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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Trying to remember a book about a human male travelling to alien planet
I listened to this on audiobook and it was great.
The premise was a human ends up travelling to an alien planet. The aliens have a perimeter to their 'base' that is under constant attack from the ...
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YA series with a housekeeper or protector robot and set on a planet with a harsh sun
I read a series of books written in English (possibly a trilogy) in the early 1980s and was hoping to find them again for my children. The details I remember are:
It was set on a planet and spanned ...
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Two spacecraft pilots travel at light speed, meet back on Earth in different era due to time dilation
I've been looking for the name of a sci-fi romance book about space travel but haven't been successful so far. I came across it a few years ago, read the plot on its back cover but didn't read the ...
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Sci-fi book, blue critters than only some people can see, kids fight the critters as they feed off energy and are a threat
I can't really remember how long ago it was, but I think the book was marketed towards children/teens. All I remember is the basic premise of the story.
Some story about these unusual little blue ...
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Identify a book with a social engineering theme
I originally read this book in the mid- to late '70s.
The premise was a bureaucracy whose job it was to manipulate events in human history by making the smallest possible change that would effect ...
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Book About Survival Test on Another Planet
I remember picking up a book a while ago (4-5 years ago?), managed to read the first few chapters.
It seems similar to "Tunnel in the Sky" but the details don't match up. I remember the main ...
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People can transfer physical and/or mental abilities to another person through magic
I read a fantasy novel years back. I honestly don't remember much of the plot (it was SEVERAL years back) but I remember the magic system that was used.
It was possible for an individual to grant ...
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Sci-fi book about a male entering a competition that he wins and gets recruited by millitary
Sci-fi book in the future about a city that had 2 levels.
The top level was for the rich people. A game center with a space flight game is added. The main character (male) plays with friends and ...
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Book series about time travel from future to distant past, psychic powers?
Please help me identify this book series:
In the future, humanity has started to develop psychic powers by encouraging breeding of genetic traits. Humans find a way to travel back to a specific time ...
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Looking for old book, SF, artificial world, different zones for different species that visitors "inhabit"
I read this book at least ten years ago. Any help identifying it would be appreciated.
Characters are teleported to an artificial world where each take over the mind of a different species. I ...
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Book where wizards learn magic by bonding with crystals that imbue them with powers
I read this book a long time ago, but I'm guessing it was written sometime in either the 80's or early 90's. It was a rather long/large book.
Plot summary: Set in a fantasy land of wizards and magic, ...
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A story where technology is forbidden, but used by priests
I am looking for a story I remember reading in the mid-90s. I can't remember if it was a trilogy or just a three part book, but I know it was in paperback book form. I also know it was found in the ...
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Fantasy book where a young prince becomes a mage
When I was younger (11-12 years old, so the early 2000s) I once read a story where a young boy, who may have been either a young prince or a squire of some sort, is recruited by a wizard and taken to ...
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Book about mages who can harvest magical energy from the environment
I have a vague recollection of a book I devoured while in college; it was from the late 80's or early 90's. I remember that there were two 'classes' of mages, the ones who could harvest magical energy ...
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Identify a fantasy series with ancient wizard who was training a young hero to fight a sleeping evil god
I remember reading a book series around 2008 - 2009 — probably as an ebook but maybe a hard copy — which for the life of me I cannot recall. My google-fu skills have failed me too. So here are the ...
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