6/22/2023 0 Comments Stephen baxter manifold series![]() ![]() ![]() We last saw Malenfant in Baxter's Manifold series, a trilogy that also takes place in alternate Universes. It's the 25th century (with no Buck Rogers in sight) and an old character of Baxters (Reid Malenfant) is getting a new lease of life. Personally I'd like to witness a Universe where cats can talk, so they can finally explain their plans for world domination. There might even be a Universe where Trump has a modicum of common sense, although that might be stretching things a bit. ![]() That a dimension is created for each action that takes place is a fascinating one, that there could be an Earth where Hitler was never defeated, or that the spectre of Brexit was never raised. There might be a Universe the laws of gravity are different, or one where life might be more common than it appears to be in this one. Multiverse theory is one that's been around for some time and has become increasingly popular both in popular fiction and science (although the mechanics in both often differ). In his latest novel, World Engines: Destroyer, Baxter has gone back to the idea of parallel dimensions, each with a different Universe but this time he's following the multiverse theory that for each small change, a new divergent reality is created. In Stephen Baxter's collaboration with the late Terry Pratchett, he imagined that there were a limitless number of parallel dimensions just a small step away, each with a slightly different version of Earth (although none others of which contained indigenous humans). ![]()
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