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Short story or novel set in a simulacrum of Christian Hell, populated by humans and non-human creatures
Identify the following short story or novel.
I read the book in the 1990s in the German language. Very likely the book was published one or more decades earlier, a typical softcover Heyne or Bastei-...
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Looking for a fantasy short story/novel - an adventuring party explores a dungeon, dies one by one, and the one survivor becomes a dungeon master
In the early 2000s, I read a fantasy short story. I'm 90% sure it was a short story but it honestly could be a novel. It was in French (I live in France) but I can't remember if it was translated from ...
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Remote town with people having three minds in one body
The protagonist is perhaps a doctor. Or maybe a lawyer, teacher...
But most probably a medic, since his services were needed immediately.
So he, an outsider, was called into some remote town to ...
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Story or novel ID: African American rebellion in Chicago
In this English-language story or novel, probably from the 1960s or 70s, the African Americans of Chicago have rebelled against the government. It's part of a general rebellion of black urban ...
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Modern teens are cursed with medieval torture or death
I'm trying to identify a short story or novel I read in English about a group of modern teens (boys and girls both) in a modern (80s/90s) setting who are somehow cursed (be careful what you wish for? ...
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90s YA novel or short story: girl on an intergalactic vessel overhears aliens debating whether to destroy Earth, or establish first contact
I believe I read this book in the 90's. I doubt the book was published much past 1999.
I believe the protagonist is a female character who might be a stowaway on some kind of intergalactic vessel. I ...
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Short story with a shrinking dress
I am looking to identify a sci-fi short story about a male scientist married to a very beautiful, but vain and sexually extreme woman. She had sexual relationships with lots of men at the same time - ...
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Story about a girl with a tattoo/symbol on her wrist that is deadly to enemies that touch it
I seem to remember reading this story in a compilation of short YA stories, but it could have been an excerpt from a novel (i.e. basically a promotion of other novels). I seem to remember there were ...
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Printed or digital story featuring nuke alien trapped in crashing ISS
I remember participating in a newsgroup thread in late 90s. The thread was created by a sci-fi writer (or, a lunatic who claimed he was a writer). In the end, he said he was going to publish these ...
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