Which Universe Would You Like to Live In?
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I think I would choose a universe, where I could have, like, a world with no shrimp. Or with, you know, nothing but shrimp. 
Hehe, not really. Realistically I would choose the Star Trek universe, but on one condition though. I would want to stay in Federation territory. The Star Trek universe can really be a dangerous place if you go to the wrong places.
Hehe, not really. Realistically I would choose the Star Trek universe, but on one condition though. I would want to stay in Federation territory. The Star Trek universe can really be a dangerous place if you go to the wrong places.
Pfft. Not even the core worlds are safe, what with the Borg, Breen and Xindi attacking Earth and Vulcan getting imploded by Romulans. TOS wiped out whole colony worlds on a routine basis, too.
Nowhere is safe!!
And even if you manage to live your life and be happy, someone like Old Janeway or Daniels or Nero or Braxton will come along, and rewrite history (or at the very least, create an alternate universe where another you has to suffer through it all again but slightly differently!)
Nowhere is safe!!
And even if you manage to live your life and be happy, someone like Old Janeway or Daniels or Nero or Braxton will come along, and rewrite history (or at the very least, create an alternate universe where another you has to suffer through it all again but slightly differently!)
I did briefly dip into the Culture series. It didn't really send me, but I think I picked up one of the later books, so I'm going to try again from the beginning. I was actually introduced to it via a Doctor Who New Adventures novel called The Also People, which featured an...homage...to the Culture.
I've only read the first Culture book. If I was going to choose something from literature, I would pick something that probably nobody here has ever heard of: The Universe of Clindar and the Planet Eos, i.e. the alien civilization behind the Monolith in Arthur C Clarke's The Lost Worlds Of 2001. If you can get your hands on that book, buy it; it contains the most beautiful and poetic and intriguing grand tour of a super-civilization ever written. I really wish he had incorporated that stuff into the sequels.
I might also pick the Foundation Universe, depending on where and when I could live (being a Foundation librarian or something would be cool). Niven's Known Space could be good, too. Or the Universe from McDevitt's Priscilla Hutchins series. Or perhaps some version of Heinlein's Future History, if I could go off and live peacefully on Settler's Green with Friday.
Actually, I'd love to live in Lazarus Long's extended family on Tertius (via Time Enough For Love through To Sail Beyond The Sunset).
^^ That would be good, too. And I just realized that I should have said Fiddler's Green, not Settler's Green. That's what I get for relying on memory. Settler's Green is in New Hampshire. 
Automated robots.. think I Robot style autonomous units.
Obviously the Star Trek universe isn't wholly thought through and has huge logic gaps because the shows never really bothered to delve too much into economy for obvious reasons since their focus was elsewhere.
But realistically all menial jobs that need to be done could be done by robots in the highly advanced world of Star Trek which leaves humans free to do whatever they feel like would fulfill them most (so some like to serve others in a restaurant.. they might enjoy bringing a smile to others when they had a good meal).
I chose Star Trek universe. I was torn between Star Trek and Harry Potter. But, I think I would Star Trek better if I actually lived in that universe.
Star Trek universe, specifically STXI alternate reality because, like Scotty said, "Its exciting!"
The universe of Blade Runner somehow resonates with my mind. I don't know why, it just does. Maybe it's the noir qualities or maybe it's something else. Either way, I still wouldn't want to actually live there. It's a terrible universe for something like that. I would propably choose something safe like Star Trek just because I'm a sissy.
Definitely the 2009 version alternate reality. That's my fav.
Chose Star Trek because it is the most ideal and I've wanted to be a starship Captain since the first time I glanced an episode of TNG. Secondary choice which wasn't listed would be either the DC or Marvel universes simply to look upward and have a chance at seeing a superhero.
But you know what's next. Alien civilizations that happen to mirror some major aspect of human history EXACTLY.
^^ So I could live in Colonial New England and the Star Trek Universe at the same time? That would rock.
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