of the relevant scene. The lightning starts around 3:22

In a recent question, it came up in the comments that this was an Disney canon example of absorption/tutaminis.

It looks like the energy of the first bolt is concentrated and redirected. The second assault shows the arcs of lightning shooting off away from Yoda before striking him, and then dissipating.

I would like a Disney canon only explanation of this mechanic. In what way is Yoda using the Force to counter Tyranus's attack?

If it's proven to be absorption of some sort, how is it explained that Yoda then "cast" a Dark side Force ability?

If there are no canon sources on this particular scene, then a similar scene in the The Clone Wars or Rebels animated shows, if such a scene exists, that sheds light on what happened would be acceptable. Preferably, it would still be with Yoda, but the attacking Sith is irrelevant to me.

Looking for the name of the sci-fi book/short story that started my love of Sci-fi

So for years I have been trying to search for the book(s) that captured my imagination with sci-fi.

I found the book in my middle school library some time between 1979-1983. The book may have been from the 70's, I doubt earlier. It was a short story science fiction series geared toward grade school, elementary school kids. The stories seemed grown-up to me because they didn't always seem to end happily.

Stretching back my mind, the one story that captured my imagination the most was of this boy traveling to another planet where grass, rivers and the sky were different colors like purple, green and red. Another story may have involved kids with weird space pets.

I can describe the books, from memory, as being thin hard-back books that were tan in color and had a little area on the front of the book with an illustration of a moment from the story within. I remember there being at least 3 or 4 books that my library had, with more in the series.

I don't remember if they were by the same author, but it seemed to be a series.

I know this is a shot in the dark, but I even went back to my elementary school and couldn't find the book.

Would appreciate anyone with any ideas . . .

How frequently do Federation Starfleet personnel receive shore leave?

According to the Memory Alpha page on shore leave, Starfleet (both Earth and Federation) receive occasional shore leave. One thing the page doesn't mention though is the frequency of shore leave. I'd like to know how frequently shore leave is granted for example in a formula i.e. after 'x' months of duty officers receive 'y' weeks of leave. All I could find from the aforementioned Memory Alpha page was:

by the time of the Ba'ku incident, Picard was owed a staggering amount of shore leave: 318 days, to be exact

I imagine some calculations could be done based on the above number, but taking into account that Picard did have some terms of shore leave on Risa (Captain's Holiday) and Earth (*Family), we don't know prior to TNG when Picard had last had shore leave!

I would prefer some sort of evidence which explains the frequency of shore leave (or for that matter if it is granted purely based on how well the crew is coping at any one time, although I doubt that would be the sole reason, as the number of days Picard was owed suggests a more precise system).

Alien Civilization under their planet

I'm trying to trace a story (not sure if it was a novel/novella/webstory and google's keywords are too polluted for my requirements. This is compounded by the fact that the scenarios I remember may not be the core focus of the story.

The story contains a civilization which forms under the surface of a planet (hollow core type) that, over eons, discovers it is under the surface of a planet and then tries to send expeditions to try and uncover the outer surface of the planet.

The problem with these expeditions is that each expedition takes a pocket of air with it and this reduces the civilization's living space in case these are lost. The last viable expedition seems to reach less dense strata but I don't remember what happens next.

Why was Data affected by the virusy thing in the Naked Now?

I still don't understand how he was affected when he is not human. He functions like one but I don't recall him speaking of increased temperature or anything like that. Then again, it's been like a month since that episode so I simply don't remember. Still, was it the uh...intercourse that caused him to go loopy? XD it puzzles me greatly.

Actually, it also brings up a question, separate to this as well...while he IS an android but with human functions, shouldn't he have impregnated poor Tasha? Lol I am not one to go deep into the details of anything sexual but it raises a question as to why he is able to do something that potentially serves no function within the realm of offspring or even pleasure, for himself that is. Geez, I sound like a perv but it's little questions like both of these that make me think. I ask such questions purely for seeing others opinions.

Where did C-3PO's fussy and worry-prone personality come from?

Droids develop personality with their experience memory. Purging the memory should clear the personality, too. Unfortunately, this didn't work on C-3PO. It looks like this personality is hardwired to him. In the prequel trilogy, he was fussy and error-prone. In the original trilogy, he was again fussy and error-prone despite having memory wipe.

