Questions tagged [discussion]
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Shelley Duvall, star of The Shining, Faerie Tale Theatre, and Popeye, has passed at 75
The Rolling Stone article indicates that she's believed to have died from complications from her diabetes.
Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a ...
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Benji Gregory, star of ALF, has passed
Benji Gregory Hertzberg, who played Brian Tanner in ALF, has died, found dead in his car along with his service dog, apparently from heat stroke, on June 13th.
Gregory portrayed Brian on all four ...
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Is the game Settlers of Catan on-topic?
I recently saw the question How big is the sun (in the world of Catan)? which plays into something I long believed: that Catan was another world. That would make the game SFF-nal. But Wikipedia says ...
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Why was the answer by the author (of the work) in a story-id question converted to a comment?
In the question Short story involving time dilation and a girl growing up while her astronaut mother explores other planets, the work has been positively identified (by the asker) as "Deuda ...
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RIP Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland has just died aged 88, after a seven-decade career in film and television, starring in films ranging from The Dirty Dozen (1967) to Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (1978) to the US ...
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Multiple Neverending Stories?
We have an accepted answer for the first film, an accepted answer for the second film, and an accepted answer for the TV series (which is the dupe target for another question about the series, ...
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Is this historical fiction question on topic? [duplicate]
YA or children's book about the Trojan war, focusing heavily on Helen, where a "magic" stone of Troy was important
I've read The Luck of Troy; there are precisely zero fantasy elements ...
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Roger Corman, legendary (B movie) filmmaker, has died
Roger Corman, low-budget filmmaker who launched many careers, dies at 98
Roger Corman, a low-budget but resourceful Hollywood filmmaker who churned out dozens of laughably ridiculous and ridiculously ...
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Bernard Hill (King Théoden) has died, aged 79. Hail the victorious dead!
Bernard Hill, best known for his roles in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79.
Hill's other roles in his decades-long career include the 1976 BBC TV series I, Claudius, an appearance in ...
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Ray Chan, Marvel art director, has died
Ray Chan, Art Director and Production Designer for Marvel Films, Dies at 56
Ray Chan, the art director and production designer for Marvel Studios who contributed to Guardians of the Galaxy, three ...
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Where are all the Wheel of Time questions?
According to a hasty google, the word counts of the below popular fantasy series are as follows:
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Harry Potter
1,084,170
LOTR
481,103
The Wheel of Time
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Would this question be ok?
I'm trying to track down a list of "important" science fictions works that I got off the Internet back in mid-late 80s. I remember some details about the list and am hoping that maybe ...
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How should we tag questions about the TV series "3 Body Problem"?
At the moment there is a tag, 3-body-problem, being used for the Netflix adaption of The Three Body Problem.
We have an existing tag, the-three-body-problem, that is being used for the book series. ...
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Changing the dupe target
Long ago I answered this identification question, call it A. Some time later John Rennie answered another question, call it B, which was closed as a duplicate of A. Just now I answered yet another ...
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Is this a constrained list question?
'Hidden' non white characters in Heinleins work. So racists would identify with them before learning their race
I currently have a kneejerk vote in that this is a "list or recommendation&...
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