[Data-modeling] Multiple Fictional Universes

[Jeff Prucher]

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> Christopher R. Maden
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 11:55 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Data-modeling] Multiple Fictional Universes
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> Jeff Prucher wrote:
> > I just had a thought.  We're using "universe" to mean two different 
> > things here.  The first, and what the type "fictional universe" is 
> > currently used for, refers to the entirety of the milieu of 
> a work or 
> > series, which can include multiple alternate worlds.  The 
> other sense 
> > refers to a single space-time continuum, any number of 
> which might be 
> > used in a series.  So my question is: why not just consider these 
> > other continua as Fictional Settings?  That is, the Star 
> Trek Universe 
> > includes as a setting the Mirror Universe; the DC Comics Multiverse 
> > has Earth-One, Earth-Two, Earth-Three etc. as settings, and so on.
> 
> I believe Fictional Settings was in the running or even used 
> at one point.  The problem is that "fictional setting" more 
> easily brings to mind Gotham City or the Shire (or New York 
> or San Francisco) than Middle Earth or the Mirror Universe.

I dunno. It seems to me that "The Mirror Universe" is a pretty clear answer
to the question "Where is the Star Trek episode 'Mirror, Mirror' set?"
(Middle Earth isn't really a problem, since there is only the one continuum
to contend with in Tolkein.)

Jeff

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