If you look at the first version of C-3PO, you'll found that he had the same personality even that time. This brings the question: From where did Anakin get this fussy and error-prone personality data to burn it as fail-safe default of C-3PO?

TV show I think, where Aliens are leaving earth, most people on earth don't know that they are on eath

I though it may have been an outer limits episode, but i couldn't find it there, this seems to low key for Outerlimits anyhow, maybe more like a Disney type..? Watch when i was really young, basically, its based around a teenage kid, in love with a girl, his father is some sort of inventor, and not very good as i rememeber.

At some point the kid finds out him and his family are all Aliens, and they have to go back to there homeworld, which make the kid sad as he likes a earth girl. I can't remember why they had to leave, i think the government asked them to leave, but it didnt seemed forced, or aggressive.

They boarded a futuristic looking plane, and on the plane the kid discovers the girl he was in love with is also an Alien and on the plane/shuttle/rocket with him, and I remember the parents looking at each other and smiled.

I also remember the father sitting on the plane/shuttle/rocket reading the news paper waiting for the plane/shuttle/rocket to take off.

I also remember the mother consoling the kid, and saying he could get a space scooter, and go to some moon, and the kids was stunned, and said something like "You won't even let me get a motorcycle here"

Time period I would say mid-late 80's possibly maybe early 90's

What fantasy show is this quote from?

“We are but pawns on a chessboard too large to see the edges ”

I remember hearing this from a show a few years back. I'm fairly certain it was from a fantasy/medieval setting; my first guess was Tywin Lannister from the Game of Thrones TV show. All my google search results, even with lots of variations (ie. pieces instead of pawns, end instead of edge) have turned up nothing. I often remember hearing things that I actually read, so it's possible it's from a book.

Why don't the Ministers of Magic apparate to the Muggle Prime Minister's office?

The entire question is in the title. Instead of apparating they use the floo network instead. Is floo arrival more impressive than appearing out of thin air? Or maybe that's the point ... it's less frightening?

The battle that defeated Saruman

Why didn't they make a movie on the battle that defeated Saruman? Or show the origins of Saruman? Or show the first battle for Middle-earth?

80's children's fantasy book with a cat on the cover

Trying to remember the title/author of a book that had a cat on the cover, with some planets or moons in the background. Borrowed it from my elementary school library in the 80's. The main character was a kid who grew up without a mother, and somehow ends up finding a gate that leads off the world (don't think it was set on Earth). The ending of the book implied that the kid's mother had disappeared through one of these gates, and that the kid was going to go through the gate and look for his mother (cliffhanger ending). Don't remember what the cat on the cover had to do with anything.

Identify sci-fi short story about hired assassin hunted after a botched job fleeing in self driving car

The premise is a bit weird: the assassin lands at the airport after a failed mission knowing that he is marked for death unless he can reach somewhere first. The point of the story is how proud he is about being self-sufficient and driving his own car instead of taking public transportation. The car in question is in fact self driving, and at times remote controlled by the authorities.

I want to show this story to my friends who are proud of driving stick-shift :)

In Dune, Are the Guild Navigators non-humanoid?

I finished the first book recently, and am watching the movie. It threw me that the navigators look like they do in the movie.

I don't remember them being non-humanoid, and if they were I missed it.

So, in the novels, are they? And if so, where is it first mentioned? Please avoid spoilers.

Armageddon: How did the scientists knew that upon nuclear explosion in the asteroid it will explode into two halves?

I saw this movie Armageddon(1998). What I could not understand was how the NASA scientists knew that after the nuclear explosion in the asteroid, it will split into two halves which will take a trajectory circumventing the earth. In reality a blast can create any amount of varying size particles. Some of which could have landed upon earth. In my opinion hence it was best to try to deflect the asteroid when it was far away. Even a very-very small deviation would have prevented it from hitting the earth.

Is there a reason the bees in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug are so big?

Seems like an odd question, I know. But when Thorin and company are visiting Beorn, it seems as if the camera focuses on the bees pretty heavily. Is there any significance of the bees or is it just for scenery?

Is there any canonical evidence of Vulcan nerve pinch being used on species other than humans, humanoids and horses?

The Vulcan nerve pinch clearly works on humans and other humanoids. And—as seen in the 1989 film, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier —it can clearly work on horses as well.

