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.
273
questions
4
votes
1
answer
558
views
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 ...
- 4,414
10
votes
2
answers
811
views
TV show - prisoners get lethal injection but end up elsewhere afterwards
All I remember is in the show prisoners were given a lethal injection, then find themselves in a strange world, hell or an alien planet. Possibly part of an experiment?
Further detail: It was on tv ...
- 230k
-5
votes
1
answer
216
views
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 ...
- 93
13
votes
3
answers
3k
views
In the Star Trek Episode "The Alternative Factor", why did Lazarus have to be locked in the corridor between universes?
Wikipedia article on the episode. It is clear to me that the Lazarus from the normal universe wanted to meet the Lazarus from the anti-matter universe, and if that would happen both universes would be ...
- 1
9
votes
1
answer
138
views
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 ...
- 51.3k
3
votes
2
answers
123
views
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 ...
- 57.9k
2
votes
2
answers
258
views
Isekai manga about a boy and other people being teleported to a wired world
Its about a boy in his teens that lives up on a mountain in Japan. His dad is a scientist and can't go anywhere near the city unless it's necessary. He has a strange ability where if he goes near ...
- 230k
6
votes
5
answers
3k
views
Book about a glass world behind a mirror
There was this book that I read when I was young, maybe like 11 years old. A girl went into the mirror in her bedroom and found this world made entirely of glass. There were glass butterflies and ...
- 134k
5
votes
0
answers
84
views
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 ...
- 123k
7
votes
0
answers
150
views
Short story, stunt double confronts actor who is his alternate self
The new "Fall Guy" movie reminds me of a short story I read within the last three years or so, probably online, about a stunt double who confronts the actor he has been working with, in the ...
- 51.3k
5
votes
1
answer
137
views
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 ...
- 993
13
votes
1
answer
805
views
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 ...
- 123k
15
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Book: Gen-manipulated intelligent squids explore space/planet
I'm looking for the author and title of a book. I believe it's (supposed to be) the first in a trilogy, all using the same characters, but taking place in different universes - with only humans, with ...
- 1,827
9
votes
1
answer
115
views
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 ...
- 1,692
6
votes
1
answer
233
views
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 ...
- 123k