Some days reality is just intolerably repugnant, and there isn't anything very interesting coming out of MacWorld, so you start looking around for an alternative. A top 10 list of places to look:
1. The Wardrobe, from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The original, all-time champeen.
2. The Gate of Hell, from Dante's Inferno. "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate."
3. Platform 9 3/4, Harry Potter.
4. Cimmeria, The Odyssey.
5. The Wood Between the Worlds, The Magician's Nephew. This entry incorporates some attractive accessories, those yellow and green rings.
6. The Tornado, The Wizard of Oz.
7. The Tollbooth, The Phantom Tollbooth. It's purple!
8. The Subtle Knife, His Dark Materials.
9. The Rabbit Hole, Alice in Wonderland.
10. The King's Roads, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
What else? The obelisk from 2001? That thing in Tron? Come on, insane Stargate fans. Show me whatcha got.
Real posting resumes (starts?) tomorrow.
The BLUE PILL.
ratushebarl
Jan. 10, 2009 00:47:am
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Oh, I've got one! The Thirdspace portal from Babylon 5, which connects the 23rd century with a blandly-rendered Lovecraftian universe of eldritch horrors!
fonaza
Jan. 10, 2009 16:04:pm
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In Star Trek, the beamers malfunction at least twenty times, leading to other universes. I've got the Alternate realities collective, so I could count, but I don't want to.
tereglith
Jan. 11, 2009 19:42:pm
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Do any of them lead to a place where people still care about Star Trek? 'Cuz that's a place it's best to stay away from.
LAST!
fonaza
Jan. 13, 2009 18:21:pm
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TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space.
Dr Who rocks. Especially when you're buzzed. But that was many moons ago.
bloggit
alexandriacarpetone
Jan. 16, 2009 10:11:am
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