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** [[Warren Ellis]]' run on ''[[X-Man]]'' utilized another conception of the multiverse, where in addition to [[Parallel Universe]]s, there's a "spiral of realities" stretching above and below, with the universes "downspiral" being significantly more chaotic and difficult for live to develop/survive in than the the relatively advanced and idyllic universes located "upspiral".
** There are in fact two types of alternate universe in the Marvel Universe. The first are different dimensions adjacent to the regular 616 verse, such as the Microverse and the various magical verses; the second are parallel universes, which are usually alternate timelines, and presumably each has its own adjacent verses too. It's not always clear which is which- the Negative Zone, for instance, is vague on if it is the first or second kind, so the one encountered by the regular [[Fantastic Four]] and their Ultimate counterparts could actually be one and the same (and the Nihil encountered by the latter wasn't a counterpart of the regular FF foe Annihlus, but a member of the same species- [[Fridge Brilliance|which is why he referred to himself as a member of a "caste" and already knew who Reed Richards was in their first meeting]]).
** In ''[[What If...?]]'', the stories related by Uatu the Watcher are not based on his own opinion of hypothetical situations, but his relating of alternate realities where events occured differently that affected their entire respective worlds. Theoretically, it could be possible to travel to these alternate worlds, should anyone in the mainstream universe discover them, but Uatu doesn't share that knowledge - they Watchers do not interfere, they ''watch''.
* The comic books ''Those Annoying Post Brothers'' and ''Savage Henry'' focus on Bugtown, a infinite-sized [[City of Adventure]] which connects to an infinite number of alternate worlds.
* So did the comic book ''Grimjack''.
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* The late 1990s fic cycle ''[[Twisted Path]]'' is probably the [[Trope Codifier]] at least for anime fanfiction, and inspired numerous other fic projects, some of which have had their own explicit crossovers with it.
* The universe of ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' is part of a mulitverse (which includes, but is not limited to, at least one ''[[Star Trek]]'' universe as well as the world of [[Marvel Comics]]), but outside of a few special storylines very little is seen of these alternate realities.
* ''[[My Apartment Manager is not an Isekai Character]]'' is set in a "Many Worlds" multiverse which is undergoing a massive crisis. This results in characters from numerous other worlds finding themselves displaced to a single common "
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*** [[Word of God]] says the Woods between the Worlds was a part of Aslan's country. Which makes it kinda creepy when you realize that according to ''The Magician's Nephew'' {{spoiler|''we on Earth'' emigrated through it after we came to Earth after destroying our former world.}}
* The [[Discworld]] novels often allude to a multiverse. Since all libraries, everywhere, in every space, universe and time are connected, you can reach this L-space in the Library of Unseen University. If the Librarian lets you in, of course.
** Also, in ''[[The Colour of Magic]]'', Rincewind and Twoflower briefly find themselves occupying/incarnated in/deluded into thinking they are alternate universe versions of themselves, sitting next to each other on an airplane in a world that appears to be our normal Earth.
** Our Earth plays a greater role in
** Moreover, the existence of alternate worlds (i.e. different legs of the Trousers of Time) is a given in several [[Discworld]] novels. Granny Weatherwax starts picking up random memories from these alternate worlds in ''[[Lords and Ladies]]'', and Sam Vimes accidentally ''swaps P.D.A.s'' with his
** Also in ''Lords and Ladies'' Ponder Stibbons (a wizard version of a physicist) tries to explain the "many worlds
* Introduced as the Whole Sort of General Mish-Mash in the fifth part of the ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' trilogy.
* In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'', there is a multitude of possible other 'verses, called the 'Worlds That Might Be', which are basically [[Alternate Universe]]s. The less likely they are, the more faded they look. A channeler can be transported to one of these by using a Portal Stone and the One Power.
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* ''[[All Over the House]]'' is linked to ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' via portals and random dimensional jumps. As a result, there are in-universe examples of crossover media, such as ''The Blobland Gang'' stories, which Tesrin of ''All over the house'' read as a child. These are based on Hubert Schlongson's visits to Blob City, which is the main setting of ''The Life Of Nob T Mouse''.
* ''[[Bob and George]]'' has a lot of different universes, most of them with completely crazy versions of the characters. (One universe is the universe of the original Japanese Rockman games.)
* ''[[Ultima
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has introduced over a dozen alternate universes by this point, ranging from slightly tweaked versions of the main universe to an endless void outside time to Hell itself.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has a multiverse of worlds sharing many of the same characters. Among them is the main EGS-verse, the Alpha Dimension (where Tedd is a misunderstood Evil Overlord type with a cybernetic hand), the Beta Dimension (where Elliot was born female and Tedd wears square glasses), the Second Life universe (aliens got involved in the American Revolutionary War, Elliot was born as Ellen and went to school with Kaoli), and the less-canon AF04 (April Fools 2004) universe (Tedd was born female, Sara is a goth, and {{spoiler|Susan's dad never cheated on his wife}}).
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