Questions tagged [symbiotes]
For questions about symbiotes in works of speculative fiction. Always use in conjunction with the appropriate work tag or a "content" tag such as [story-identification].
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How come neither Venom nor Riot were affected at the end of the movie?
In Venom (2018), we learn that the symbiotes are vulnerable to both fire and some sound frequencies. There are a few scenes during which the sound vulnerability is depicted:
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Short story about a woman and an alien symbiote who live in the vacuum in Saturn's rings
I read this short story before 2000, possibly in the '80s.
It is about a woman who usually lives out in the vacuum of space, I believe in the rings of Saturn, and survives through connection to a ...
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What story has an alien symbiote bond with a human in a cave?
I'm looking for a story (novelette, short, etc) I've read in an anthology, about a human running from pursuit who lands in a planet and enters in a cave where something falls on his shoulders and he ...
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Old story about plant symbiont-enabled simulated paradise [duplicate]
I'm looking for an SF short story in which the protagonist has a vision of the future in which all humans end up living in tanks filled with a plant-like or algae-like symbiont. The people in the ...
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searching for a space opera novel with a planet of monks who controlled a monopoly on functional immortality via plant-based biotech
A space opera novel with a planet whose inhabitants are a group of 'monks' with a quasi-religious monopoly on functional immortality. There's a parasitic/symbiotic plant organism (I don't remember if ...
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Are joined Trills responsible for the crimes of their predecessors?
I was watching the Star Trek: Deep Space 9 episode, "Dax", wherein a hearing is conducted about whether Jadzia Dax should be extradited for murder and treason committed by Curzon Dax.
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Old SF novel series possibly called "Riders"
I am looking to identify a series or at least an individual volume of pulp(ish) sf. Probably, but not definitely, dating from the 1970's. I was given the volume in question by an aunt. I was a school ...
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Novella where a man bonds with an alien who lives inside of him
A book I read in the early 70s, novella-length. A man bonds with an alien who lives inside him and keeps him alive for centuries. Basically immortal.
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Illustrated science fiction story about a astronaut infected with an alien symbiote
I read a science fiction story around the year 2000. The story was accompanied by large illustrations, and the book itself was large, bigger than a novel or trade paperback. It was about an ...
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What are the differences in Leetha's powers, and Spawns personal powers?
Al Simmons, aka the most well regarded and arguably powerful Hell Spawn of modern/current Earth, was bonded to the symbiotic suit, K-7 Leetha, back in the very first issue. This entity/suit is a ...
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What is the first example of an intelligent symbiotic organism prior to Marvel comics?
I've been fascinated by Venom since I was a kid, and for years have been drafting short stories inspired by this type of character -- a sentient "infection" that can impart both power and weakness to ...
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Possible tête-bêche book - symbiote on back/ lost colony finds gun in spaceship
This book was possibly a tête-bêche book. A tête-bêche book is where two books are bound back to back, with one being upside down. The name is used for all books that follow this format, regardless of ...
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