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openTime traveling story Literature
So it was a book (possibly a series of short stories?) where there was a story about a time machine. The guy is coming back to see his machine (the machine needed to be repaired) but sees himself coming out the machine and panics and shoots him. He then jumps inside the machine and takes off. It is essentially a time loop. He reflects on his relationship with his dad and talks with the AI voice and they look through his memories. If he steps out he'll get shot by past him and die. Finally he accepts his fate and forgives his dad and steps out. It turns out he didn't die from the shot. It's sci-fi obv.
openBook about evil haiku psychiatrist Literature
Hi, I'm looking for a book. Must have read it about 10 years ago (god I'm getting old).
Anyway, I have no clue about name or author. But I remember the content fairly well. I guess it would qualify as a thriller. It started with a woman walking her dog and suddenly she got this intense panic attacks out of nowhere. Eventually it turned out there was a psychiatrist who would condition his patients with haikus, so that reading a specific haiku would hypnotise them, and then he would condition them to have panic attacks or depression or whatever.
openHPDM Fanfic Literature
Um, so, there was a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy slash fanfic I read a while back, but I can't find it anymore.
It's an after-the-war fic from Malfoy's POV, and at least part of the story takes place during Eight Year, but I think the story starts with both Harry and Malfoy working at the Ministry of Magic. Harry tries to talk to Malfoy and ask him out, but Malfoy rejects him.
It's later revealed that Malfoy and Harry were somewhat in a relationship during the summer prior to Eighth Year, but on the train to Hogwarts, Harry hides from and ignores Malfoy, because he didn't want to deal with his friends' reactions.
At Hogwarts, during Eighth Year, the Slytherins are mistreated by students from other houses (and even some teachers, I think) who blame them for the deaths of their loved ones. Harry frequently rescues younger Slytherins, and even Draco's friends, from bullies, but Draco wonders why Harry never comes for him when he needs help. (Later, we find out that Harry was the one who found Draco after he passed out from getting hexed, and was the one who took him to the infirmary.)
In the end, Malfoy forgives Harry, and agrees to go for drinks sometime with him. (Or something like that. But they do get together again, somewhat.)
I might have gotten some facts wrong, since it's been a while since I read it, and I was reading a lot of Harry Potter fanfics during that time. But does anyone remember reading this fic? Thanks in advance!
Edited by Dahlia1112openSci-Fi Stories I Read in High School Textbook Literature
I remember a couple of sci-fi stories being part of my literature textbook freshman or sophomore year of high school, but I can't remember the titles or authors. The first one was about a teenage boy who goes to take the test to get his driver's license. He causes an accident that kills a child, only to find out that the whole thing was a simulation and he never got behind the wheel at all. He ends up in a mental institution because he decides he still wants to get his license anyway, as the society he lives in figures anyone who would still want to drive after the experience must be dangerously insane. The story mentions skid marks on the floor where many more people have been dragged off to the hospital for the same reason.
I remember less about the other one. A scientist has just made a major discovery (forget what it was), and his friend, another scientist, comes to visit to celebrate. The scientist's son has an intellectual disability of some kind, and the story ends with the friend giving the boy a gun as a gift. The father wonders what sort of person would be stupid enough to give a gun to a disabled child, and it's meant to be a metaphor for why it would be irresponsible to allow humanity to have whatever superweapon/technology he discovered.
openMachines in Post-Apocalypse Literature
I remember a short story from a literature book from the 8th grade, but I can't remember the title. Basically, a group of robotic agriculture machines turn on for the morning, only to hear from another robot that the humans have finished dying out. So, they decide to start society, or find the complex computers running them, but they keep dying. One I remember was the unlocker being crushed by another robot, and his squashed metal fingers looking like a metal snowflake. At the end, the remaining 3 find a human, who they submit to.
openBook mentioning Babe Ruth Literature
I remember reading a book for school, but it was a while ago. I can only remember part of the title; it was "_____ and the Babe." From what I can recall, it was about an Asian girl moving to America in either elementary or middle school, and getting bullied by an older or bigger African American girl, and then later befriending her. One of them has a fixation with Babe Ruth, hence the title, and I'm not sure which but I think it was the older girl/ex-bully. I don't remember much of the plot, but I don't think it actually took place when Babe Ruth was alive or playing, and that he didn't make an appearance or anything.
openChildren's/ young adult book involving time travel Literature
Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me remember a book I read in around 1985-1986.
