As summertime brings thoughts of vacation , why not consider arrest off on one of the many Parallel Earths of science fable ? There ’s an infinite figure of hypothesis uncommitted to you – and here are some of our favorites .
Even before most people had heard of Erwin Schrödinger , we knew that there were plenty other earth out there ; we ’d seenStar Trek‘s Mr. Spock with a goatee , or check theJustice Leagueand Justice Society meet up thanks to a crystal formal . I ’ve alreadywritten about my undying love for the conception , and I ’m not alone ; sci - fi sleep together to provide glimpses of the roads less take , whether they ’re character - based or fairly more … epic . Consider the following while plan a summer trip to another world :
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What Mad Universe
If you ’re look to get away from it all , you could do much worse than resolve to take a gaolbreak on the parallel Earth from Fredric Brown ’s 1949 novel . Admittedly , you ’d have to avoid being impeach of being an alien spy when you stress to spend your money , but is n’t that a fortune you ’d need to pay to visit a world where spacefaring was unintentionally find in 1903 , and astronauts are pin - up girl ?
Eye in the Sky
Of course , you ’d have to be deliberate of your own subconscious if travel to parallel ground followed the principle of Philip K. Dick ’s 1957 novel , where alternative realities were entirely immanent materialization of your own state of mind . Unless , of grade , your state of mind was all relaxed because you ’re going on vacation . Oh , the Byzantine web we weave …
Doppelgänger / Journey To The Far End Of The Sun
Who does n’t wish well that scientists could still discover a parallel Earth on the paired side of the Lord’s Day , as in this classic 1969 motion picture write by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson , creators of Thunderbirds , UFO and Space : 1999 ? The idea was recycle three years later in Marvel Comics ’ Warlock stories ( and later in their Heroes Reborn arc ) , but Doppelgänger ’s humans – where everything is rescind from ours , include writing , thanks to the wonder of alternate celluloid – remains the one to beat . Imagine convey aside from it all in a public where everything is rearwards .
The Eternal Champion
Michael Moorcock‘s Multiverse works somewhat otherwise than most , in that each man include facet of masses , instead of multiple version of the same the great unwashed , and each world may be immensely different from the one you ’re familar with . This may be a plus for your vacation , of course ; experience something entirely newfangled , and be less likely to run across a more successful , happier and healthier version of yourself in the process . ( Much more traditionally multiversual , but feel like it should be mention in the same breathing spell as Jerry Cornelius : Matt Fraction ’s comic Casanova , where the wedge is trapped in a parallel Earth , substitute the him that had died there . )
Star Trek
With this summertime ’s motion picture , Starfleet ’s finest have at long last come up with a parallel timeline ( let in an Earth , so it counts , give thanks you very much ) that measures up to the show ’s classic Mirror Universe . Out of all the revamps and reboots that we ’ve see , this is one of the few that made the choice to make the revamp the center of the news report and patiently explain that history may have been changed , but all that did was create a young parallel timeline . pimp to the original show ’s fanbase ? Sure – but doing so in such a way that it does n’t stop the movie for everyone else . Yes , the crew of the Enterprise have played around in the timestream many of clock time , but the new Movie - Earth lines up so well with Mirror - Earth and OriginalSeries - Earth that it ’s really only a subject of time before some comic or novel seek to cross them all over in a Spock - centrical altern - debauchery , and I for one ca n’t wait . As it is , Trek does n’t just offer one utopian time to come , but two ; your choice depends on just how much time you feel like you require to spend with William Shatner .
FringeWhat was the factor that made this show more than just anX - Fileswannabe with an freaky scientist and a moo-cow ? The sudden , surprise introduction to a war with a parallel Earth ( complete with account of the multiverse concept for fledgeling , above ) . Admittedly , the glimpses we ’ve find out of the alternate Fringe world(s ? ) have n’t been especially alluring to those seeking a quiet getaway – It all seems to be explosion , Charlies with cicatrix and grim skies , unless you ’re in a shining New York with multiverse magnet Leonard Nimoy and his newspaper that cite JFK still being animated ( Maybe we should call this parallel Earth - StereotypicalRightWingViewOfADemocraticFantasy ? ) – but there ’s a downside to every vacation spot .
