Another forgotten book from childhood. Time travel/survival. Dinosaurs. And yes, it vibrates. Help?
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posted by rokusan
on Aug 26, 2009 -
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What are some or how can one best find science-fiction novels that are good by general literary standards?
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posted by colinmarshall
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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Short Story Askme: I read a short dystopian story many years ago set in a run-down, post apocalyptic future. A queue of people line up on a street to spit at a painting. The painting represents all the problems of the past. It is implied that the painting is The Mona Lisa. What is the story?
posted by bollockovnikov
on Sep 25, 2008 -
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Looking for the name of a sci-fi book. Man is injected with a serum that causes him to shrink forever, eventually discovering there are universes smaller than atoms.
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posted by Gudlyf
on Feb 7, 2008 -
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ScienceFictionfilter: Suggestions for gift subscriptions of science fiction magazines, journals printed in English and dead tree format
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posted by jadepearl
on Jun 18, 2007 -
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I'm looking for high quality erotic fantasy/sci-fi novels. Any recommendations?
posted by alms
on Sep 14, 2005 -
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Are there any precursors to the science-fiction genre that appear earlier than
Frankenstein? Essentially, I want to know: what is the first ever appearance of science-fiction?
posted by monsterhero
on Apr 26, 2005 -
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Children's SF-Fantasy: For years, I have been trying to remember the name of a book I read as a child, in the mid-1980s. It is a novel, appropriate for 8-12 year olds, in a vaguely medieval/fantasy setting. The main character (I think) is a boy who goes into a forest (on a journey? a quest?) - he meets a girl there who is a firewitch, with really bright orange hair. Sorry for the vagueness, but I was about eight at the time, and haven't been able to find it since.
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posted by jb
on Jan 10, 2005 -
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I want to introduce the world of comics/graphic novels to my 12 year old daughter (I used to read Creepy, Eerie and Heavy Metal when I was her age but I haven't touched a comic book since). I just ordered "The Complete Moonshadow" simply based on the cover art and some glowing reviews I found. My daughter's taste leans heavily toward LOTR style literature. Recommendations welcome.
posted by davebush
on Aug 28, 2004 -
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Some years ago, I read a book called something like "Time Like a Slow (Flowing?) River". It was the sequel to another book in which environmentally indignant aliens had conquered Earth to save it from humans and placed strict restrictions on earthlings until they became better environmental stewards. People had to travel by solar powered paddleboats, abandon fossil fuels, etc.
I have had no luck on Google or Amazon (and it's not
this). Does anybody know the name or author of either of these books?
posted by signal
on Apr 29, 2004 -
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Like many other geeks here, I grew up reading sci-fi and fantasy. But I gradually got tired of it, because so much of it was poorly written or antithetical to my tastes. But I still yearn for other worlds at times, so I'd be interested in recommendations. [more inside.]
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posted by grumblebee
on Dec 16, 2003 -
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