Is there any canonical evidence of the Vulcan nerve pinch being used on other non-human/non-humanoid species, wild animals, or even on small domesticated animals like cats or dogs?

what if Senator Padmé Amidala had another duaghter who was evil? [on hold]

if Senator Padmé Amidala had another duaghter who became evil, but wasn't fathered by Anikin? Would she be Luke Skywalker's Sithter from another Mister?

Name Science Fiction Novel depicting a society where people are paid to shop and pay to work

author and book title for a Science Fiction Novel depicting a society where people are paid to obtain necessities and pay to work. May be a Heinlein, Asimov or Clark title. Does anyone remember that subplot?

Do Blood Angels move faster in the presence of a large group of Orks?

Orks believe that the color red makes things go faster. A basic understanding of the orks reveals that they are all latent psykers and because there are so many of them believing the same thing, they actually warp reality into making these things true. This is why, among other things, their guns work even though they are just metal tubes attached to triggers and handles.

My question is largely about the Orks, but the Blood Angels offer a good examples. Does the color of things used/worn by non-orks matter when in the presence of a large group of orks, if at all? Would fighting orks with red armor on cause you to move faster than if you were wearing white? Would tossing a yellow grenade at them do more damage than a black one?

The Vulcan nerve pinch works on humans and even horses, but is there any canonical evidence of it being used on other species?

So we know the Vulcan nerve pinch clearly works on humans. And it can work on horses as seen in the 1989 film, “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier”. And there is canonical evidence non-Vulcans—such as Data, Odo, Voyager’s holographic Doctor, Jean-Luc Picard, Seven of Nine and Jonathan Archer—can perform the Vulcan nerve pinch as well. But is there any canonical evidence anywhere of the Vulcan nerve pinch being used on other species and wild animals? Or even on small domesticated animals like cats or dogs?

Two sci-fi or fantasy books that tell the same story two different ways [on hold]

I came across a book that I think is part of a series. One of them is gold color and I think the other is blue.

I came across this novel when searching for scifi and fantasy books to read but I can't find it again.

I think it was a fantasy novel and one book was a retelling of the other.

If anyone can give any clues as to what book this is I would highly appreciate it.

Would a Jedi (Sith) clone be force-full or force-less

Just seen a picture of Vader Force-choking a trooper. Having read Why don't Jedi (or Sith) use the Force to snap their foes' necks? I thought "Well, that's possible because troopers don't have the Force".

And then I started wondering: what if they had cloned a Sith (or a Jedi). Would the clones have the Force? Specifically, would they have the same Force as the original?

SciFi story involving wormhole and insanity

I think it was a short story or novella. A wormhole or some other portal is discovered and all attempts at automated study of what is on the other side fail - all recordings come back blank. They send people, but they come back insane so they have people trained as councilors to gently bring them back to reality. Also tied with my memories of this story is the concept of flowers - like maybe in the name or figures in the story.

School series about a portal

I remember being shown a series at school and I really enjoyed it however all I can remember is ..

There was a young lad and girl who had some kind of portal in a box which looked like a house. Towards the end of the series the portal was massive and something was threatening to come though it.

I know its not much to go on, but its really annoying me now.

It was a series and i think ( it was a long time ago ) it was shown on bbc

Why didn't anyone stop Luke from leaving the second Death Star?

After killing the Emperor in his throne room in the second Death Star, Luke drags Vader's dying body to an Imperial shuttle to leave the station. He is not shown to have fought anyone on his way there and can leave freely.

How is that possible? I refuse to believe that nobody would bat an eye at a prisoner hauling a very injured Emperor's right hand man on his back towards the shuttle bay, with no word from the Emperor himself. Especially the Emperor's Royal Guard would start to ask questions when they see the prisoner they guided into the Emperor's throne room drag a dying Vader out of there, with the Emperor himself nowhere to be found.

Sure, this could be because of blind loyalty (maybe they were told to remain where they are and don't do anything until summoned by the Emperor), but I severly doubt this. And sure, the Death Star was under attack at the time but I doubt that nobody saw Luke at all. Has this been mentioned at all? Or has it been handwaved in some way?

Why did Lucas choose to keep memory of R2-D2?

This is quite popular.. C3P0 had a memory wipe, but R2-D2 never had a memory wipe.

This question is from out-of-universe perspective. Why did Lucas choose to do this after Prequel Trilogy? What did he try to make compatible with the Original Trilogy? What would have been different if R2-D2 had memory wipe and C3P0 never had memory wipe, or both had memory wipe, or memory wipe thing wasn't even mentioned?

