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Book set in/around a space station where the workers get tattoos of equations relevant to their profession
Looking for a title/author of a book I read years ago, when I was in the habit of browsing my library's sci-fi section. Sadly I only remember a few details:
It's set in/around a space station, no ...
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80’s to 90’s sci-fi film with humans aboard a spaceship, whose dating choices are determined by the emblems on their uniforms
Humans were aboard a spaceship. They performed their duties during the day and then paired up in the evenings according to emblems on and colors of their uniforms matching. People “dating” by their ...
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What was that animated shortfilm (maybe) or game cutscene/trailer where an asteroid transform into a tentacled monster?
I remember from a long time ago a short animated movie (unless it was a game cutscene or trailer) in which a spaceship slowly passes by an asteroid (or moon, but rather an asteroid), which for a ...
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A 90s (maybe) made-for-TV movie (maybe) about a group of trainees on a spaceship. There is some kind of emergency and all experienced officers die
After the death of the officers, the trainees have to get the ship to a certain planet/base to warn them of an attack. One of the trainees betrays/sabotages the others and the one in command ends up ...
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Teen space Sci-Fi book/series that was turned into cartoon, copyright issues with Star Trek
My co-worker is looking for a book/series from probably the 70's or 80's that was turned into a cartoon in the 80's or 90's but both the book and the cartoon ran into copyright issues with Star Trek ...
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Novel. Parents drugged kid(s) to lower intelligence due to blackmail/threats. Attempts were made to kill/kidnap the kids when they were younger
Probably read 15-20 years ago. IT was a paperback in English, published in USA.
The story set when man has reached the stars. (Honor Harrington level of civilization.) I recall a bit of a story. I can'...
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An SF novel with whole pages entirely in capital letters
I read this SF novel decades ago.
I remember almost nothing of the events. But there were several POV characters. I don't remember how many, but all but one were human, or, possibly, "human-sized&...
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Short story about a neurodivergent child who becomes a pilot
Many years ago, there was a short story (I think in a May issue of Asimov's magazine or whatever it became later) about a neurodivergent child (perhaps Williams disease).
In this society, this was ...
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Sci-fi book in which an artist with polio is abducted by aliens, cured of his infirmity, and joins an interstellar crew [duplicate]
Looking for a science fiction book, probably from the 50s or 60s. I read it in middle school in 1990-91.
The protagonist is an artist who suffered from polio, but when he is abducted by aliens, they ...
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A SF novel about a boy sold at a slave auction in a spaceport
I read this at least 20 years ago. I read it in a rather slim paperback in French, a novel but rather short, and probably a translation.
I only remember the beginning. In a spaceport in a polity where ...
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1960s-70s movie in color; Human reactions being tested before assistance provided
I'm not clear if this was a film or series, but I don't remember the characters in anything else. That wouldn't rule out something like The Twilight Zone, but my memory was that it was more than an ...
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A novel about an asteroid-looking automated spaceship larger inside than outside [duplicate]
I read this novel more than 20 years ago, in French, but I am convinced it was a translation from English. It might even be older than that. It was a pretty fat paperback, but I don't remember the ...
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Relatively recent sci-fi fantasy novel where the spaceship is alive and the magician/commander contains seven different versions of himself
The ship and commander are searching for specific new members to fill out the crew. They are seeking different crew members, such as engineer, captain, etc. The ship says it will be much stronger when ...
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Short fiction about a planet with two sentient species, one having enslaved the other one
I read this novelette at least 40 years ago, in a collection, in English, which was most probably the original.
It describes the first contact between humans and the natives of a planet they just ...
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Looking for a book about exploring a planet heading out of the galaxy
I read this book in the late 90s, and I suspect it may have been old-ish then. Male author, I believe, with fairly hard science writing.
Earth discovers a world leaving the Milky Way which interests ...
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