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Alternate Reality (other)
Alternate reality is often a synonym for parallel universes in fiction. Alternate reality may also refer to: * ''Alternate Realities'' (Cherryh), a 2000 anthology of science fiction by C. J. Cherryh * ''Alternate Reality'' (series), a role-playing video game series started in 1985 with two of several intended games released * Alternate reality game, a type of cross-media game * Alternate history, a genre of fiction consisting of stories that are set in worlds in which historical events unfold differently from the real world * Alternate universe (fan fiction), fiction by fan authors that deliberately alters facts of the canonical universe they are writing about * Virtual reality, simulated reality * A euphemism for "psychedelic experience" See also *Alternate facts *Metaverse, a collective virtual shared space *AR (other) *Megaverse (other) *Multiverse (other) *Omniverse (other) *Parallel universe (other) * Separate reality (disambiguat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parallel Universes In Fiction
A parallel universe, also known as a parallel dimension, alternate universe, or alternate reality, is a hypothetical self-contained plane of existence, co-existing with one's own. The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called a " multiverse". While the four terms are generally synonymous and can be used interchangeably in most cases, there is sometimes an additional connotation implied with the term "alternate universe/reality" that implies that the reality is a variant of our own, with some overlap with the similarly named alternate history. Fiction has long borrowed an idea of "another world" from myth, legend and religion. Heaven, Hell, Olympus, and Valhalla are all "alternative universes" different from the familiar material realm. Plato reflected deeply on the parallel realities, resulting in Platonism, in which the upper reality is perfect while the lower earthly reality is an imperfect shadow of the heavenly. The concept is also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Realities (Cherryh)
''Alternate Realities'' is a 2000 omnibus collection of three short science fiction novels by American writer author C. J. Cherryh: ''Wave Without a Shore'' (1981), ''Port Eternity'' (1982), and ''Voyager in Night'' (1984). All three novels are set in Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe and share a common theme of people encountering and coping with a reality different from their own. The original books as well as the omnibus edition were all published by DAW Books. The novels are what Cherryh and her publisher at DAW, Donald A. Wollheim, referred to as "magic cookie" books. Such works explore unusual themes and ideas in science fiction, and can in some sense be seen as thought experiments. Wollheim encouraged Cherryh to experiment in this way during the late 1970s and early 1980s because he felt that the science fiction market would support such unusual offerings at the time.Author's introduction to ''Alternate Realities''. One consequence of this approach is that the original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Reality (series)
''Alternate Reality'' (''AR'') is an unfinished role-playing video game series. It was created by Philip Price (programmer), Philip Price, who formed a video game developer, development company called Paradise Programming. Video game publisher, Published by Datasoft, ''Alternate Reality: The City, AR: The City'' was released in 1985 and ''Alternate Reality: The Dungeon, AR: The Dungeon'' was released in 1987. Price was unable to complete the second game in the series, and ''The Dungeon'' was finished by Ken Jordan (programmer), Ken Jordan and Dan Pinal. Gary Gilbertson created the music for both games. Concept Aliens have captured the player from Earth, and suddenly the player finds themself in front of a gate with a slot-machine-like row of rotating numbers of statistics. Stepping through the gate freezes the numbers and turns the player into a new person, putting them into an "alternate reality", hence the name. In 1988 Datasoft denied that the series would end after ''The Dung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