Why can't the Jedi fly about?

It seems Jedis can use the force to lift really, really heavy objects (like entire spaceships for example). But when it comes to lifting their own bodies, they can only use the force to jump higher/farther but not defy gravity entirely. Which is awesome no doubt, but what makes it harder to lift your own body as a Jedi than an (I'm assuming at least 200 ton) spaceship?

Story about kids and book that tells about good old times in schools

I'm trying to find an short story I read in a collection about ten years ago. Publication date before 1980. Here's everything I remember:

1. The story is about kids that found old book with story about schools in 20 century.


2. In this future kids studying at home with robot-teacher. They don't know how to study with other kids.


3. This kids (maybe sister and brother) run away from their teacher for reading this book in loft or cellar.

Thank you for any suppose.

How can the Daleks hit moving targets at angles over 45 degrees?

Minor spoilers.

In Victory of the Daleks , the Daleks hit three moving aircraft out of the sky at angles clearly exceeding 45 degrees, with no wasted shots. The accuracy isn't what I'm concerned about; the question is how a Dalek can hit a target that's more above him than in front.

Through all the posters, episodes and minifigures, Dalek shells appear to have fixed barrels, incapable of rotating or turning.

Can the Daleks elevate or depress their gunsticks? Did Churchill outfit the Daleks in turrets or anti-aircraft platforms?

Considering Bracewell's advanced technological abilities, I'm inclined to believe the latter.

I'm a new fan to the series and don't have the background to verify my intuition. Have Daleks ever shot at targets on different elevation than their own?

Besides humans, what other Star Wars species were employed as Stormtroopers?

I've never noticed any Stormtroopers other than humans. The various Stormtroopers, Snowtroopers, Sandtroopers, and Scout Troopers armor always seems to be shaped for humans. Were there Stormtroopers that weren't human? If so, what other species were employed?

Book I read as a child about a triangular planet where all the natives had triangular eyes.

Book I read as a child about a triangular planet where all the natives had triangular eyes. A man human, finds a woman semihuman that had wings but were cut by monsters. Anyone knows the name of this book?

Did Vader deflect, absorb or block Solo's blaster?

This question has come up in the comments of Why don't the Jedi use tutaminis instead of using their lightsabers?

Here's the relevant clip: Han Solo vs Darth Vader encounter on Cloud City

Some think Vader was using tutaminis or absorbing the bolts.

Some think Vader was deflecting the bolts.

Some think Vader was blocking the bolts by either strong armor or a Force shield.

In the video, it's evident that at least one blast is deflected, because you can see it hit the wall (by the door) that leaves a scorch mark. However, the other shots are unaccounted for visually.

Is there a different view (wide-screen VA standard), behind-the-scenes, extra footage, script indication, or official novelization description that provides insight to account for each bolt fired from Han Solo's blaster?

Sci fi chicks in a prison or captured

I keep remembering this movie about chicks locked up in a sci fi looking prison or something and they have to escape but they use their imagination and it unlocks how they are to escape. Lots of clues and they are like in different worlds while they are in this prison. I was waiting for it to come onto DVD and I guess I forgot and life happened I guess. Lol. Help me please

Was Harry good enough at Quidditch to play professionally?

I can understand that Harry didn't play Quidditch professionally because he felt becoming an Auror to catch Dark Wizards was more meaningful. Was he good enough to, though?

Ginny played professionally after the war, but she was a Chaser. She wasn't as good a Seeker as Harry, so we don't really have a point of reference. Has JKR ever said anything about this? Any other sources?

How could the Giver society thrive?

I don't understand how the society in The Giver could survive, based on a few key facts. Am I missing something?

1. A "birth mother" only gave birth to 3 children in her life. it seems as though there are not many of them.


2. A family unit could only have 2 children, one boy and one girl. Again, not all people could even have these children.

Given these facts, I can't help but believe the society must be constantly shrinking each generation. Am I missing something?

Does Gringotts get special treatment from Ministry of Magic?

