Middle Earth Enderverse Buffyverse Rand Land Star Trek Star Wars Babylon 5 (not an appropriate name for this universe, but people seem to call it this) Known Space Foundation Earthsea Riverworld
Also, are there names for the universes of: Alvin Maker Song of Ice and Fire Asimov's Robot stories
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Well, Anne McCaffrey's Ship books, her Talent series, and the Pern series all seem to occur within the same universe. (Not sure about Crystal Singer and its sequels, or the PTB books.)
What universe would that be? The McCaffreyverse?
Similarly, Madeline l'Engle makes it clear that several of her series occupy the same universe. Let's call that one the Manywatersverse.
There's Diane Duane's Young Wizards multiverse. The DDYWM?
Oh, and if we are to be accurate, Star Trek is composed of multiple universes -- at least, if we include books and 35 years' worth of fanfic.
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Does anyone ever refer to the Doroverse? Several books were written in it...
There's Heinlein's Future History.
I dunno. this is kinda wide open. Any story is it's own universe... Is there a Minimum Story Required to be concidered a 'verse? If it's a TV show do their have to be spin offs?
Pix No Power in the 'Verse can stop me.
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Discworld. Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials multiverse. The Old Kingdom/Ancelstierre. Mordant/Cadwal/Alend.
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A universe that has a multitude of universes in it. For instance in Star Trek, we have the Original Series-Voyager universe, what I kindly call the Enterprise universe (though Enterprise barely counts as Star Trek, imo), the book universe, and the fan fiction universe. All those make up the Star Trek Mulitiverse.
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So how are His Dark Materials and the Young Wizard's series multiverses?
And wouldn't Oz be a multiverse, since there are the books written by Baum, and then the really bad ones written by profiteers?
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Why would you call Star Trek a multiverse? The different series are all supposed to be in the same universe.
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quote:"The"? It's been a while, but I think I could manage to name at least 6.
Whoops- I guess fanfiction is its own multiverse . And Mr. Portero Head, you bring up a good point- all of the shows do take place in the same universe, but the books don't. For instance Diane Duane has written an awsome Romulan series in which the Romulans are entirely different from how they evolved in the Original Series and in the Next Generation.
And Blacwolve: Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials can be called a multiverse because the series spans multiple universes.
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There is Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind, and H. Beam Piper's Terro-Human Future History, and Ursula K. Leguin's Ekumen universe. Not sure if that last one has an actual name or not...
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Are you looking for games and works of fiction that have spawned nicknames for the universe or mythology because no formal name has been attached?
The Wheel of Time series takes place on a large continent that has never been named, so it s affectionately referred to as "Rand Land."
A "multiverse" is applied to several different works that take place within the same fictional setting. Characters from two different series have the potential to interact, sharing the same space/time but never do.
If Jordan ever started a new series based on the same mythology but with entirely different characters, it would then be termed a "multiverse".
As to the "Fire and Ice" series, I have no idea - I enjoy the books, but I haven't joined a forum devoted to them.
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Actually, I meant Earth 1, Earth 2, Earth A, etc. (to use DC Comics as an example). Multiple sets of characters in the same world doesn't make it a multiverse; multiple versions of the same character would.
On the Marvel side, there's now two Spider-Man and two X-Men continuities (not even counting multiple timelines).
I don't even think multiple planes of existence qualifies it as a multiverse, unless the planes are alternate versions of each other.
I have however, read most of A Dark Distorted Mirror, an alternate fan-fic universe for Babylon 5.
It was pretty fun. It starts from the idea that the Minbari didn't surrender at the battle of the line, but takes place during the same time period as the series.
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Pouenelle created a Future History. Poul Anderson did too. I'm not sure what to call them, though - Motieverse? Polesotechnia?
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quote: For instance Diane Duane has written an awesome Romulan series in which the Romulans are entirely different from how they evolved in the Original Series and in the Next Generation.
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The Twelve Colonies Universe Wrinkle in Time Universe (not sure if that had a specific name) Heaven, Hell, and Chaos
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I don't think Narnia's a multi-verse, either. There are different worlds, each with their own time flow, but they can be thought of as different places, not alternate versions of the same place.
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