SlidersLikeQuantum Leap(or , if your discernment run to a slimly late vintage , The Time Tunnel ) before it , Sliderstook the idea of case just trying to get back home and ran with it … run across the multiverse , that is ( A similar theme was behind the earlier , and much less successfulOtherworldtelevision series from the mid-80s ) . Five seasons of hopping between Parallel Earth San Franciscos on a television show budget demonstrated a wide variety of potential alternative worlds out there , including an Earth where Britain won the Revolutionary War run to the British States of America , an Earth where a zombie plague has been unleashed , an Earth where dinosaurs are still alive , and an terra firma where Ancient Egyptian is the dominant acculturation . Sadly , they did n’t find an Earth without icky CGI effect , but it was the 1990s . As a model for how to drop your summer , I ’m torn whether or not to urge it . mayhap you should take yourself how much you really love San Francisco .
DC Comics
Less one possible lam than a superpowered variant of Orbitz , DC ’s superhero ancestry loves the idea of a multiverse like almost none other ; their original multiverse hail from the company prove to issue forth up with fashion of haphazardly adding characters from other publishers without confusing thing too much as much as anything , but the current version is much more structured … and finite . For one thing , there are “ only ” 52 earth , now . Here are the ones we know about . clean your favorite :
Earth 0 is the “ core ” Earth , the one that all “ veritable ” news report take place on and – more importantly for the purposes of this mail service – the one that was the cornerstone for the 51 alternate Earths that are known to exist within DC ’s current multiverse . Of those 51 , the pursual have been identified :
Earth-1 is , basically , the Earth that most funny rooter grew up reading about – Think of it as “ Earth Super Friends . ”
Earth-2 is an Earth that missed out on all of the Silver Age of comics , so there ’s no Hal Jordan Green Lantern ( or Green Lantern Corps at all , for that topic ) , nor a Barry Allen , Wally West or Bart Allen Flash . For all intents and purposes , it ’s the same as DC ’s original Earth-2 .
Earth-3 is an Earth of transposed moralities – the Justice League is the Crime Syndicate , Clark Kent is the nefarious Ultraman , Lex Luthor is a superhero , and so on .
Earth-4 is as unaired to Earth Watchmen as you ’re likely to get outside of the Watchmen series ; it ’s an Earth where only the Carlton characters who inspired Moore and Gibbons ’ series exist .
Earth-5 is an Earth where the only superheroes are Captain Marvel and his associated Shazam Family of character .
Earth-6 , Earth-7 , Earth-32 , Earth-37 , Earth-38 , and Earth-39 are all Earths where the variations are fairly minor , and very continuity based:”What if Batman became Green Lantern ? ” – That sort of matter .
Earth-8 is a parody of Marvel Comics ’ Ultimate Earth , where the Avengers are represented by “ The Meta Militia . ”
Earth-9 is the menage to the Tangent Comics characters , who bear the same names as the more conversant character , but are in all other respects different .
Earth-10 is a world where the Nazis bring home the bacon World War II , and rest home to the guilt trip - ridden super - Nazi Uberman .
Earth-11 is an Earth where gender are reversed , so you have Superwoman , Batwoman and Wonderman instead of the more conversant version of the character .
Earth-12 is an Earth you ’re very conversant with ; it ’s formally the world of Batman Beyond , which also means that it ’s the parallel Earth where all the Bruce Timm DC animated cartoon took berth .
Earth-13 is the Earth where many of DC ’s Vertigo blood line apparently occurs .
