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| what book was it | 11/9/2009 |
Q: I bought a book back in the early 70's that held a collection of short Scifi stories. I have been ...
A: I only immediately recall 1 story involving stopping time by Arthur C Clarke but it involved a woman ...
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| Regarding which to read..... | 4/24/2009 |
Q: I am getting into a new science fiction series and I just had a question about it. There is a set of ...
A: Well, the nantucket series involves time travel to the past while the emberverse series involves the ...
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| looking for a book | 4/11/2009 |
Q: A book with this plot: people move into a house and find that when they push a button( i think) by ...
A: Robert Heinlein wrote a well-known story featuring people moving into a house which linked to ...
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| I am looking for a books name. | 2/17/2009 |
Q: I read a book when I was ~10 years old and for the past several years have been trying to find it ...
A: This sounds like a book version of the movie "The Last Starfighter" which had the exact same plot ...
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| Short Story | 1/13/2009 |
Q: I once read a short story narrated by a cat. He was on the first mission out of the solar system ...
A: I finally worked out what the answer was to your question. The story is called The Conspirators and ...
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| unknown short story | 1/2/2009 |
Q: I read a fascinating short story (1980's?) about the spontaneous appearance of a capsule containing ...
A: I liked this story a lot.The story you're looking for is called "The Very Slow Time Machine" and is ...
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| Birthday Party? | 12/23/2008 |
Q: A few years ago I read a short story set after the Singularity. Artificial intelligences have become ...
A: Yes, I remember that story very well and found it a good read. I am absolutely certain that it ...
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| short stories | 11/2/2008 |
Q: I am looking for 2 stories. One is about a 4th grade teacher who brainwashes her class. The other is ...
A: Don't know about the first story you mentioned, but the 2nd one sounds very much like Isaac Asimov's ...
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| Another Anthology Enthusiast | 8/28/2008 |
Q: I've just discovered this amazing website and wanted to say Thanks for your energy & efforts! I too ...
A: OK, I remember the story but can't remember the title or author, offhand, but will give you ideas, ...
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| dolphins have ability to talk/communicate books | 8/19/2008 |
Q: There was some books I read that the dolphins could talk and most of the world was under water. I ...
A: I STRONGLY suspect that the series of books you're referring to is David Brin's "Uplift" series(it ...
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| Looking for story | 8/7/2008 |
Q: I am looking for a science fiction story or novel where the following is part of the plot: A group ...
A: Someone added to my previous answer to you a while back, but you may not have elected to receive ...
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| Evolution of humanity in space | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I seek the book/author of a story, in the form of several novellas, that involved human-kind's ...
A: You must be referring to Bruce Sterling's novellas within his "Shaper/Mechanist" Universe:- ...
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| science fiction short story | 5/9/2008 |
Q: I am trying to find a specific story but cannot remember title or author. The story is set in the ...
A: The story you're looking for is called "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. Here's a short ...
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| Looking for an old story | 5/8/2008 |
Q: My mother remembers a science fiction story set in a world with a completely different color ...
A: Well, here's a possibility:- there's a story first published in c.1951 by Fredric Brown, called ...
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| SF short story on anti-gravity device | 4/30/2008 |
Q: Trying to find a 'back in teh day' short story on anti-gravity device.Basic outline is that ...
A: The short story you're looking for is Raymond F Jones' "Noise Level". The Contento Index to Science ...
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| science fiction short story | 4/17/2008 |
Q: I'm looking for the title of a short story about a man who is being held in a cage by aliens. He ...
A: I am certain that the story you're looking for is called "Danger - Human!" by Gordon R Dickson. ...
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| Trying to find a story I read many years ago | 4/11/2008 |
Q: .. I remember reading a story many years ago about a society where the masses had all sorts of ...
A: I'm certain that the one you're thinking of is the amusing SF story "The Midas Plague" by Fred ...
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| Do you know this short story? | 4/11/2008 |
Q: I read a story many years ago (in an anthology that also contained Cordwainer Smith's 'Scanners Live ...
A: I think you may have your short-stories mixed up a little. "The Last Question", a short story by ...
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| Scifi series that captivated me in my younger years. | 3/29/2008 |
Q: I hope your extensive knowledge can help me in finding this series I read about 10 years (or more) ...
