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openUrban Fantasy ending bith warplanes fighting Dragons and Giants fighting tanks. Literature
Was talking with friends over Discord, and this conversation came about: "there's a book triolgy I can never remember the name of, but it ended in a big "modern tech vs magic fantasy" battle and I'll wlays remember that both sides were represented as being equally powerful, with each in awe at what the other side was capable of [4:41 PM] like the modern army side was like "HOLY FUCK THAT GIANT JUST STOMPED A TANK FLAT" and the fantasy die was like "HOLY FUCK THAT METAL BIRD JSUT BLEW UP A DRAGON OUT OF THE SKY" "
openNo Title Literature
I'm trying to find information on a fantasy series inspired by the Inca civilization and I think that it was written by a Portuguese writer.
resolved pop up book thats like weirdly grim Literature
it was like a pop up book with a lot of purple and black and there was like a brother and a sister and there was one page with a really really tall house. anyone know this?
openBook about a punk and a wizard... Literature
Trying to recall the name of a book I read as a teen in the late 90s/early 2000s. It was set in a dystopian futuristic city, and followed a teenage punk scrabbling to make ends meet in the city. At the start of the book, he meets a strange old man who literally appears out of nowhere, and proclaims himself to be a wizard - and he decides to take our protagonist as his apprentice (I think after said protagonist tried and failed to rob him). Whilst the boy thinks the man is mad, both for the assertion of his magical powers and his stated goal being to conquer the world, he tags along with him. At the book's climax, the wizard summons a green, orc-like monster (making our protag realize he really is real) and makes his big attempt to basically kill the city's leader and take over for himself. The book ends with the two being dropped down into the tunnels beneath the city - which actually turns out to be good for our protagonists; down in the earth, the wizard can finally fully recharge his mana reserves. He declares the punk's world isn't worth the effort of conquering and opens a doorway to a new world, with our hero following him through, now committed to learning how to be a wizard himself. Does anyone know what book this could be? Also, would this count as an example of Mage in Manhattan?
openTrying to find a specific childhood book Literature
One of the many children's books I used to have and read as a kid was one where the main character is a shaggy dog. I can recall scenes from the book such as the dog rolling down a hill and getting dizzy, as well as one where the dog eats sausages with a napkin wrapped around his neck, but I can't remember the name of the book nor the dog character. The book, if I recall correctly, was published by Scholastic.
openChildren's fantasy book with drawing and dragons Literature
There was a children's book- probably from 2010 or earlier- about a girl in a village learning magic. In order to control the magic, she had to be very familiar with the thing she wanted to control, so her mentor set her to drawing blades of grass and leaves in painstaking detail. At the end of the book, a dragon comes to town and the girl uses magic to fight it. At one point she uses grass to bind the dragon's feet to the ground.
openYA horror novel Literature
A group of teenagers and I think a horror writer go to a haunted house and take turns telling each other spooky stories, each of which take up a chapter of the book. At the end, one of the kids dies and another has their hair turn white from the trauma. I think some of the stories were the classic "babysitter gets a mysterious phone call" and "man with hook hand" urban legends.
openA book about Chinese animals Literature
I remember reading this book when I was a kid. It was a children's picture book about a little boy in the Chinese mountains who is told by his father about a dragon - he either goes looking for the dragon or is following a lost buffalo... I don't know.
Anyway, he comes upon a golden pheasant, a giant panda and a Chinese giant salamander (and maaaybe other animals... fireflies?)... before finding his way home. The last image of the book is the shape of a dragon in the mountains.
openKids' book with animals with odd naming conventions Literature
In this book, there's a lizard who says that in his family, the girls are all named "Liz" and the boys are all named "Zard". Another character, a snail, is named "Snail-Snail-Snail", because in his family, everyone is named "Snail" as many times as their birth order dictates.
resolved [FOUND!!] children's fantasy book with magic? Literature
I've been trying to find this one book series I read when I was younger, can anyone help me out? From what I remember in the first book, there were two main girl characters. The first one meets some kind of fairy/magic queen-like lady who introduces her to the second character, who wields a baton (it had a specific name) that's meant to be used for dancing (she gets scolded for trying to point it as if it was a weapon for this reason). I think the second character had a sister(s), but this is either elaborated on in the same book or a different one. Anyways after they meet this fairy, they are given a quest, and to complete it they have to follow a map, and there's a third girl whose main purpose is to make maps like these for quests and is the main character of a different book in the same series. I read it sometime in the early 2000's-2010, if that helps. This is a vague description, but I'd appreciate any help in finding out what series this is!
Edited by StrayShardopenPicture book with machines and stuff. Literature
I was thinking about a picture book I found in a library when I was around 10. It was somewhat like a look and find book but it had detailed pictures of elaborate machines and contraptions and would ask questions like "Where will this wheel emerge from this machine?" Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Edited by CHClausenopenBook with villain manipulating people and events Literature
All I know is that: A) It’s a fantasy book series B) The “main” villain is/was nicknamed something like “The Man with the Pointy Hat”, since he is a wizard archetype C) Said villain is manipulating individuals and events throughout the series, for some strange, mysterious reason
Any help what this book series is please…?
opentheater sketch about waiting in line for heaven Literature
I'm trying to figure out a bit of theatre we did back when I was in high school (late 90s).
