Like grains of sand

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Series Begun:
2020-05-25
Series Updated:
2021-05-30
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The tales told in this series are set in worlds much like our own: some near-clones until a recent branching point in history, some having tangented long ago.  The universe that they're set in is an infinite plane of ice technically close enough together that one could in principle walk between them.  This would be inadvisable.

This mega-cluster of Earths (some being standard azimuthal mapping with Antarctic walls [having neither the 2nd & 3rd Miðgårðr rings of Orion Earth 1 nor the flattish-sombrero form of Sagittarius Earth 2) isn't named in Icewall, but is bound to be out there somewhere (both an infinite number of identical duplicates, and an infinite number of permutations of any given size of set/subset/power set], and some being Earth laid out under other flat projections).  Inter-pond physics-suppression effects out on The Ice in this mega-cluster are less constraining than usual, allowing ~1930s technology (maximum) to function in between world-ponds.

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19,722
Works:
2
Complete:
Yes
Bookmarks:
1

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  • The long way home by

    Fandoms: Original Work  

    25 May 2020

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    A young girl's father explores other worlds, but she must remain in their home world where it's safe.  She misses him dearly, but is undaunted, instead writing a report of just what's out there and what he faces.

    N.B.: 11 months after writing this, I set another, more serious-toned story (A jug of wine) in the same civilization (that story's more standard sci-fi in its nature, dealing with the adult characters' respective worlds' different social norms and the logic of empire and the understated deceptive allure of cool shiny sci-fi gadgets).  That started as a series with this one, but became inextricably linked such that this story serves as a prologue to that one, rather than a stand-alone.

    I read and appreciate (and try to reply to) all of your comments (they are always welcome)!

    𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆! ❤️

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    775
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Collections:
    3
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    45
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  • A jug of wine by

    Fandoms: HFY - Fandom  

    30 May 2021

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    Social conventions differ over time and place, each culture giving rise to its own permutations and innovations. Here, we meet an attaché to a world where the sexes present with swapped cues, making for some “interesting” misunderstandings. It wasn't a romance / philosophy / social commentary, but my characters had other plans (self-examination, cultural contrasts / comparisons, nodding to Le Guin); initially a one-shot, it's now 6 chapters. Things develop past the flirtation of chapter 1, with a much larger issue uncovered toward the end (what the characters might be able to do about it is uncertain, begging a much larger story).

    Trek-inspired (a universe of worlds within walking distance, though to attempt such might be a little impractical), but not Trek-based. More lurks than I can write (like Dune [Herbert] or Foundation [Asimov]).

    N.B.: 11 months before writing this, I had a prequel (“The long way home ”) in the same world; you might want to hit that one first for the background material.

    Comments are always welcome!

    𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆! ❤️

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    18,947
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Collections:
    4
    Comments:
    7
    Kudos:
    63
    Bookmarks:
    6
    Hits:
    717