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nini
Lv 4
nini asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

What would be a startling, intriguing revelation about the universe?

Can you think of some "sci-fi" sort of revelations about our planet, or our galaxy, the origin of life, any of these?

Something that could be in a book (or is already)

Like in Matrix, where it turns out our lives are just a simulation. I can think of a few, but I'm finding it hard to think of one that isn't already cliche'.

Update:

@Happy

I'm asking "What if". to you ;)

it's not like i want to publish, I'm just writing for fun. I know it seems lazy, but It helps me a lot if I find a sketch of an idea.

The last time it worked, when I asked people to think up alien cultures, and someone said "what about a civilization that has never seen the light of the sun". I have a pretty great world and culture sketched out from that.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    read Slaughterhouse Five

    most original "sci-fi" sort of relevation about life out there

  • Raatz
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    In The Hitchhiker's Guide, the earth is a computer built by mice to find the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If it turns out our universe is simply an atom in an alien turd. That would rock my mind.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Ask, "What if?"

    Trust me, it helps.

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