The Starz channels (such as Encore Action) have aired it several times in the U.S.; but I don't think it ever aired on a U.S. network station.
Fiction about the Multiverse and Parallel Dimensions
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The Starz channels (such as Encore Action) have aired it several times in the U.S.; but I don't think it ever aired on a U.S. network station.
^ Was it any good?
Did anyone mention Simon Hawke's Time War series? A light but fun set of books that would translate well to TV. Definitely inspired by Piper's Paratime.
Mistral, you'd like it.
The first book:
http://www.amazon.com/Ivanhoe-Gambit-Time-Wars/dp/0441377629/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Mistral, you'd like it.
The first book:
http://www.amazon.com/Ivanhoe-Gambit-Time-Wars/dp/0441377629/ref=pd_sim_b_3
Somebody mentioned Number Of The Beast by Heinlein, but I don't think anyone mentioned his Job, which is also very good.
I also second the recommendation for Coming Of The Quantum Cats.
I also second the recommendation for Coming Of The Quantum Cats.
I didn't really care for it, but many seem to like it. It leans more toward hard science fiction with talking clouds and beast people and the like; I just don't really want that mixed up in alternate history stuff. For me, it's like having Chewbacca ride shotgun with Marty McFly.
I'm digging deep here, but there was a story called The Game of Cat and Dragon. Sounds like what you are referring to.
hang on *googles*a
OK, The Game of Rat and Dragon by Cordwainer Smith. Try that out.
??? But that is exactly what Alternities is about...
Anyway, I picked it up when Amazon randomly recommended it to me when I bought an Alternities RPG supplement (no relation to the novel).
EDIT: Ah, you were responding to the site reference. My bad. Carry on.
Thanks, Mistral - as always you are a veritable fount of SF knowledge.
I may have seen that one already. I know I watched the BBC's Universe episode on it. Michio Kaku's Parallel Worlds: A Journey through Creation, Higher Dimensions and the Future of the Cosmos up next!
Cool - I'll check that one out.
Thanks!
Here's one for anyone who liked Quantum Cats/Alternities-
All These Earths by F M Busby
Also, interesting little fact. Everett, who first came up with the multiverse theory in the physics world, was the father of E, the creative force behind the band The Eels. E did an intimate show at a now-defunct dinner theater where he combined video with the music to show a story of his early life-and the way it might have gone if his father wasn't a bitter, withdrawn and cold man. Everett had died fairly young, in his early 50s, and E commented that finding his body on the bedroom floor and picking his father up to lay him out on the bed was the first time he could remember touching his dad.
All These Earths by F M Busby
Also, interesting little fact. Everett, who first came up with the multiverse theory in the physics world, was the father of E, the creative force behind the band The Eels. E did an intimate show at a now-defunct dinner theater where he combined video with the music to show a story of his early life-and the way it might have gone if his father wasn't a bitter, withdrawn and cold man. Everett had died fairly young, in his early 50s, and E commented that finding his body on the bedroom floor and picking his father up to lay him out on the bed was the first time he could remember touching his dad.
No, it's episode 4 of The Fabric of the Cosmos, written/hosted by Brian Greene. So it's brand new.
The OP wanted examples where one or more characters knew about/traveled across multiple timelines. Strictly speaking, most of the recommendations are restricted to alternate history stories.
That said, I believe that the above post was referring to Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream, one of the classic works of SF. It is sadly forgotten, purged from libraries and widely unavailable I think because it is makes too many uncomfortable. The novel purports to be the best (and fan favorite) novel written by Adolf Hitler, Austrian immigrant who started as a SF artist, then moved into writing. The fake introduction ti Lord of the Swastika retails his career and if memory serves there was a connection to Hollywood at one point.
That piece of shit Orwell has convinced untold thousands of gullible readers that you actually have to have a reign of terror to have a memory hole, and even that it actually has to be a physial object or process. This is folly and the fate of The Iron Dream shows this. I would go so far as to say that you haven't read one of the key works of SF if you haven't read this one.
That said, I believe that the above post was referring to Norman Spinrad's The Iron Dream, one of the classic works of SF. It is sadly forgotten, purged from libraries and widely unavailable I think because it is makes too many uncomfortable. The novel purports to be the best (and fan favorite) novel written by Adolf Hitler, Austrian immigrant who started as a SF artist, then moved into writing. The fake introduction ti Lord of the Swastika retails his career and if memory serves there was a connection to Hollywood at one point.
That piece of shit Orwell has convinced untold thousands of gullible readers that you actually have to have a reign of terror to have a memory hole, and even that it actually has to be a physial object or process. This is folly and the fate of The Iron Dream shows this. I would go so far as to say that you haven't read one of the key works of SF if you haven't read this one.
Wow, thanks. The internet is like a god, indistinguishable from magic. I wouldn't doubt he would have gotten invited to Kennedy's white house as well. Hollyweird makes alot of sense, then wind up in Las Vegas. The line between famous and infamous is getting very thin these days. The next reality show is going to be celebrities in prison.
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