A boy lives in a city in the future (it's a domed city I believe) and with the help of an old man he can time travel. He goes back to be an evacuee in world war 2 but when he returns to the future city he finds the memory fading (he can't remember the colour of the panel on the piano they used to sing around for example).
He also travels to the future where humanity has gone outside again and there are acres of fields. A robot sprays them with a pink spray that they can only remove with gin when they return to their present (the future city).
There is also a brutal gang headed by a girl who is pretty and cruel and their paths cross at various times during his time travel - she is his nemesis.
Any idea what the book was? Many thanks, Timmo
Edited by timmoopenKids book about an ice-breathing dragon Literature
I'm trying to recall the title of a book I read as a kid- the main character was a dragon called Flash (I am almost 100% certain, since he had a little sister who couldn't pronounce the L in his name) who, due to some accident or other, couldn't breathe fire like everyone else, but could only breathe cold air and frost instead. The characters were all dragons, in the broad "anthropomorphised animals" sense, no humans involved from what I can remember. I vaguely remember it being a "one mini-plot per chapter" book- one chapter would be about a sports day, another about a hiking trip, etc. I can't remember the title, author, or any other specific details, which is making looking it up really difficult! Anyone remember this book?
openYA mystery novel about murdered girl. Literature
I found it in the YA section in the library a few days ago. Having been let by YA stuff before, I put it back, but now I think I want to try it. The protagonist is a boy in a high school who, while highly intelligent, has the worst grades in the school. (He may be Brilliant, but Lazy, but the synopsis also kinda gives the impression that he has an Ambiguous Disorder.) His ex girlfriend is found murdered. (It's possible that he is the prime suspect, or has been framed.) He is helped in his investigation by a Punch-Clock Hero cop, who only wants to catch the killer because he wants a promotion. The cover was very flashy, like one of those neon signs in a bar window, or a nightclub.
Edited by n341100openYA novel about an alien on Earth Literature
I can remember only a little about this: It was a paperback, the first of a projected series, the main character was a Human Alien who looked like a sixteen year old girl with metallic gold hair, she was on Earth doing the equivalent of a socials assignment, and at one point, takes a job as a babysitter. The parents tell her that if the toddler becomes too troublesome, she should just tie him to the tree in the back yard. When they come back, she tells them she tide him to the tree, but it seemed cruel to leave him there to be bored, so she taught him to read. They assume she's joking, then go into the back yard. There's a length of rope connecting kid to tree, and the little one is sitting happily, surrounded by a pile of toddler books. He's reading them. Slowly, and sounding out every word, but he's reading them. The parents are torn between reprimanding her and paying her a bonus.
openChildren's Book involving letters and bubbly ladies Literature
This is a children's book which takes place in the 90s. It's about a young boy who lives with his grandmother, and I'm fairly sure the title/one main plot point of the book is that he received letters from his mother (who may or may not be dead). He and his grandma are kind of boring and shut in until they get a new tenant or nanny for him. She is an attractive young woman who makes them open up the windows and live life type of thing, and the kid also makes friends with a neighbor girl, and they get into some weird adventures, including sneaking a kitten to school in their classroom. They boy's name may start with the letter "E."
openthe life of a modern day vampire Literature
My friend told me about a book, and I really want to know if anyone else has heard of it. Mind you, this is a second hand summery from something I heard about nearly ten years ago, but I'll do may best. It was about this normal vampire boy, who didn't really want to be a vampire. He was in love with this popular girl, and at one point he turned into a bad so he could watch her undress. There was also this other girl, who was friends with the love interest. She shared a name with the author (Loretta, but I cannot recall what the last name was) At one point, Loretta goes to a church to sit in the confessional just to see what it's like. At the end of the book, Vamp boy asked the Love interest out, and she says yes, only for him to be shot by her boyfriend. They're still at school, mind you. He dies, but with his last breath he tells his love interest that he's a vampire, and she's disgusted. The end. My friend said the book looked like it was either vanity publishing, or a very small run. A part of me thinks my friend made this up to mess with me, but i'm hoping maybe someone could give me a lead. I've tried googling the tittle "The Life of a Modern Day Vampire" along with the author's first name. Nothing has come up. It's also worth noting the friend who told me about it is in New Mexico.
openSipping chocolate Literature
Me and my sister are trying to remember a book we both read. High fantasy, kinda medival and it has a scene where the girl tries chocolate for the first time. It's sipping chocolate not candy but beyond that we can't remember what it was.