Inspiration of this question comes from this answer: http://ift.tt/1HtxTgt

From the linked question:

For example, they have a system that will imprison a thief inside an impregnable vault and seal him up in there without sustenance for up to ten years. Does that sound like the kind of thing the ministry would approve of? (Well, considering Azkaban and the dementors, maybe.) And they were keeping a live dragon in London (well, under London) against all the rules. I don't think the Ministry can muster sufficient authority to discipline Gringotts and being the kind of bureaucrats they were, they were probably happy to see Gringotts embarrassed.

This is kind of funny, but 100% factual. Does Gringotts simply ignore laws by locking someone in a vault for 10 years? Or, does Gringotts get a special treatment from Ministry of Magic? Or, is Gringotts simply independent of wizarding laws maintaining own sovereign statue?

90s fantasy movie about a magic world split light and dark

I am trying identify a movie I saw on tv in 1995-1996. It was about a world that is split into a light side and a dark side. They are separated by a wall. One of the female characters could shape shift into a large cat.

Identify horror film/TV show where protagonists ostensibly hunting a Gill-Man are transformed into same

I am trying to track down the name of a film or TV show I saw as a child during the 70s, probably during a "Creature Feature" type TV rebroadcast. I believe the work was actually from the 50s or 60s (black and white, as I recall).

As I recall, there was some kind of crew of protagonists on a river-boat hunting for a Gill-Man/Creature From The Black Lagoon type of monster.

I also have a vague recollection that some of the protagonists/boat's crew vanish as the monster surreptitiously attacks across the film.

I have the impression that a (probably "the," and probably did a lot of screaming) sympathetic female character on the boat is kidnapped and the climax of the film reveals that the disappeared people have been/are being transformed in something like a surgical theater into piscene amphibious humanoids just like the primary antagonist.

Mentally-linked clones soldier pairs fight wars and nearly destroy the Earth

This was a trilogy about a future earth where double clones were made to fight wars and they nearly destroyed the earth. They were good fighters because they were mentally linked. All were supposedly destroyed but a few were found by this reporter type.

I believe the USA version were called Jeeks.

In the second book a space ship containing a bunch of them returned.

In the final book one clone of a command 3 person clone fought them (the other 2 in the triad were killed and somehow this one did not go insane).

I have looked for this book for 30 years.

Novel Ident: SF story with female chromed android from future temporally follows nemesis robot back into present

A book I once owned and read back in late-80's or early-90's that I have not been able to identify title & author for: It was a SF story concerning two opposing androids/cyborgs/robots from earth's future of constant warfare, possibly when mankind is all but gone. One of the androids is feminine with chromed-appearance, the other masculine (can't recall appearance) and possibly named "Omicron". The feminine android temporally travels from future to present-day US in pursuit of Omicron. The fem-android was purposefully designed to combat the type of android/robot that is Omicron. She has no weaponry, while Omicron has several such forms, yet she is reflectively-immune to all his destructive devices.

Omicron, low on energy reserves, seeks out a location of underground nuke test in order to be present at the site and absorb various energies released in the detonation.

A clever but down-on-his-luck good guy "falls in love" with the fem-android, and enlists his friends/adoptive parents (an old couple, museum caretakers, the old man owning a huge 'elephant' rifle) to help her defeat Omicron.

Near the end upon confronting Omicron, she employs her only means of stopping Omicron, by grappling him in an immobilizing hold... planning to maintain the hold indefinitely by shutting down.

1990's movie about kidnapped android prostitutes

I'm looking for a scifi movie that I think was released in the mid to late 1990's. From what I recall, it was about some very high-quality androids that were used as prostitutes/pleasure robots, possibly modeled after famous actresses. Some of them were kidnapped and the protagonist must try to track them down.

Sorry I don't have more specifics, but I only saw part of it and I am trying to find it so that I can watch the whole thing.

Does anyone know the title of a 1980s book/series about polymorphs?

Humans are in space. An alien race comes upon them. The aliens are single-celled, single-sexed creatures who can change their shapes and imitate other lifeforms including humans. They imitate them so well, humans do not suspect the aliens are among them. The aliens have three stages they go to in their life. Seedlings are the children and are produced by Houses. Houses produce seedlings as genetic experiments. The seedlings are taught and watched over by Tutors, what Houses turn into when they are tired of producing seedlings and want to do something else with their lives.

To the aliens, the universe is a giant mathematical equation that the Tutors created. When the current equation reaches its end, only the Tutors will survive to go onto the next equation. Everyone else will die.