A: I have no idea re your first story. I do know that Larry Niven is the SF author who wrote the most ...
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| choose your own adventure books | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I wasn't sure which genre to choose for this question, but here goes:) When I was a child I read ...
A: There are only two series of such single-player gamebooks that I know of. The "Fighting Fantasy" ...
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| title/author of short sf story | 3/11/2008 |
Q: I read many years ago a short sf story about an astronaut assigned to communicate with an alien on ...
A: I'm virtually certain that the novelet you're looking for is "Stranger Station" by Damon Knight. ...
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| Robert Sheckley | 2/16/2008 |
Q: Geoff, Many, many years ago(50 or more)I read a collection of Sheckley's short stories that still ...
A: Here's a page giving details on many of Robert Sheckley's stories:- http://tinyurl.com/ynuhf5 ...
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| Golden Age Sci Fi story | 1/29/2008 |
Q: I am trying to find an early sci-fi story I read 20 years ago in a short-story compilation which ...
A: (Due to computer problems I only sent off my first draft, which didn't contain other suggestions I ...
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| Title/Author of Short Story | 1/29/2008 |
Q: I remember this story from grade school (back in the mid to late 1970's), and although the plot has ...
A: The short story you're looking for is called "The Father Thing" by Philip K Dick. I believe there ...
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| time travel short story name and author | 11/23/2007 |
Q: I am looking for a sci-fi story abou time travel tourist who went to the past to see Jesus ...
A: Here's a standard wikipedia entry describing this well-known story:- "Let's go to Golgotha is a ...
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| Find a story | 11/13/2007 |
Q: I would love to reread what I think was a short story: The intelligent people are enslaved to the ...
A: The story you're looking for is called "The Marching Morons" by C M Kornbluth, one of the ...
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| Looking for old book title/author | 10/29/2007 |
Q: I know this isn't exactly SF, but I ran across it in a used bookstore while looking for old Martin ...
A: You really should be asking this question in the allexperts.com Fantasy- genre or Thriller sections, ...
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| Name of a short story and author | 9/23/2007 |
Q: Back in the 60's I read a short story about a man who awakes in the future. At first it's everything ...
A: The story you're looking for is called "The Marching Morons" by C M Kornbluth - one of my ...
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| Science Fiction Short Story | 9/20/2007 |
Q: Looking the the title/author of a science fiction short story about a world running out of souls. A ...
A: You must be thinking of John Brunners' relatively obscure story "The Vitanuls". The story is present ...
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| Short story Authors | 8/22/2007 |
Q: for my 10th grade research paper, i need to find a short story author. Any genre, it just cant be an ...
A: I could recommend the English author,"Saki", as he is mostly known for his great short-stories. ...
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| Author/Title of Science Fiction Short Story | 7/23/2007 |
Q: I am desparate to know the author and title of a short story. Plot: Man travels (on vacation?) to ...
A: Ah, it's good to come across another aficionado of the great satirist /humourist Science-Fiction ...
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| science fiction for education | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Here I am again.... I have found many of the stories you mentioned, and you've been a huge boon! ...
A: Re water-conservation:- Most really good SF works on water-conservation are in book-length, not in ...
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| science fiction for education | 7/7/2007 |
Q: I am looking for short stories which clearly address the following subjects: Ecology; Watershed; ...
A: here is my promised follow-up. Here are a few other SF stories based on ecology and diversity of ...
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| Spaceman with phantom limb. | 6/30/2007 |
Q: There was a story (sound familiar ?) about a spaceman who lost his arm in an accident in space. ...
A: Yes, I remember Larry Niven's "Gil Hamilton" series of books and stories quite well.The guy loses ...
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| "Happy Pill" | 6/19/2007 |
Q: Im looking for a short story which I believe may have appeared in a short story collection ...
A: Normally, this website-archive is excellent for finding any (pre-1983) SF anthologies in which a ...
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| Trying to find sf story... | 6/18/2007 |
Q: The year was 1988 or 1989. I was nine or ten years old in the fourth grade. We had a substitute ...
A: I love it when I can find an answer, even with very vague details offered. This isn't a ...
