jonb@cucard.UUCP (08/27/83)
I've seen the "perception of other realities" concept in various places, but the only one that comes to mind is the comic-book "Warriors in the Shadow Realm," which describes an alternate universe called "Weirdworld." The comic wasn't that great, but Doug Moench (the author) mentioned the possibility of inspiration from alternate worlds. I'm sure I've seen it in other places as well, because it sounds very familiar. As to how this reflects on fantasy and sf writers, well, it denigrates their creativity (all the stuff they thought they made up themselves turns out to be real!), but it indicates that these writers have exceptional perception and sensitivity to AUW's (Alternate Universe Waves, of course). Is that good or bad? I dunno. I guess I agree with you that there is a possibly infinite number of alternate realities, although of course there's no way of proving this (yet). Isn't it exciting to think that places like Middle-Earth, Melnibone, The Land, or whatever you like, actually exist out there, as described? Kinda neat, ain't it? Get down, get funky! Jon Bornholdt