Which fantasy or science fiction world would you most like to visit or live in?
Although the fringe benefits of living in Gor sure sound nice (for a guy, that is), I don’t think I’m up to the combat.
The Star Trek universe would probably be my destination. The holodecks alone could keep me busy endlessly. Or possibly, one of the many worlds of Robert Heinlein, as long as I got to hang around with Lazarus Long.
What say you?
BTW: I did search to see if we’ve done this before, but didn’t find anything. My apologies if I missed it.
It’s all dependant on whether you’ll get to interact with the fantasy universe on the same level as the main characters.
For instance, holodecks in the Star Trek universe were still very new, very expensive technology. Remember how impressed Picard was with the thing during the first holodeck episode? He’d never seen one before. And the Enterprise was the flagship of the Federation.
Assuming I could be wealthy and influental enough to have access to all the goodies, though, I too would pick the Star Trek universe.
I’ve always been partial to the Culture universe, as described by Ian M. Banks, although the universe that Terry Pratchett describes in ‘Strata’ also is worth a mention. Custom-designing your own planet sounds rather appealing.
If I got to pick who I could hang with then I’d go to Planet Gunsmoke and Vash (what is this, Vash mention #12? But you guys keep setting me up), otherwise I’d rather be dead than live there.
Other choice would be the Harry Potter world if I could be a witch. I wouldn’t even insist on Snape, really I wouldn’t.
If I could be one of the elite, then the Dune universe would be great. I’d love to be a vassal under the Duke Paul himself.
Not the discworld, it’s not really a nice place. Notice that whilst the stories are funny for us, they decidedly aren’t for the characters involved?
Possibly Middle Earth, it would depend on the era.
This is a hard question really - most fantasy places have a degree of conflict in order to make them interesting, which means that in most fantasy places you’ve got a fair chance of dying painfully rather soon.
Does it have to be a published world? I have created my own fantasy world out of a melange of all the dreams about nature that I can remember. I would go there (but one hint: avoid the water parks!)