Edited by ArosapceopenClay Dragons that are somehow alive? Literature
I'm looking for a book series that had dragons that this woman mode from clay and gave them souls? I just remember that the copies my library had had a dragon eye on the cover and they kept a snowball in the fridge. Sorry for the vagueness, but any ideas?
openchildren's prehistory series Literature
Ok, this I believe was a series of around 7 books, where sometime in the future we invent a time machine. Two kids win a competition, and they get to go back in time along with a bunch of adults to see prehistory, each book dealing with a specific period - so the first book was something like the primordial sea, whereas the last book was the ice age and cavemen.
They were kiddies books, so they were only about 30 pages long, square with lots of beautifully painted illustrations.
The time machine was in a ship that was triangular in shape, came to a point with the wings extending all the way to the point and the back, whereas the fuselage was a sort of hexagonal cone. It was white with a darker tip, and a dark stripe along the back edges.
I'm pretty sure there was an AI onboard the ship. Something to do with rings the kids were issued, as well? I think. At one point the kids are allowed outside to explore in the primordial sea, and one of them nearly gets eaten, as always happens in this kind of thing.
Any help would be appreciated
openNo Title Literature
There was a sci-fi novel I read when I was a kid that I can recall the plot of but can't remember the title. It involved a girl from a space habitat where careers were assigned and everyone had to 'be sporting' (which she was pretty sick of) visting Earth (which turns out to have some serious class inequality issues) with others from the habitat. She either gets seperated from them or gives them the slip, and teams up with an android entertainer (who's name might've been Houdin) who'd likewise done a runner. The duo later met and tag along with a group of street entertainers (one of whom was a young man named Rye) who mistake the android for a human and assume that the duo are father and daughter, a misconception that they don't correct for reasons of sneakiness but they later get found out which makes things go downhill.
openNo Title Literature
straightforward one. it's a nonfiction book about onomatopoeia used in comics;
probably one along the lines of them "how to draw x" books.
been looking for the name in google by using related keywords with no luck.
openNo Title Literature
A horror story about a young girl (just starting school) whose family died in a fire making contact with the ghost of her brother. The story is told in first person from the perspective of her adoptive mother.
The family moves to a new neighborhood that is close to the house the girl's family used to live in. Soon the girl begins to tell stories about her brother (his name was Felix, Frederick or sth. similar), telling her parents tha she's often playing with him in the garden. The father explains it away as just an imaginary friend, since the girl didn't make any new friends yet, but the mother is creeped out. She starts doing research, finding out that the girl got the name of her brother, as well as many details about him right, which is surprising, since the girl doesn't know she is adopted. The mother visits the street the girl used to live in and talks to an old lady, who tells her how much Frederick(?) oved his sister and that he rescued her from the house, but later died. When the girl tells her that her brother said he wanted to take his sister with him, the mother panics and forbids her to play in the garden. Then the girl starts school and one day the mother is late to pick her up for some reason. When she arrives there, the teacher tells her, that her brother came to pick her up already (the first instane where someone besides the girl could see him). After that the girls is never found again.
What sticks out to me is the first and last sentence, in which the mother says that the things that frighten her most are red hair, white roses and the laughter of children.
I read the story in a compilation, so I don't know when it came out, but judging from the level of technology in the story, I'd say between the 60's and 80's-
Edited by LayLayopenNo Title Literature
Im looking for a Young Adult book that I read probably sometime in 2009. It was part of a trilogy (I think it was at least, I know I read 2 books out of the series). It had a tree on the cover of it (the sequel had the same tree, but a different color scheme, I think), and there was a lot of mind-twisting plays with different dimensions and time travel and stuff. There was a boy in one dimension whose mother was dead, and he traveled to another dimension where his family had a daughter instead of him and his mother was alive. The "shifting" was related to the tree, when they were touching it, at some points, they were shifted. There was also an old man who owned the house before the children's family, and the boy saved his life in the past or something. This has been bothering me for a while, and I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out! EDIT: at the end of one of the books, I remember that the universes were collapsing and they had to merge them
Edited by Jernik

Pretty much all I remember about this book is that there was a young boy as the protagonist, who I think was a thief of some sort. At some point, he gets captured or something by this priest guy (I think), and there's a scene or two in an olive tree grove, which is where I think they get him. The only dialogue I can remember is something along the lines of "And gods damn you, too!", right after he gets done cursing at some other guy.
I think the kid's name may have been Daniel, but only because I seemed to read quite a few books with protagonists named Daniel or Thomas.
Edited by DeliciousTaffy