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From: kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Characters with a life of their own
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Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 11:08:17 EDT
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The idea that science-fiction writers find their inspiration through
unconscious divination of events occuring in parallel universes was
recently used by Robert A. Heinlein in "The Number of the Beast".
For alternate universe stories in general, H.Beam Piper is my 
favorite, with his Paratime Police series. Others that come to
mind are Niven's "Svetz" stories in "The Flight of the Horse",
and Laumer's "Worlds of the Imperium" (at least, I >think< that title
fits one of Laumer's alternate-worlds series), and his recent books
"The Time Bender", "The Shape Changer", and something else. 
There are more, of course.

-Kieran A. Carroll
...decvax!utzoo!kcarroll