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| Looking for a short story | 6/12/2007 |
Q: I am looking for a VERY short story, maybe a page and a half long written in the '50's or '60's, it ...
A: The story you're looking for is "Answer" by Fredric Brown. It just so happens that the entire story ...
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| Late 60's/Early 70's Sci-Fi Anthology | 6/8/2007 |
Q: Looking for first anthology I ever read, kindled my interest in sci fi. Two memorable short ...
A: First of all, I'm sorry to have delayed so long in answering your question. The truth is that I've ...
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| Sci-fi short story | 6/4/2007 |
Q: I think this is a short story and was one of the first I ever read, but I cannot remember who it is ...
A: The SF short story you're looking for is about a time-travel trip into the past, not the future. ...
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| 2 short stories, I don't know authors | 5/18/2007 |
Q: Around 1983 I read a few short SF stories from a paperback anthology belonging to a babysitter. She ...
A: The first short story you're looking for is "The Father-Thing" by Philip K Dick. I have no idea ...
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| top authors | 5/15/2007 |
Q: I would like to know who the top military science fiction writers are from the fifties to now. ...
A: Well, of course, most SF authors feature military themes in their books, to a certain extent, as ...
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| SF Short Story | 5/4/2007 |
Q: Here is a synopsis of the story I would love to find: Far in the future Earth has run out of ...
A: Hmm, this story must be extremely popular given that I'm asked about it so often. The story/novella ...
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| American science fiction pulp | 4/29/2007 |
Q: Do you know where, in the UK, is the best publicly available collection of American sf and fantasy ...
A: Well, it's always a good idea to check out the British Library, near St Pancras station, in London. ...
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| a book I read in the 50's | 4/23/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to locate the first scifi book I ever read. It would have been somewhere in the mid to ...
A: The only references in SF to a planet called Thule or which have "Thule" in the title that I have ...
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| Need to find short story | 4/23/2007 |
Q: I apologize if the details that I use are not exactly accurate. The concept is that humanity has ...
A: I remember the story well, and the details you gave were dead accurate. The story you're looking ...
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| Finding that elusive book | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I've been noticing that it is hard to find books by recent authors...except for some major players, ...
A: I think you may have got some of your titles mixed up. "Light of Other Days" is a famous SF ...
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| looking for a book | 4/13/2007 |
Q: I am looking for a book I read as a child that was based on the Voyagers! tv series with Jon-Erik ...
A: This website refers to a children's book by Joe Claro, based on the Voyagers TV series:- ...
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| Old Short Story Title/Author | 4/2/2007 |
Q: Geoff: I'm looking for an old science fiction short story about a very high-tech future society ...
A: This sounds very like Isaac Asimov's book "The Naked Sun", part of his "Elijah Baley" series of ...
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| growing transpnaktr spare parts | 3/30/2007 |
Q: I remeber reading in about 1960 a story about a prison planet where the prisoners were seeded with ...
A: The story you´re looking for is called " A Planet Named Shayol" by the wonderfully eccentric ...
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| Books | 3/4/2007 |
Q: In the book Dune by Frank herbert does Paul represent Jesus Christ?
A: Strictly speaking, in the first book Paul Atreides is clearly modelled on the warrior-prophet ...
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| Do not remember title nor author | 2/10/2007 |
Q: Long ago I read this book of which I do not recall title nor author (although I am positive HE is ...
A: I know several of such stories, but don't recall any Spanish-speaking author who wrote any such ...
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| searching for an anthology book | 1/18/2007 |
Q: i had a science fiction book as a kid that had some GREAT stories in them, and i haven't been able ...
A: I don't know the other stories but the last one about Mars is the famous story "Omnilingual" by H ...
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| Darkover & Witch World Series | 11/11/2006 |
Q: Two of my favorite series mentioned in the subject line. Could you recommend some titles and ...
A: I do apologise for not having replied earlier. Unfortunately, I wasn't reminded in time by ...
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| Galaxy SF Collection | 11/10/2006 |
Q: I believe that I have a complete collection of Galaxy SF from 1950 through 1979, possibly missing 2 ...
A: I don't really know. Standard Galaxy back issues tend to be valued at c.6 or 8 dollars each on ...
