# What sci-fi universe would you live in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334 "2004-05-21T07:39:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WCOT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e5b9ba/32.png) [@WCOT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WCOT)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/21 "2004-05-21T21:43:24Z")
Phillip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/22 "2004-05-21T22:10:36Z")
I am gonna put another vote in for Hyperion. Also in the universe as it was after the events of **Rise of Endimion** once there is no more Shrike or Nemez or Tree. Yes definitely wanna skip those. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/23 "2004-05-21T23:40:35Z")
Culture. Edenist habitat. Matrix (Hey, it’s cool - there’s a truce, there’s only a matter of time before we get to alter it at will!) That virtual universe (Greg Egan??) where proving mathematical theorems for someone is a form of flirtation. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecc23a/32.png) [@Uncle\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/24 "2004-05-22T01:18:45Z")
In no particular order: Niven’s Known Space Asimov’s Foundation Roddenberry’s Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/25 "2004-05-22T01:24:44Z")
Well my first thought was Star Wars… as a smuggler. But Heinlein’s future calls to me. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/26 "2004-05-22T02:14:03Z")
Simmon’s universe would only be good if it is post series. The shrike is not a threat anymore and the church has fallen. The plus side? Instantanious travel anywhere in the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/27 "2004-05-22T02:45:02Z")
I’d live on Moth. (The planet, not the bug.) ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/28 "2004-05-22T03:16:01Z")
Count me in as a great fan of Heinlein’s Future History. But the first thing the came to my mind was Manticore in David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Or Fleet in Elizabeth Moon’s Heris Serrano/Esmay Suiza books. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/29 "2004-05-22T03:17:02Z")
> [@AvhHines](#): > > Count me in as a great fan of Heinlein’s Future History. But the first thing the came to my mind was Manticore in David Weber’s Honor Harrington series. Or Fleet in Elizabeth Moon’s Heris Serrano/Esmay Suiza books. Guess I’m a pretty poor excuse for a liberal Democrat, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/30 "2004-05-22T04:50:03Z")
The universe in Pratchett’s Strata. Dumbwaiters can make anything you want, any time you want and you can live as long as you damn well please. Plus you can have surgery to remove any pesky lousy memories you may have. Of course, it would have to be before Jalo Jalo showed up and ruined the economy. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/31 "2004-05-22T05:19:56Z")
Culture citizens can have hour-long orgasms. There’s pretty much nothing in the world I’d rather have than that kind of plumbing 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/32 "2004-05-22T06:12:43Z")
Moving this to Cafe Society. Oh, and another vote for Heinlein’s Multiverse. ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/33 "2004-05-22T06:36:39Z")
I wouldn’t mind being a civilian in the Star Trek universe. Between the replicators and the holodeck, I’d never leave the house. And I’m fine with that. (Wait, do civilians get replicators and holodecks? 'Cause the Starfleet unitards would not be at all flattering on my hips.) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/34 "2004-05-22T06:40:00Z")
> [@tgkk](#): > > Roddenberry’s Star Trek Sounds good to me. Except that with my luck I’d be an Ensign on Security detail wearing a red shirt… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/35 "2004-05-22T09:49:09Z")
Either Hitchhiking through the Galaxy trying to meet up with Zaphod, Ford, Marvin & the gang or on Earth C. 3000AD _Futurama_ style 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/36 "2004-05-22T09:56:54Z")
> [@Juniper200](#): > > I wouldn’t mind being a civilian in the Star Trek universe. Between the replicators and the holodeck, I’d never leave the house. And I’m fine with that. > > (Wait, do civilians get replicators and holodecks? 'Cause the Starfleet unitards would not be at all flattering on my hips.) I’m not sure; however I think everyone gets some kind of genetailoring or surgery to make them good looking… ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/37 "2004-05-22T11:16:47Z")
> [@Juniper200](#): > > I wouldn’t mind being a civilian in the Star Trek universe. Between the replicators and the holodeck, I’d never leave the house. And I’m fine with that. > > (Wait, do civilians get replicators and holodecks? 'Cause the Starfleet unitards would not be at all flattering on my hips.) I figure everyone has a replicator since Keiko is horrified when she finds out that O’Brien’s mother touched food with her hands. As for a holodeck, you would probably have to go to a holo-suite somewhere. Probably got a few in every city. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/38 "2004-05-22T11:51:10Z")
The adventurer in me would like to hang out with Slippery Jim deGriz. I wonder what porcuswine would taste like. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/39 "2004-05-22T11:58:33Z")
Another vote for the Culture. I think I’d want to be on a GSV. (I love the [names for ships](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~and1000/banks/ships.html) Banks uses!) ---
**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:** [May 22, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334/40 "2004-05-22T12:12:54Z")
I’d have to flip a coin between Heinlein’s universe in _Time Enough for Love_ or Varley’s Eight Worlds. But I think it’d be a slightly uneven coin, weighted to Heinlein. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sci-fi-universe-would-you-live-in/246334.md?page=3)