The series starts with the description of one of the aliens called a child. That is considered an unusual title because it means the seedling was produced for a specific purpose. Early in the book/series, this child crashes a ship into a planet inhabited by humans (not Earth) and causes a chain of events that will lead to the child being locked in a safe in a bank while the child's House decides what to do with it.

Any information on the title or author would be a great help. Thanks!

How to Find a Book by Subject

Backstory:

After reading Is it known how the first viruses formed?, I was immediately struck by the idea that it would make a great book. Either in science-fiction ala Michael Crichton, or as popular science ala Stephen Pinker, Michio Kaku, etc. I'm now really looking forward to reading many future hypothetical novels on this subject, which unfortunately, I have no idea how to find.

Now, I'm not wanting a list of recommendations or "best-of", just a a representative sampling from the various people that frequent the site. Unfortunately per Are all list questions off-topic?, that would clearly be off-topic. Then I read Q&A is Hard, Let’s Go Shopping! and decided it would be better if I knew how to find the books I wanted, period. So question:

Question:

How can I reliably match a query comprised of an extremely specific topic and perhaps a few representative keywords, against a comprehensive list of books.

Example:

• Subject: virus origin, evolution


• Keywords: LUCA, RNA


• Genre: Fiction | Popular Science


• Sort: rating

Would also be nice if you could demonstrate using that particular example :)

Did most Jedi Knights go on to become Masters?

Did most Jedi knights eventually become Jedi masters or did only a small fraction attain that rank?

Origin of the Atavus (atavi?)

I've heard conflicting versions of the genesis of these guys- were they hibernating in those stasis chambers all along or were they created by the last Taelons and Jaridians merging?

Change of possession in Quidditch

It is accepted that Quidditch is a very flawed sport, whose main purpose seems to be to drive the plot when convenient.

Nonetheless, I have a query about what the rules are for a change in possession in Quidditch. The most obvious event that results in a change would be when a team scores, like in most sports. This does not seem to be the case all the time in Quidditch though.

During the Gryffindor versus Slytherin match in the 'Philosopher's stone' Marcus Flint scores 5 times while everyone is distracted. If a team was required to give up possession after scoring this would not be possible.

Also another, albeit less canon, example is that in the 'Quidditch World Cup' video game, certain teams (Ravenclaw I remember as one) have a 'special' which allows them to score twice before handing over possession.

I don't expect much, but are there are clear delineations of turnovers in Quidditch? Perhaps in 'Quidditch through the ages' (haven't read it in a long time) or Pottermore (never been on it)?

How can a program physically leave the Grid in Tron: Legacy?

I'm sure someone has thought to ask this before, but I couldn't find it. In Tron: Legacy , the end of the film sees our hero Sam

How is this possible? As I understand it, an ISO is merely a program-based lifeform that evolved spontaneously rather than being written by a User. And CLU is esentially just a super-powerful AI built to run the TRON world. However, no matter how advanced the AI behind a program is, it's still just a program that exists as code in the computer. There's no body to digitize, and no other known way to contain the code in the real world.

How is it possible for any program to leave the Grid and enter the real world?

Short story about astronauts landing on a planet of shapeshifters

I'm trying to find an English-language short story I read in a collection about five to ten years ago (I don't have any idea of the original publication date).

Here's everything I remember:

1. The story is about human astronauts landing on an alien's planet, from the alien's point of view.


2. Every organism on the alien planet is part of a single hive mind, and they can telepathically infect the humans (the aliens view this as beneficial, as any mind separated from the hive must be suffering), but choose not to once they realize that there's an entire planet of humans out there.


3. The narrator alien is an organism that was designed by the hive to mimic a non-essential component on the spacecraft, so it can stow away when the humans return to Earth.


4. The narrator alien is preparing to infect all of Earth as soon as the shuttle's door opens, but the component it replaced was the wire that opens the door, so it is fried instantly by the current.

Despite knowing all these elements of the story, I haven't had luck Googling it, because so many of these elements are very common sci-fi themes on their own, and I don't remember any unique names/terms. I don't remember if I read this in a Sci-fi anthology book, or in a magazine (like 'Asimov'). Thanks in advance if anyone can help me track this one down, it's been bugging me for a long while.

Are Vardo and Varda two different people?

As the fellowship was parting from Lorien, Lady Galadriel sings a song in Elven. The song talks about Elbereth.