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| Trends in science fiction | 11/8/2006 |
Q: This is more of a general question. I've read several thousand science fiction novels over the past ...
A: I quite agree with you. Much of SF has degenerated in the last few decades. The SF magazines in the ...
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| all about sci-fi | 9/16/2006 |
Q: I need to find out as much as I can about science fiction, for example, how it started, great ...
A: I'll assume, for now, that you are a total beginner as far as Science Fiction is concerned, and so ...
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| Gavin Waylock | 8/16/2006 |
Q: Long ago I read an sf novel in which the character Gavin Waylock becomes immortal, at which time he ...
A: Never read the book, but a quick search gives two books one of which may be what you're looking ...
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| Lost Science Fiction Story | 7/14/2006 |
Q: About a year ago I read an anthology of three stories by the same author. The first story centered ...
A: I don't know the other two stories offhand, but I know the third story very well. It's "The Cold ...
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| short story | 7/2/2006 |
Q: Years ago I read a story about a human in the far future who no longer had a body, he was just an ...
A: The short story you're looking for is Isaac Asimov's "Eyes Do More Than See". The Contento science ...
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| Two sci-fi short stories | 5/27/2006 |
Q: 1. In the mid-1960s, I read a short story about a race of ultra-civilized, highly cultured people ...
A: I have no idea about the 2nd story, but the first anthology you mentioned "Night in Funland" is ...
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| Name That Sci-Fi Book! | 4/4/2006 |
Q: About 8 years ago, I picked up a sci-fi paper back in my town library (Palmerston North, NZ), and ...
A: Can only think of "Akira" of the Manga/Anime genre, as that's the only reference in SF (that I know ...
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| I am trying to find a short... | 3/16/2006 |
Q: I am trying to find a short story I read a long time ago (probably 30 years). It's about an ...
A: I don't recall this particular story, but almost always it's usually Jewish SF authors who ...
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| Read a book years ago, forgot tittle/author | 3/10/2006 |
Q: In my golded years of middle school, I read a book that I thoroughly enjoyed and would like to read ...
A: I can't yet give you an answer to your first question as I don't have the reference materials with ...
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| trying to find a book | 1/30/2006 |
Q: I am a big Heinlein fan, but I am trying to find a book i read a few years ago. Not sure who the ...
A: If the work happens to be by Heinlein then I haven't read it. I've read almost all his short-stories ...
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| Looking for book | 1/27/2006 |
Q: Looking for books read 20-30 year ago. 1.Anthing involving sentient suns/stars. End of story, ...
A: Well question number 2 involves fantasy or science-fantasy which I'm definitely not a fan of, to ...
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| French Sci-FI Author | 1/24/2006 |
Q: In the late 70's, I read a number of books (4, I think) by a French author (in translation) dealing ...
A: French SF is nowadays not exactly very significant, and in France is usually not considered a ...
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| identification of book title | 1/23/2006 |
Q: I read a collection of short stories as a young boy sometime between ~1978 and ~1982. The short ...
A: "Another involved a person who wasnt properly sedated going through the portal and emerged as a ...
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| Specific Eaxamples of the Impact of SciFi on Science | 1/6/2006 |
Q: I am a physicist and an amateur astronomer. It is my desire to prepare an interesting community ...
A: There are numerous examples of science-fiction writers being influenced by scientific theories, but ...
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| Great Science Fiction Books | 11/5/2005 |
Q: I love to read, and have since I was a child, however due to certain unfortunate events have been ...
A: Well, choosing SF stories that are both good and not morbid or frightening is a MAJOR challenge. ...
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| what is this book? | 11/1/2005 |
Q: I once read a scifi book that was part of a series, I think. I can't remember the author or the ...
A: I can't think of a relevant book that fits your description. Here are a couple of websites which ...
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| Finding a particular book | 10/12/2005 |
Q: I read a book that was about a set of prison planets in one solar system. These planets had some ...
A: I know of a short story "A Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith which is about humans who are ...
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| Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, renamed | 10/12/2005 |
Q: What is the origin of the renamed title, "Blade Runner," for the film based on Do Androids Dream of ...
