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more about #awrinkleintime Purple Dave: Wasn't there some sort of bantha-like beast in the Stargate movie? Then there are the Landstriders from The Dark Crystal, and the coconuts from Monty ... more » Pope John Peeps II: Haha. Remember Mercedes Lackey's silly fantasty books, which basically brought My Little Pony to life with talking, mind-bonded telepathic horses? Whi... more » Chiper: Weren't some of the Dinitopia dinosaurs actually intelligent? Or was that just in the tv mini-series? more » bonniegrrl: So out of that entire list, which one smells the worst and which one can we eat? more » Grey_Area: The Hoots ride human beings in Carol Emshwiller's The Mount. A very original Earth-conquered-by-aliens story for the YA set. Here's Annalee's review: ... more » AmishJohn: How about Blaster? "Who run Bartertown?" more » Skunky: Since we got more into fantasy than sci-fi with some of these, can we include the good ol' chocobo from the Final Fantasy series? They're about as wel... more » Jay Randall: Sleipnir has six legs, if I'm not mistaken. more » Josh Wimmer: Ostriches. more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Doesn't Pern have actual horses too? more » -
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A Horse by Any Other Name is Probably Not a Horse
Saddling up your faithful steed to ride off into the sunset is one of those things best left to John Wayne. Sometimes. Here are some of science fiction's best substitutes for our friend, the horse.
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