# What fictional universe would you like to live in as yourself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977 "2006-02-24T20:57:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/41 "2006-02-25T14:45:53Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Emphasis on the _as you_.\Middle-Earth, no sword-fighting skills. \ This assumes I have no sword-fighting skills now, though - not an accurate assumption at all. Still, the Culture it is. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/42 "2006-02-25T15:14:04Z")
I’d like to live on TRANTOR, as the galactic empire decays…kowtowing the MULE would be kinda fun. I’d also like to live in an advanced technological civilization (PCs, internet, cures for cancer, etc.) but where people dress like its 1925! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/43 "2006-02-25T15:27:00Z")
> [@Rube E. Tewesday](#): > > The universe of American college students, _circa_ 1978, as portrayed in _Penthouse Forum_ 😃 Yeah, I figured at least there would have to be some votes for The Porn Universe… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/44 "2006-02-25T15:59:29Z")
It’s not a whole fictional universe exactly, but a fictional place with enough fantastic elements (bears who are also men, dreams that switch owners and frozen Napoleons and the like) that I’ll count it as one. I would love to be the town librarian for _Cicely, Alaska_. Otherwise, I think Billy Pilgrim’s universe in _Slaughterhouse 5_ would be interesting, sometimes being a teenager again and other times being held as a pampered specimen on another planet. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/45 "2006-02-25T16:28:54Z")
Not _Firefly_, not \*_Sabriel_, not Middle-Earth, not _The Dark is Rising_, and not _Buffy_, even if the vampires seem hilariously inept. Narnia during the reign of High King Peter or Prince Caspian the Seafarer, _Perelandra_, or the world of _Sunshine_, so I can plunk myself down at Charlie’s Coffeehouse and demand a baker’s apprenticeship. I want to learn how to make The Death of Marat and Bitter Chocolate Death and Buttermost Limit. I’d still have to dodge vampires, but that would be okay. If not _Sunshine_, then _Spindle’s End_. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/46 "2006-02-25T17:38:47Z")
> [@tanstaafl](#): > > Same answer I always give to this type question; [The Culture](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture). Nice 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/47 "2006-02-25T20:40:15Z")
The Land from the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, before everything started going haywire. Say what you will (and I’ve said my share in the past) one thing that man accomplished in the first series was creating a world that I absolutely fell in love with and would love to be able to see. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/48 "2006-02-25T21:16:54Z")
Rivendell - It’s freakin’ beautiful. Waking up every morning in a place like this would put me in a great mood. It’d be a good way to start every day. I’ve also always wanted to learn archery. Who better to teach me? I would have said the shire but I don’t much like to drink. I do enjoy to eat though. The shire is a close second. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/49 "2006-02-25T21:27:03Z")
I’d got with Star Trek, TNG-era. Sure, I don’t know how any of those cool gadgets work right NOW, but a few years of studying and I’d be all set. After all, the ST verse has a noticeable lack of pirate ships. ---
**Author:** ![Tevildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/50 "2006-02-25T21:32:20Z")
I’d like to spend a few weeks in The Hoop with [Halo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_Jones) and Rodice, then visit the Exit Gardens. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/51 "2006-02-25T21:36:19Z")
> [@drm](#): > > Rivendell - It’s freakin’ beautiful. Waking up every morning in a place like this would put me in a great mood. It’d be a good way to start every day. I’ve also always wanted to learn archery. Who better to teach me? > > I would have said the shire but I don’t much like to drink. I do enjoy to eat though. The shire is a close second. Join us in Bree if the Elves don’t accept you. Us big folks are not allowed to live in the Shire. We can visit from Bree. Nicely located on a major cross road also. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/52 "2006-02-25T21:41:47Z")
DCU. With my real-world comics knowledge, I could set myself up as a competitor/supplement to the Calculator and get rich. Invest/squirrel away my money in half a dozen countries from the US to Qurac. Use the money to build connections and dig up money so I can maintain my edge. Supervillainy…that’s the way to go, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/53 "2006-02-25T21:43:15Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > dig up money Information…dig up information… ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/54 "2006-02-26T03:22:52Z")
Star Trek TNG for the holodecks and utopian society. or Greg Egan’s Diaspora - choice of modified human, sentient robot, or sentient Ai in a vast VR, which ability to switch between all three. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/55 "2006-02-26T04:46:15Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > DCU. > > With my real-world comics knowledge, I could set myself up as a competitor/supplement to the Calculator and get rich. Same here, for exactly the same reason. Unfortunately for you, Mr. **Tengu** , I cannot abide competition. Henchmen! Dispose of this… pretender. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/56 "2006-02-26T05:17:26Z")
Aaah, but I’ve gotten here first. It’s all about the network in the supervillain info-broker game, and I’ve had time to develop (OK…steal) one. You don’t think I could usurp the Calculator only to be taken out by an upstart, do you? Just the kind of short-sightedness you can’t have in this business. Why don’t you try the Marvel universe? I hear the Answer’s off his game lately, you might be able to take him down. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/57 "2006-02-26T07:40:04Z")
The Answer?! Oh, no… he… di-iii–idn’t. [Vous savez, naturellement, que ceci signifie guerre!](http://translate.google.com/translate_t) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/58 "2006-02-26T08:13:06Z")
I think I said the same thing in some other thread, but I’d still want to go with the Futurama-verse. All kinds of improved technology, the ability to travel around the universe, and a level of absurdity that I’d be comfortable with. Of course, Amy Wong would also be there. That’s only a minor consideration, really, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2006, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/59 "2006-02-26T08:48:49Z")
Hmmm… I’m tempted to say Anhk-Morpork, but life for most part it’s citizens tend to lead a crappy life. The Star Trek universe probably wouldn’t be bad, but I’m not a big fan of watching it, so living in it might be a bit boring. Hmmm… my life in this universe isn’t all that bad. And the Marvel one would be somewhat similar, since I wouldn’t have super powers. And it would have the added benefit that instead of being a regular scientist I could become a mad scientist, and, like, become the bane of the free world or something. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977/60 "2006-02-27T01:07:46Z")
Of course it might also be cool to live in The Matrix, particularly if you could be a double agent who gets rewarded by The Agents by being allowed to right his own lifecode from time to time. Not that I’d do that of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-like-to-live-in-as-yourself/345977.md?page=4)