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You'd Be Surprised How Many Science Fiction Novels Can Fit This Description
Someone over at the Straight Dope message boards asks for help identifying a novel set in a post-apocalyptic world reduced to primitivism, where the rulers use technology (lasers) disguised as magic (wand-blasts). Oddly enough, that could describe many books. More »"What is the name of a movie where two boys find a monster in their school toilet?"
The most awesome thing on the internet is when people post a vague, rambling description of a science fiction story they read, or saw — and most of the time, amazingly, someone identifies it.