A: Here's the answer to your- "The title derives from Alan E. Nourse's novel "The Bladerunner" (1974), ...
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| Do you know this story? | 10/7/2005 |
Q: In the 1970s an English teacher told me about a science fiction story where the characters all wore ...
A: The only SF story I can recall offhand where the protagonists know exactly their date of death is ...
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| Trying to Remember | 10/1/2005 |
Q: I am trying to remember a science fiction work (short story, I believe) in which corporations, ...
A: I'm sorry but the whole theme of corporations as governments is so large within SF that I can't help ...
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| lookinfg for book | 8/30/2005 |
Q: This fits into Si-Fi or Fantasy. Two books by Larry Evans. One City of tomorrow & the other ...
A: Whenever I've had any difficulty in getting hold of out-of-print Science Fiction books, I always go ...
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| S F story line | 8/23/2005 |
Q: Rec'd your response of Robert Sheckley, "A Wind is Rising." That title doesn't seem to fit the ...
A: I'm pretty certain I'm dead right as regards my previous guess. Humour me and read this (very short) ...
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| S F short story | 8/22/2005 |
Q: Many years ago I read a great SF short titled, as I remember it, "The Wind is Rising." I can't ...
A: I have never heard of a story with the title "The Wind Is Rising" but there is one SF story with ...
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| Looking for an anthology | 8/13/2005 |
Q: I'm looking for a particular anthology "Best of Science Fiction" or something like that. It's a ...
A: Can't help you without more info like publisher/rough date of publication etc. However, the story ...
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| Story about time dilation on a planet | 8/12/2005 |
Q: I am trying to find details about a story (short or novel I cannot recall). It is set on a planet ...
A: I remember the story quite well - I even know that I must have read it c.4 years ago - however, I ...
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| A Canticle for Leibowitz | 7/23/2005 |
Q: Can you recommend a web site on this novel? I'm especially interested in finding translations for ...
A: Here's a website with notes for each chapter, with translations for the Latin. There's also, at the ...
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| book title/author | 7/19/2005 |
Q: I'm a reference librarian. A patron's dying to remember the title/author of a book he read sometime ...
A: I know of several SF short stories and SF books which describe an invasion and/or conquest of the ...
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| Raising the Dead in SF | 7/10/2005 |
Q: I was wondering if you could tell me the various methods used in Science Fiction to raise the dead. ...
A: Well, to be honest, raising the dead is strictly the province of horror stories and religion. The ...
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| TITLE OF BOOKS | 3/1/2005 |
Q: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TITLE OF A BOOK THAT HAD A ROBET NAME JENKINS AND A FAMIELY OF DOGS THAT ...
A: The answer to your first question is the book "City" by the great SF author Clifford D Simak(you can ...
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| Title/Author of book(s) I once read | 1/24/2005 |
Q: I was just wandering down memory lane and I thought about three SF books I read when I was a ...
A: The Avram Davidson story is actually "Or all the seas with oysters".There is an anthology "Or all ...
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| Two (2) short story titles/ authors | 1/15/2005 |
Q: I started out reading Science Fiction short stories first. This is what got me interested. Now, I'm ...
A: I don't know the 2nd one, but there is 1 story I can think of, which might fit your first idea. It ...
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| Sci-Fi plot | 12/4/2004 |
Q: An Asian country (China) conquers the U.S. and a group of rebels create a fake religion as a cover ...
A: I think you may be thinking of the "Turning Wheel" by Philip K Dick. There's an anthology called, ...
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| time travel short story | 11/22/2004 |
Q: Answer - The story is "the sound of thunder" by Ray Bardbury. Ok so now I know the name of the ...
A: I apologise. I was in such a hurry yesterday as the Internet Cafe I was using at the time was ...
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| Name of an old religious scifi paperback | 10/23/2004 |
Q: Maybe 30 years ago I read a scifi paperback about a race of reptilians of explored the remains of ...
A: I don't recall this particular one. I am something of an atheist unfortunately so I rarely get the ...
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| Science fiction short story search | 10/20/2004 |
Q: I read a short story in the early to mid 80s about a world/city where everything was great but ...
A: I don't recall your particular story. However, by 1980 the science fiction short story market had ...
