Questions tagged [books]
Use this tag on [story-identification] questions when the work is a book series or when the written media is unclear but use a more specific tag where appropriate e.g. [novel], [novella], [short-stories], [anthology-book], etc. Use this tag to indicate the question is about the book version or adaptation of a work. For differences between the book and other versions, such as a movie, use [adaptation-comparison].
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What is the series where humans are genetically altered to go under cover on alien planets? [duplicate]
It was a series of 3 or 4 books. The crew of a ship were on a mission to recover something ( rings I think) from different planets. Humans had been genetically altered to live on each planet. ...
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70s era YA Fantasy involving evil elves
I'm looking for a Young Adult Fantasy book I read in grade school in the mid 1970s that told the story of a modern girl who discovers a cave or tunnel that brings her to a medieval-like place. A ...
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Who was the first author to write about transhumanism?
I believe that this could well go to David Zindell for Neverness which was published in 1988 as it features many elements of transhumanism. Does anyone know any different?
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Trying to Remember a Book that explored evolution of Dinosaurs to intelligence and then encountering humans
Many, many years ago, I read a book where dinosaurs were assumed to have suvived the K-T event (or it never happened), and they evolved to intelligent species that used not only language (which ...
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How did Harry Dresden turn Bob the skull evil?
In the newest Dresden Files book, Ghost Story, it mentions that in the past Harry Dresden managed to switch Bob to "evil mode". Which book did this happen in and how did it happen?
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When did Harry get the leather coat?
In the Dresden Files books, at some point Harry trades in his canvas duster for a leather duster? Which book did this happen in and why?
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Identifying a story about a girl named Sarah who finds out she is a robot
I read this sci-fi novel for young adults when I was a kid, and I would love to re-read it but I can't remember the title. I remember the copy I borrowed from the library had some sort of television ...
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Fantasy story of a prince's unwanted brother
I'm trying to remember the title of a fantasy story in which the main character is the unwanted brother (or half-brother?) of a prince. Other important characters are an older brother who is ...
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What book has a space station orbiting a sun
I remember a few details of the book I'm looking for. It is a space station in close orbit to the/a sun. Only children on board who are the children of the adults. But the adults were criminals and ...
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90's military sci-fi book series: rifle firing "flechette" rounds, grenade launchers as a standard weapon
I've been trying to identify several series of military sci-fi that I read in the early 90's. I've had more luck remembering details of some than others.
For this particular series, the only details ...
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Two books by the same author: travel through different times, and news reports of aliens
I'm looking for two books that I think are by the same author.
I read them both 10/15 years ago, and they're adult scifi/horror type books.
One was about a group of people - I think a mixture of ...
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YA novel about a backyard where shadows live, a dolphin statue/fountain? is the ruler
I read this story in the mid 1980's. A young boy is staying with either his grandmother, aunt, some older female care giver. The shadows in the backyard are alive, and anything brought back there ...
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Identify the recent story with a cross-dressing undertaker/necromancer?
There was a book within last 18 months or so with the following characteristics:
The main character was an undertaker and possibly a necromancer, and also a crossdresser
He had a serial killer as ...
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A girl who transcends time
I remember quite a bit, but can't seem to find the title or (female) author.
A girl accompanies her father as he captains a mission to travel at near-light speed in order to experience the effects of ...
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Who edited Dune?
Who was the editor for the Frank Herbert novel, Dune? I've heard that the following books in the series were not edited by the same person and suffered for it and that a lot of credit to the novel's ...
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