It was from a collection of sketches, and this one was about a family waiting in line to the pearly gates (died in a car accident) and interaction with the angel responsible for managing the waiting line as well as another person in teh line, a woman named Eunice. At the end they get sent back for reincarnation because (IIRC) the dog is in the line too and he's not supposed to be.
I'm fairly sure the sketch was called "The Line" or "The Waiting Line".
(For the curious, I was playing the angel, but we made the character a drag queen. It was a blast.)
openUnknown Antimatter work Literature
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resolved Short story about a cat and a dysfunctional couple (SOLVED) Literature
I am trying to remember this short story I read in English class some years ago. It was about a man and a woman (I can't remember their names) who found a kitten. The man hates the cat but the woman likes it, so he agrees to let her keep it if she can name it. If she can't decide on a name before the deadline, he will kill the cat. So she spends the story dithering over potential names and reminiscing on her messy relationship with the man. The story ends with the man returning, the implication being that he will kill the cat and also possibly abuse the woman.
Edited by Gravity-WarrioropenKid's sci-fi book from ~30is years ago Literature
I read the book late 80s/early 90s. Three siblings or cousins and their honorary uncle or godfather or other "relative who's not actually blood related" type. The main thing I remember is the adult granted the kids abilities. One of them got the ability to read body language so well it was almost like mind reading. The youngest got a connection to an alien that was a little like a tribble.
openJapanese murder mystery horror novel Literature
I'm not sure if this had an Tv Tropes article, if it doesn't have Tv Tropes article a redirect link to Good Reads website might help.
The novel is about a group of schoolgirls in some kind of literature club, and the conflict between them kickstarted by the death of one of the members, her death is thought to have been from being pushed down from a stair. (Was she's the club leader?)
Each of club members suspecting each other of being the perpetrators of the murder, they make up stories and read them during club activities, the stories are about the speculations behind the murder and who's the possible killer was
Edited by Clione67open(SOLVED) A play about a town where Sunday repeated over and over again Literature
When I was in… I think 8th grade, I was homeschooled with the A Beka curriculum, and it came with a literature book that I enjoyed leafing through- it contained many excerpts from such classics as “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “Adrift on an Ice-pan” and “Mrs. Ching”, but one I remember in particular that I haven’t been able to find anywhere was a transcript for a play
In the play, there’s a little town where everyone is written with a distinct dialect- I seem to remember them having Irish accents or something along those lines? The play opens with a man doing his job of knocking on everyone’s windows to wake them up or something like that, and he’s telling everyone that he has a strong feeling it’s Sunday again- yesterday was Sunday, but he can’t shake the feeling that somehow Sunday is repeating itself
The town ends up deciding to go along with it and do all the things they would normally do on a Sunday- one thing I remember is that the pastor at the local church decides to preach the same sermon he did yesterday, since it’s the same day all over again anyway
The results are quite positive- one delighted woman says that she was able to understand the sermon better the second time around, and after a few days or so of reliving the same Sunday, a big strong man shows everyone how much stronger he’s gotten from all these days of being able to have a day of rest instead of working himself to the bone, and he demonstrates this by bending a penny with only his two fingers
This goes on for a while, until finally the government gets involved for some reason that I forget- the governor or king or whoever is fed up with all this nonsense, and he consults some sort of calendar or something to prove to everyone that time has in fact passed (I think I remember him relaying the information by telephone, but I’m not sure) and he declares what day it is, but then someone points out what day it will be tomorrow… and the town happily declares “It’ll be Sunday!” And that’s about where the play ends
Nothing I search turns up any results, and I can’t remember the title or character names (though I feel like the man knocking on windows was named Cam or Callum or something similar?) and while I was able to find a similar book on the Internet Archive with many of the excerpts I remember, the play wasn’t in there, so maybe I had a different edition? I’d love to find that play again, it was quite memorable
Edited by ArtsyDreameropenscifi novel from 1980s or so (resolved) Literature
read this ages ago, pretty sure it was scifi given thats almost everything i read in middle school, but its possible it was pure fantasy. It was an older book, probably 70s or 80s, took place in a secondary world, the main character was a prince or nobility or something like that. There were people in this world who had the ability to grow extra body parts, they were kept in like, human farms, and used for organ donation. The main character Is forced to leave home and also eventually discovers that he is one of these rare people, I specifically recall that he had unexpectedly grown breasts. Sorry, this is an odd detail but its the one I recall most specifically lol
Edited by Tremmor19

This is a children's book a friend is trying to find. It is about a kid (gender unknown) trying their parents hobbies and being terrible at them. Their mother paints vegetables (we think) and their dad carves decoy ducks. The mother draws the outline of vegetables on (possibly wood) canvases and the kid tries to paint them, but they don't look as good as the mother's. The kid is also bad at (painting, but maybe carving) the decoy ducks, but when their father notes he also can't get them right, the kid suggests something to the father, and they're much better.
That's all we've got to go on, and Google searches are dominated by how-to books about carving decoy ducks and ducking stories. It's been impossible for us to find thus far and I hope someone else remembers this book!