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ID Story: A robotic storyteller that is sentient
I'm fairly sure this is an Asimov short story, but I can't actually find the name of it. A group of kids has a robot that tells stories. They are mean to it, and generally abuse the thing. At the end ...
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Help me remember the name of an old animated sci-fi (apocalyptic) movie [duplicate]
When I was young I remember my mother bringing me a movie home from goodwill. The movie was in the 80s style if I remember correctly. I don't remember much about the movie other than a masked ...
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Help ID Australian novel. Sci Fi (soft) / Magical Realist / Slipstream. Published 1976 – circa late 1980s [duplicate]
Asking for a friend.
Length;
Novel (possibly novella or novelette)
Publication Notes;
Australian/Melbourne author (likely but not certain. It shows a lot of familiarity with Melbourne).
Australian ...
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Genetic engineering of a enhanced new human to help deal with Earth problems (environment etc.)
The story is partly from the point of view of one child not as smart as his enhanced peers. They are only built to last till their teens then they die. The slow child is helped to survive by one of ...
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A TV show, from the 90's or 80's, very weird
Does anyone remember a show, where:
An alien girl lives with a family
She comes from the moon
She is looking for a new king because their king (a giant baby) is dying
Her spaceship its a VW van
They ...
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Help identifying a book about a planet with a regent who could kill via a wireless signal to a brain implant
I think it was a three-book saga, in the first one there was an ongoing invasion of a race of creatures who kidnapped women for breeding, but there was a regent or magistrate who nobody knew, who ...
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Pilot TV series end in sea level rising
I am trying to recall the name of a TV series years ago, possible just a pilot episode. Following is what I can remember:
A group of scientist tracking some huge sea creature with satellite tracking ...
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What poetic old detective noir book has mutants smuggled out of a ghetto being blackmailed?
Years ago I read this old science fiction book that was written in a poetic noir style, and I remember bits of the plot, but not any names to google. Could you help me find it?
It was from my Dad's ...
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What's the name of this suspense/sci fi TV show from the late 70's early 80's?
I remember watching a show in the late 70's or early 80's that I would like to see again. Each episode had 3 on-going stories. So each episode adds a little to each story. The episodes don't stand on ...
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Movie Identification: Humanoid Monster/Alien in a bed, 80s/90s, Sci-Fi/Horror
I've been looking for the name of a movie for over a year now, this is my last chance.
Here are the details which I remember:
I watched this movie a few times when I was younger, I'd say 80s to ...
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Man lost on planet becomes frightened of own reflection.
There's this guy who's on another planet. I can't remember why or how, but he's become separated from his companions (and spaceship) and is lost. He becomes convinced that there's some kind of monster ...
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Name of science fiction book (part of series)
Setting on a planet divided between a primitive human culture with emerging psi powers, an insectoid (ecological, biological) hive race and a "digger" (underground) race. Keeping balance by ...
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Help I an trying to find a series of books i read as a kid from the 60's/70's or even 80's
I am looking for a science fiction series I read as a kid. It was about a boy who built his own robot and several other adventures. I really can't remember the name or anything and I tried asking my ...
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What is the name of...sci/fi trilogy...aliens invade earth and kids destroy their domes
I hope someone can help; I read this trilogy in 1970(!) about aliens that invaded earth. Because they couldn't breathe our air, they contained their cities under large domes. In the end, the main ...
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