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| Parallel Universe | ||
| An entirely separate realm or universe that exists along with our own; it may be wildly different or vary from ours by only a tiny degree. |
This is a very early instance of this term in sf; possibly a first reference.
| We conceive ourselves to be living in a parallel universe to yours, on a planet the very brother of your own. |
| From Men Like Gods,
by H.G. Wells. Published by Not known in 1923 Additional resources -
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The notion of a separate world, or plane of existence, or realm, has existed in the human imagination from time immemorial. The classical Greeks used the ideas of Mount Olympus and Hades' underworld as different realms that existed along with our own; the ancient Hindus used the idea of a multiplicity of realms called "lokas".
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