Surprisingly Similar Stories: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
m (Mass update links) |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 359: | Line 359: | ||
* A platonic life partnership made up of two individuals with distinctly different appearances and personalities: the dark-haired, creepy, smart-but-weird [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and his [[Badass Adorable]] [[Morality Pet]]. One member of each pair wears a [[Badass Longcoat]]. |
* A platonic life partnership made up of two individuals with distinctly different appearances and personalities: the dark-haired, creepy, smart-but-weird [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] and his [[Badass Adorable]] [[Morality Pet]]. One member of each pair wears a [[Badass Longcoat]]. |
||
** [[Homestuck|Equius and Nepeta]]? Or [[Sherlock|Sherlock and John]]? |
** [[Homestuck|Equius and Nepeta]]? Or [[Sherlock|Sherlock and John]]? |
||
* In the early-to-mid 1950's, a US Army Intelligence colonel asks the main character to seek out a missing treasure. The colonel is murdered shortly afterward, probably by the Soviets. They're also hunting for the treasure, intending to use it to finance subversion and espionage throughout Europe. |
|||
** ''At Swords' Points'' by [[Andre Norton]] or ''Pray for a Brave Heart'' by Helen MacInnes? |
|||
* Japan is under attack. The Japanese come up with a plan of desperation: super-charge airplane engines, pack the planes full of high explosives, and have the pilots [[Suicide Attack|ram]] them into enemy ships. The enemy response includes [[The Tokyo Fireball|atom-bombing Japan]]. |
|||
** "Frictional Losses" by [[John W. Campbell]], written in '''''1936''''', or Real Life? |
|||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||