Questions tagged [parallel-universe]
For questions about a parallel universe or alternative reality, a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality.
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2000s YA sci-fi book, male protagonist, only one in each world who can travel between dimensions through the 4th one, everyone is him but different
I'm trying to remember a YA Sci-Fi book, probably from the 2000s, about a boy who is randomly attacked by what looks like wizards and robots. He is then saved by someone who appears to be an older ...
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Does LOTR have a shattered glass type alternate reality [closed]
Shattered glass is basically where the good and the bad team (morally speaking) switch, both within the general sides and individuals as a whole. It is primarily seen in The Transformers, but perhaps ...
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2000s(?) book series about girl with purple eyes and fantasy world
This book would be kinda old, 20 years ish. On the cover, there was girl with her eyes closed, light brown hair shoulder-length.
I don't remember the plot much, but the girl lived in modern world and ...
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Sci-fi book (all-knowing cow, almost grey goo beginning, different universe/dimension)
Someone created self-replicating nanobots that replicated enough only to replace every other few nano particles. The consequence is that privacy is impossible as every nanobot has a camera and you can ...
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Book series involving a boy and a girl who use a ring or rings to travel to other universes and time periods to stop a bad guy
I need help identifying a book series (four books or more) which I read in middle/high school (2013-2019).
In the beginning, there was a kid who played a sport (I think basketball) and people were ...
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Trilogy of books that feature a scientist thrown into a medieval world due to an experiment gone wrong
I'm looking for what I believe is a trilogy of comic fantasy about a scientist being thrown into another, medieval world. I can't remember the author, the approximate date of publication or even the ...
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Short story about a guy who travels to an alternative Earth where he pirates music from bands that are still together or still alive
This a long shot, so here we go. In the late 90's or early 2000's, I read a book with short stories.
The one story I remember is about a guy who travels to an alternative Earth where he pirates music ...
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Sci Fi book about a man travelling through portals from one dimension to another through who ends up in a place where mind control is prevalent
I read a book in the late 80s about a man travelling from one dimension to another through portals that are "right around the corner". He ends up in a place where mind control is prevalent ...
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Children’s story about siblings who travel to an alternate universe where time runs slower
Ok so I remember reading this story in the early 2000’s, but it probably came out before then. Basically what I can recall is that it focuses on a brother and sister who found the entrance to another ...
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Book about a girl searching for her father in a world Roma came from
My friend read this book and can’t remember the name and I’ve been trying to find it too with no luck and I was hoping you lovely people might be able to help. Here’s what I know:
It was clearly ...
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A book about a boy who traveled to a D&D-style planet
There’s a book I read as a middle-schooler about a boy who used to play this game with his friends. It turned out the avatars they created from the game all exist in a different universe or planet. It ...
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Sci-fi novel involving parallel universes and possible time travel
I'm trying to identify a science fiction novel I read many years ago but whose title and author escape me.
I think it was borrowed because I went through all my books, but I couldn't find that one.
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Movie about a woman in an alternate universe who gets to have the life she thought she wanted, but she still isn't happy with it
I saw this movie almost 20 years ago. There was a woman who thinks her life might be better if she were with someone else. She has a boyfriend or husband already, but she thinks she would be happy if ...
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Sci Fi short story about characters exploring an alternate pocket universe [duplicate]
Sci Fi short story I found in an anthology.
I think the story dates back to at least the 1990's.
I believe the characters are exploring an alternate pocket universe.
They require special suits to ...
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First instance of a universe being "close enough"
My favorite Simpsons episode is the 1994 Halloween episode in which Homer Simpson repeatedly travels back in time and makes changes in the past, resulting in bizarre alterations to the present. ...
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