Media that feature the multiverse theory somehow

Post » Mon May 14, 2012 2:07 am

I'm writing my term paper on the portrayal of the multiverse in works of fiction. So I'm looking for any type of fiction (movies, books, comics) that portrays the idea of the multiverse somehow, or even just fourth dimensional stuff.

So if you know of anything that features the multiverse theory, let me know! I would really appreciate it.

Although there is one thing I'm not looking for, TV series. I don't have the time to anolyze those.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 11:04 pm

I'm writing my term paper on the portrayal of the multiverse in works of fiction. So I'm looking for any type of fiction (movies, books, comics) that portrays the idea of the multiverse somehow, or even just fourth dimensional stuff.

So if you know of anything that features the multiverse theory, let me know! I would really appreciate it.

Although there is one thing I'm not looking for, TV series. I don't have the time to anolyze those.
The most recent one I have seen is Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:17 pm

Pretty much everything written by Stephen King in some way, but most specifically the Dark Tower series. (that is, if the multiverse is what I think it is)
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 8:20 pm

The visual novel YU-NO delves heavily into that sort of stuff. It's pretty well documented for being a work of fiction. (http://hardcoegaming101.net/yuno/yuno-letter.htm)
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 1:45 pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267804/ - movie
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 2:25 pm

Fringe
X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Slide
Event Horizon
Last Action Hero
Pirates of the Caribbean

It probably shows up in every Marvel line at some point, but of these I'm sure:
X-Men (comics)
Spiderman (comics, video game)
Dr Strange
Hulk (comics)
Fantastic Four (comics)

Kingdom Hearts

Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders (a.k.a. Starla and the Jewel Riders)
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Monsters, Inc.
Alice in Wonderland
The Nightmare Before Christmas

D&D? Planescape, as per Tinyhowie. There might be more on that in the franchise than just this. There probably is.
Shadowrun? Depending on how you interpret stuff.
World of Darkness
Magic: The Gathering

The Wheel of Time
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Un Lun Dun

Pretty much all folklore everywhere talks about fairies/faeries/fae coming from another dimension/world/place

http://www.giantitp.com/Comics.html
http://xkcd.com/
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 12:45 am

Planescape
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Lilit Ager
 
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:09 pm

just about any Mike Moorcock novels.

There is an interesting bit in Excession by Iain Banks, not multiple universes, but separate older and younger universes from the same cosmic fireball. Also alternate universes, and a novel take on identities moving between them in his novel Transition.
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 1:48 am

It probably shows up in every Marvel line at some point, but of these I'm sure:
X-Men (comics)
Spiderman (comics, video game)
Dr Strange
Hulk (comics)
Fantastic Four (comics)
It shows up in the DC universe a lot too.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 7:52 pm

The Family Guy episode 'Road to the Multiverse'
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Post » Mon May 14, 2012 4:20 am

Multiverse as in alternate timelines?

Doctor Who
The Dark Tower, by C. S. Lewis (probably the most thoughtful and interesting, yet unfinished fictional work on the idea of parallel timelines I've ever seen/read)
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 6:56 pm

Bump. No one thinks this is a fun topic?

It shows up in the DC universe a lot too.

I wasn't sure. I'm more of a Marvel man. :) Not much of one, at that.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 12:30 pm

In literature, Heinlein had several novels that referred to the concept of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_as_Myth - i.e, parallel universes including all the ones created by authors and other artists.
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Post » Sun May 13, 2012 11:12 pm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/ was a decent, and recent, movie.
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