The poem goes like this:

Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen,

yéni únótimë ve rámar aldaron!

Yéni ve lintë yuldar avánier

mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva

Andúnë pella, Vardo tellumar

nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni

ómaryo airetári-lírinen.

Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?

An sí Tintallë Varda Oiolossëo

ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortanë,

ar ilyë tier undulávë lumbulë;

ar sindanóriello caita mornië

i falmalinnar imbë met, ar hísië

untúpa Calaciryo míri oialë.

Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!

As you can see there is a Vardo and a Varda. When Frodo translated it he only spoke of Varda. Is it a typing mistake or are Vardo and Varda two different people? Or maybe it's some Elven grammatical rule?

Why didn't Dumbledore simply put the Philosopher's Stone into a mokeskin pouch?

In HP and the Deathly Hallows, Harry receives a mokeskin pouch for his 17th birthday. Hagrid vouchsafes to him that anything inside is inaccessible to anyone but the righful owner:

‘Here, Harry – couldn’ think what ter get yeh, but then I remembered this.’ He pulled out a small, slightly furry drawstring pouch with a long string, evidently intended to be worn around the neck. ‘Mokeskin. Hide anythin’ in there an’ no one but the owner can get it out. They’re rare, them.’

Why then did Dumbledore not simply hide the Philosopher's Stone in a mokeskin pouch?

Why don't the Jedi use Tutaminis instead of using their lightsabers?

If Jedi can catch blaster bolts in their body using the force (some even lightsabers) Wouldn't it be better to just use that to defend themselves instead of worrying about lightsaber combat?

Apotheosis/Transcendence/Attaining Godhood in sci fi novels and movies [on hold]

Anyone knows sci fi novel and movie plots where the main character goes through apotheosis/transcendence or attains some sort of godhood? I've recently seen Lucy and Transcendence, but I'm also looking for sci fi novels on this subject. Please share as many as possible.

Novel Ident: tiny lifeforms on planetoid that live at accelerated time rate

A book I once owned and read back in late-80's or early-90's that I have not been able to identify title & author for: It was a SF story concerning tiny native lifeforms, living on either a planetoid or possibly a dead/neutron star, that evolve at a seemingly accelerated time rate. Most of their story is told in the few days of observation (from orbit) by a human expedition to the planet, during which time-frame the race below progresses from stone-age tech level to being more advanced than the human observers, and eventually flying up to meet the humans in small advanced craft powered by micro-singularities... one of which accidentally 'disintegrates' the tip of a human scientist's nose in the process.

Were the trio ever punished for breaking into Gringotts?

In the seventh Harry Potter book/ movie, Harry, Ron and Hermione broke into Gringotts. And, they didn't do it in secret. Everyone knows about it.

Were they ever punished for this? Or, did the ministry showed mercy because their purpose was noble?

Do wizarding laws favor Wealthy Families and/or Pure Bloods?

The inspiration of this question comes from this comment by @JasonBaker: Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms?

Does the Harry Potter canon give evidence that wizarding laws favor Wealthy Families and/or Pure Bloods by any ways? I would like to see a part of answer dealing with the times when Voldemort influenced ministry, too. I am not sure whether Voldemort cared about wealth. He was racist with regards to blood status, but how did that affect the law?

Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms?

In the first Harry Potter book, Harry got Nimbus 2000 which was the fastest at the time. In the second book, Malfoy's father gave everyone in the Slytherin team Nimbus 2001.

A sports is a test of players, not their tools. Real World sports do allow players to bring their own tools, but there are fixed specification limiting that. Nobody's special tool can help a little bit in winning the game. For example, in Cricket history, once a batsman bring a wide bat covering entire pitch, so he couldn't be bowlded. Seeing this loophole, a new rule was pushed to fix dimension of bat.

This brings one possibility about Quidditch: Maybe, a faster broom doesn't give a player advantage. But, I can turn down the possibility with various quotes from the book. Wherever better brooms are mentioned, you can see the owner (or his/her friends) boasting about advantages they would get in Quidditch. It is projected by the author, too. In Mudblood and Murmurs chapter of the second book, when Slytherin team displayed their Nimbus 2001, all laughed at Gryfinndor team as if they had big advantage in Quidditch now. Also, Gryfinndor team felt envy.

(Sorry for the regular language, but I don't have book at this time to give quote)

Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms which can give players advantage?

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