Earth-15 used to be an Earth where all law-breaking had been eliminate by peculiarly successful superheroes … but then it was destroyed by Superboy Prime , just to bear witness how much of an asshole he can be . Of of course , it theoretically was rebuilt
Earth-16 is the home major planet of the Super - Sons , AKA Batman Junior and Superman Junior . Yes , that ’s right ; Superman and Batman got married ( not to each other ) , had Word , and key them after themselves . Do n’t ask .
Earth-17 is a post - apocalyptic Earth where nuclear apes rule . I promise you , I ’m not make this up .
Earth-18 is an Earth where the globe is still in Wild West times , complete with cowboy edition of the Justice League .
Earth-19 is an Earth where the world is still in Victorian times , complete with a Batman who has run down Jack the Ripper .
Earth-20 is “ Pulp - Earth ” – essentially , a parallel world where everything is as if it was a pulp novel .
Earth-21 is the Earth from the grand DC : The New Frontier serial by Darwyn Cooke .
Earth-22 is the Earth from Kingdom Come , Alex Ross and Mark Waid ’s cautionary fib about why superheroes ca n’t save the world , except for when they can .
Earth-26 is an Earth of saucy , talking animals ; it was “ rendered uninhabitable ” during 2007 ’s Captain Carrot And The Final Ark series because peculiar animal Word apparently are silly and not what the interview wants , but then reconstitute at the remainder ofFinal Crisis .
Earth-30 is the Earth from Red Son , where Superman landed in communist Russia .
Earth-31 is the Earth from The Dark Knight Returns serial publication , so it ’s all mutants with incisive teeth and old grumpy Batman .
Earth-33 is an Earth where all of the familiar superheroes are now suddenly ( as if by magic , one might say ) magicians , with names like “ Batmage ” and “ Lady Flash , Keeper Of The Speed Force . ”
Earth-34 is an Earth where the British Empire still exists , and is ruled by a tyrannical tyrant called King Jack .
Earth-40 is an Earth where there are no public superheroes , just superpowered spies who work for the governing . Which , if nothing else , would make James Bond movies more fun .
Earth-43 is a parallel Earth plagued by lamia , who have manage to reverse Batman into one of their number . There are all manner of other fabulous beasts as well , so this is moderately much “ Horror Earth ” .
Earth-44 is Robot Earth ; the chief superheroes of this Earth are robotic versions of the Justice League .
Earth-48 is , unlike Earths 18 and 19 , an Earth far in the futurity , where humanity is extinct after an intergalactic war has wiped out all native aliveness on the planet .
Earth-50 is the Earth of DC ’s Wildstorm line of business . Again , post - apocalyptical , currently .
Earth-51 is , post - concluding Crisis , the menage to all of Jack Kirby ’s creations for DC Comics , following it having been yet another post - apocalyptic Earth . At least this one was repurposed for something constructive .
( There are also some Non - Numbered land ( or , to be completely right , Earths we do n’t cognise the numbers of yet ) , which admit an ground where Superman and Wonder Woman are disastrous , an Earth where everyone resembles a manga character , and an Earth “ just like our own ” where superheroes are just the stuff of fabrication . )
Charlie JadeThe 2005 South African / Canadian co - output move over us a glimpse at the parallel Earth you should really seek to spend some time in : the Gammaverse , where everything is perfect , humanity has worked out how not to waste our imagination , and you ’ll have no trouble get a hotel way at an affordable rate . Just think of to disregard any offer of a budget weekend in the Alphaverse ; it may vocalise exciting ( " Alpha " just sounds honorable in general , veracious ? ) , but it ’s pretty much the hell on earth that give you anecdotes but also various forms of disease during your scant stay . And if someone suggests a stay in the Betaverse , remind them that that ’s where you already live and go find a new travelling agent . ( For more class - based alternative worlds , Warren Ellis’Anna Mercurymay be what you ’re bet for . )
extra research and reporting by Sarah Hope Williams .
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