Zebadiah Carter, Dejah Thoris Burroughs, Hilda Corners, and Jacob Burroughs escape an assassination attempt by fleeing Earth in a modified air car equipped with the continua craft drive. This device utilizes a non-Euclidean geometry involving six dimensions, allowing the four protagonists to navigate a multiverse containing 10,314,424,710,875,520 unique realities. As they travel, they discover that fictional universes—including L. Frank Baum’s Oz and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom—physically exist. The narrative culminates in a multiverse convention where they encounter characters and authors from across the history of speculative fiction.
This novel is for readers who enjoy metafiction and the technical mechanics of multi-dimensional travel. It appeals to those familiar with the history of pulp science fiction who want to see various literary tropes deconstructed through character dialogue. Readers walk away with a complex understanding of the "World as Myth" concept, where human imagination functions as a creative force that generates physical worlds. It provides an exhaustive look at how a single mathematical discovery can bridge the gap between scientific reality and literary fantasy.
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
