# What fictional universe would you love to live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634 "2006-01-19T07:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/1 "2006-01-19T07:51:24Z")
Not sure if this has been done before, but I’m curious. For me, it would probably be the Xenosaga universe. It would be difficult for me to explain why, but anyone who’s played the Xenosaga series would understand. If not that, then probably the _Star Trek:TNG_ universe. I’d kill for a holodeck! Adam ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/2 "2006-01-19T07:54:26Z")
Myst. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/3 "2006-01-19T08:06:35Z")
I’d love to get me a little place close to _Twin Peaks_. Just over the border, close to One Eyed Jack’s. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/4 "2006-01-19T08:11:52Z")
The Forgotten Realms, 'cuz I’m that much of a geek, and it’s possible to become an archmage there. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/5 "2006-01-19T08:25:43Z")
No, wait. Oz. Definitely Oz. I’d like to settle down in Munchkin Land and live the quiet life of a Creampuff farmer with [General Jinjur](http://www.wendyswizardofoz.com/landofoz/jinjur1.JPG). I would send out for cold beer, and then I would tell her things – things that I never told to anyone – things that are locked deep in here – and as I talked to her I would want her to hold out her soft white hand and say “Poor thing, poor poor thing.” Surely that’s not too much to ask. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/6 "2006-01-19T08:41:05Z")
Dunno if it qualfies as fictitional, but I’ve wanted to hang out in Sherwood Forest with Robin and the guys pretty well all my life. Hey, hi neighbours! (smiles and nods to **Larry and Max** ) ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/7 "2006-01-19T08:44:44Z")
You know, the universe in “Treasure Planet” looks incredibly cool. But holodecks would be a draw. … Holodecks it is. Now where’s my “Do Not Disturb” sign? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/8 "2006-01-19T08:44:48Z")
Probably Star Trek is your general default answer—utopian society, matter replicators, easy holodeck access. After that… The _Ghost in the Shell_ universe doesn’t seem _too_ bad. (Except for the brain hacking and two more world wars and the constant stark reminders that natural human society is operating _way_ outside it’s design parameters, and is likely doomed to obsolescence and extinction. At best.) On the plus side, medical science has nearly reached it’s Zenith, androids and AIs are commonplace, and you’ve got to figure that the video games of the time absolutely _rock_. 'Might end up as Soylent Green or get “disappeared” by an Evil Military-Industrial-Entertainment conspiracy…but hey, at least I can probably build a working robot sidekick\* in my garage before I go. Or maybe I’d just get Cyberbrain Autism and loose myself in the incomparable information rush of Nerdvana. Hey, I’d still win. \*(A “sidekick”…yeah. Sure. That’s the ticket.) ---
**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:** [January 19, 2006, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/9 "2006-01-19T09:52:36Z")
The DCU. It’d be awful…exciting, but…It’d be fun. I’d also be one of those people the doctors have no sympathy for according to that chick in Bulletteer. \>\_\> I wouldn’t have to be worried about getting caught in the crossfire between Superman and Lex Luthor…best case, I’d be up there beside Supes, worst case I’d get myself killed trying to arrange that. :o :smack: ---
**Author:** ![enigmatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@enigmatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enigmatic)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/10 "2006-01-19T09:56:58Z")
I’m suprised that no one has mentioned the culture yet. All the advantages of star trek (and then some) and less at the mercy of rampaging Borg and Jem hadar, plus it has cool AI’s to talk to. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/11 "2006-01-19T10:05:02Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > and you’ve got to figure that the video games of the time absolutely _rock_. A multiplayer videogame is shown in the original Japanese version of the comic. …I certainly was intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/12 "2006-01-19T10:12:23Z")
> [@enigmatic](#): > > I’m suprised that no one has mentioned the culture yet. All the advantages of star trek (and then some) and less at the mercy of rampaging Borg and Jem hadar, plus it has cool AI’s to talk to. Beat me to it ! The Culture was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![Mordib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mordib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mordib)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/13 "2006-01-19T10:16:03Z")
the discworld universe… because if you believe in something enough then its most likely going to end up true ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/14 "2006-01-19T10:19:31Z")
Yeah, the culture wins it hands down; you can have anything you want; in fact it’s almost mandatory that you have what you want. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/15 "2006-01-19T11:40:10Z")
I’d like to live in the sitcom universe where one can work a menial job and still afford a spectacular Manhattan apartment and eat out everyday, and where all of life’s problems are solved in 23 mnutes. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/16 "2006-01-19T13:34:24Z")
> [@threeorange](#): > > I’d like to live in the sitcom universe where one can work a menial job and still afford a spectacular Manhattan apartment and eat out everyday, and where all of life’s problems are solved in 23 mnutes. And be a middle aged, overweight slob and have a smoking hot wife. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/17 "2006-01-19T13:43:10Z")
Bedford Falls. Failing that, I’d like to be a copper in Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/18 "2006-01-19T13:47:34Z")
The 'Verse, out in The Black, with a good ship and a crew equally dissolutioned by the overbearing hand of the Alliance. ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/19 "2006-01-19T13:59:02Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > Failing that, I’d like to be a copper in Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch. I’d like that too - although it’s not a particularly nice place to live. And, more importantly, Vimes might not think I’m a _good copper_ - I’d hate that. I think I’d have to plump in the end for the Star Trek TNG universe, just like everyone else. It would just be so cool. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634/20 "2006-01-19T14:02:51Z")
Yeah, The Culture is the winner. The Forgotten Realms might be neat, but you’d start out as level 1 and probably get wasted by a kobold. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-universe-would-you-love-to-live-in/340634.md?page=2)