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Two parts: What is your favorite Sci-Fi Universe? What Universe besides our own would you like to live in?

Asked by willbrawn (6614points) March 25th, 2009

Remember to take into account the following.

StarWars: This universe has issues, if you are a rebel you live like crap fighting for what you believe in.

Star Trek: Existence is pretty nice, especially if you are an explorer. You will probably even save the galaxy a couple times a year.

FireFly: If you are part of the Alliance you are a tool, otherwise you seems to be a priate, which actually looks like fun.

There are plenty of other circumstances, what universe would you like to be a part of?

And I know I only covered a couple, you can pick from any Sci-Fi show, movie or book.

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crisw's avatar

Does fantasy count?

If so, both Middle Earth and Katharine Kerr’s Deverry would be interesting places to live.

wundayatta's avatar

I think there are a number of worlds I’d like to try out. Charles Stross’ universe, as depicted in “Accelerando,” Walter Jon Williams’s world in City on Fire, the world of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick, and William Gibson’s world in Neuromancer.

willbrawn's avatar

Yup fantasy counts

loser's avatar

Star Trek TNG!!!

RandomMrdan's avatar

I’d have to go with Star Trek, but in the time they were perfecting warp drive engines and making a fleet. I could be apart of the first generation of space explorers, it’d be pretty sweet.

KatawaGrey's avatar

I think I’d go to the Old Kingdom from Sabriel (after it had been fixed up and cleared of Dead). I would only want to go to the Buffy-verse if I was a Slayer there cuz then, you know, less chance of me dying.

adreamofautumn's avatar

I’m a browncoat! I’m a browncoat! I’d be all about the Firefly-verse.

I’d also be a huge fan of living in the buffy-verse.

Really I just want to live in a whedon-verse apparently.

KatawaGrey's avatar

@adreamofautumn: Sounds awesome! Like I said though, I’m just worried about dying on the Hellmouth. Maybe if we stick with Buffy?

Lightlyseared's avatar

Answer to part 1 – Warhammer 40K.

Answer to part 2 – not Warhammer 40K

mattbrowne's avatar

For me personally to live in? Star Trek. But I do like many of the well-known series like Galactica, Firefly and Star Gate (especially Atlantis).

tinyfaery's avatar

The Buffyverse, of course.

marinelife's avatar

I wouldn’t mind living on Pern and associating with dragons and firelizards.

Bluefreedom's avatar

I would definitely go with the Star Trek universe as my favorite and that’s the one I’d like to live in.

Blondesjon's avatar

Shanara, The Territories, and Tar Valon.

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

Any universe created by my favorite author John Varley. They man is a genius at creating incredible worlds.

kevinhardy's avatar

so many i lost count, the dune universe looks great as does star wars

Shecky_Johnson's avatar

My first impulse is to say a “Quantum Leap“universe, But I am not fully convinced that I’m not already there.

“The Dark Tower” universe could be really neat, with the whole “portals to other worlds just hanging around anywhere” thing.

Blondesjon's avatar

@Shecky_Johnson…lurve for the Dark Tower universe. Ka is a wheel…

Shecky_Johnson's avatar

@Blondesjon I really want to use the whole “You have forgotten the face of your father” on people who really F*ck Up.

Blondesjon's avatar

@Shecky_Johnson…I know! I use sai in place of sir all the time. I work with an older fella named Al who is Cort incarnate.

TheKNYHT's avatar

Star Trek would be great! I was a Trekkie (Trekker) back when there were hardly any at all! I’d definitely want to be a Vulcan!
@crisw I agree, Middle Earth would be awesome too! What would you like to be? Elf? Dwarf? Hobbit?
Me, I’d dig being one of the Maiar, aka wizard.
Battlestar Galactica would be fun too, especially if I could be Starbuck’s wing man. I think she is the sassiest, funniest, daring, beautiful Viper pilots this side of Sol!
Dune, is boss as I am in love with all things ‘desert’ (I live in TUCSON!) I think it would be great to live on Dune for a while, and learn the Wyrding Way.

Trekkie's avatar

Star Trek, in the 24th century. I’m an exploratory kind of guy and a Trek nerd.

YARNLADY's avatar

I already am “A Stranger In A Strange Land”.

Strauss's avatar

Star Trek would have to be my favorite, followed closely by Stargate. Another favorite is the Xanth universe, based on the series by Piers Anthony. I don’t think it has hit any screen, large or small, yet.

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