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| The Unicorn's eye? | 10/16/2004 |
Q: Several years ago I read a novel that featured a first person account of a man from a technological ...
A: My speciality is science-fiction. I am a rather conceited SF purist and have a horror of anything ...
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| Looking for Story: Found It! | 10/4/2004 |
Q: Geoff, thank you again for your earlier replies. I've tracked down the book: The Stars My ...
A: I read that story years ago, of course, and should really have remembered it. Trouble is I have ...
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| Looking for Story | 9/29/2004 |
Q: I recall an old novel or short story where a man is about to drown and then finds himself soaking ...
A: Sorry, I REALLY don't recall anything like your description, although of course there are 1000s of ...
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| Looking for Story | 9/28/2004 |
Q: I recall an old novel or short story where a man is about to drown and then finds himself soaking ...
A: Not sure if this is the right one, as I, to my regret, haven't read it,but it's listed on an ...
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| SF short story | 9/24/2004 |
Q: Wondering if you might help me out on this, its about a short story i read like 20 years back. It ...
A: You gave me too little info to go on to give you a correct answer. However, SF writers all have ...
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| Science Fiction | 8/11/2004 |
Q: but I was hoping for a different zug. Years ago, I read a science fiction novel in which a ...
A: I think(?) the story is "Tree of Time" by Damon Knight, first appeared in 1963 December issue of ...
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| Star Gates | 7/22/2004 |
Q: Mr. Purcell- Back in the late 1970"s I recall a scifi book where stargates were used and was about ...
A: You're right of course.Can't be the Heechee series after all. Although the theme of the story is ...
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| Star Gates | 7/21/2004 |
Q: Mr. Purcell- Back in the late 1970"s I recall a scifi book where stargates were used and was about ...
A: Craig, The book you are looking for is most likely "Gateway" by Fred Pohl(first published 1977), the ...
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| science fiction sequels | 7/13/2004 |
Q: I'm working on a story about how important sequels are in the science fiction area and would like a ...
A: Well science fiction has always been popular with the publishers as, while SF books do not always ...
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| SF author Eric Flynt | 4/28/2004 |
Q: could you send me a summarie of the book 1632 by Eric Flynt
A: I have never read this book, probably because I am not too fond of modern SF authors except for ...
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| features of a novel | 4/20/2004 |
Q: i have an assignment for school,I have read 'Turn Right for Zyrgon' by Robin Klein and I have this ...
A: Well, I am unfortunately unable to answer your question as I have never heard of the book before. ...
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| Short Story Search | 4/16/2004 |
Q: I'm looking for a story called "Fancy Meeting You Here" that I read in a ghost story anthology. I ...
A: I did a quick search on Google. No Luck -there are many science fiction databases on the Web but no ...
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| Searching for old juvenile sci-fi book | 4/7/2004 |
Q: I am looking for a book published about 1955-65. Alvin of Lindar is the first child born in Lindar ...
A: Well the book you are actually looking for is "The City and The Stars" by Arthur C Clarke, one of ...
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| Old (50's-60's?)short story about transporter-type door breaking down | 3/26/2004 |
Q: I'm trying to find this short story I remember reading as a kid in the 70's. It's set in the future ...
A: The short story is "It's such a beautiful Day" by Isaac Asimov. It's one of the most widely ...
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| The forever car | 3/2/2004 |
Q: Years ago, I recall reading a SciFi novel (or short story?) with a plotline that included, among ...
A: There are a huge number of SF short stories which involve futuristic vehicles. I can't really give ...
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| Lost Short Story | 2/6/2004 |
Q: I lost an anthology years ago and have been trying to replace it ever since. I cannot remember the ...
A: Luckily for you, I had reread that very same SF story when I revisited my huge SF collection in ...
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| Need to find name of short story | 10/10/2003 |
Q: I remember reading an award winning short story (or novella?) years ago and I would love to find it ...
A: You asked a question(see below) about an SF short story, a long while ago. Recently, I found out ...
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| short story search | 7/11/2003 |
Q: i am looking for two short stories i read more than 20 yrs. ago. i do not recall the authors. the ...
A: first of all, sorry for not replying before. I went on holiday without warning, so I didn't put ...
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