Re: Alternative histories and paralele universes

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Kristian Jensen wrote:

> I wish I could help, but Boreanesia is tropical to sub-tropical.
> Furthermore, Boreanesian flora and fauna is a like a sanctuary of
> ancient Gondwana: all endemic mammals are monotremes (egg-laying
> mammals), most endemic plant-life are non-flowering (gymnospermous
> trees, cycads, ferns, etc.). No raindeers, sorry :(
Well, I wasn't specifically looking for actual territory, but just
"compatibilities of reality" -- i.e., if Boreanesian history has eastern
Siberia being populated by settlers of a Zulu empire, it might be too hard
to explain what these more-or-less Tungusic-speaking people are doing
there :)

> Nowapan could perhaps also introduce the Cooperativist State after
> the liberation. Its an appealing system that seems to go well with
> Boreanesian culture.
And Sayat culture, for that matter... to the extent it exists at this
point ;)

> But then again, like you said, each of us might be a tad to
> protective of our own creations for this to work in the long run.
> When one changes something, a conflict could arise when the other's
> creation becomes affected by this change. I fear that eventually,
> such creative unions will diverge into separate creations later on.
Hopefully only _after_ productive cross-fertilization, though :)

Kenji Schwarz