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Alternate reality (or Alternative reality, UK English) often refers to parallel universes in fiction, a self-contained separate world, universe or reality coexisting with the real world, which is used as a recurring plot point or setting used in fantasy and science fiction. Alternate reality may also refer to:
A parallel universe, also known as an alternate universe, parallel world, parallel dimension, alternate reality, or alternative dimension, is a hypothetical universe co-existing with one's own, typically distinct in some way. [1] The sum of all potential parallel universes that constitute reality is often called the "multiverse".
There are models of two related universes that e.g. attempt to explain the baryon asymmetry – why there was more matter than antimatter at the beginning – with a mirror anti-universe. [78] [79] [80] One two-universe cosmological model could explain the Hubble constant (H 0) tension via interactions between the two worlds. The "mirror world ...
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A series of novels featuring a grown-up version of E. Nesbit's Oswald Bastable (from The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books) who experiences a variety of alternate realities that have diverged from his own timeline. Warlord of the Air (1971) The Land Leviathan (1974) The Steel Tsar (1977) Operation Otherworld: Poul Anderson
Alternate history, a genre of fiction in which historical events differ from reality; Alternative universe (fan fiction), fiction by fan authors that departs from the fictional universe of the source work
Setting for the Deryni novels; an alternate-mediaeval kingdom in which certain people have magic powers Hainish Cycle: Rocannon's World: 1966 Ursula K. Le Guin: Halla: The Merchant of Death: 2002 D. J. MacHale: Setting for The Pendragon Adventure; the sum of all alternate realities. Hammerverse: Hammer's Slammers: 1979 David Drake: Harry Potter ...
"Reality shifting" has become increasingly popular on TikTok, and so-called shifters claim that they are able to visit alternate realities.