Published 2013.

 

Being a SF devotee for many years, I’ve always been fascinated by parallel worlds stories. Unfortunately we have a bunch of them which are quite lame. A few years ago a friend of mine asked, "Whatever happened to parallel worlds? It used to be all the rage in SF." Maybe the answer is that nobody believes in that shit any more. 

 

Is the parallel worlds theory merely the firing of electrons across synapses within an organic superstructure? Must they be subject to the same quantum effects? This year I read a wonderful book on quantum consciousness (The Nature of Consciousness: "Are the Androids Dreaming Yet? - Amazing Brain. Human Communication, Creativity & Free Will" by James Tagg). I'm having a hard time believing stuff like this. At the end of the day it may mean that versions of our minds, the so-called "quantum consciousness" are just deeply interwoven between parallel worlds. What if a thought of mine in this world, say about Shakespeare, in this consciousness, would be registered in an alternative version of my mind existing in a parallel universe? Or in a number of them? For the same reason, ideas might suddenly appear into my mind head unbidden and fully formed because a version of the mind in another universe has sent a ripple effect through my brain at the quantum level thus firing an eureka idea. What about dreams? They may also be a transmission or reception of quantum variations of reality between parallel versions of my mind. Maybe if a dream seems real enough to me, maybe that's because it is - somewhere out there. The big question in my book: can I consciously alter a parallel reality by willing it?

 

Read on, if feel so inclined.

Ghosts of the Great Ocean Road - Austral... Updated Review: I gave the first edition of this ebook a one star rating simply because of editing mistakes, most likely to kindle formatting problems. Since then, the author of this book has edited the worked cleaned up many of the errors. While she did send me a message letting me know of the corrected edition, she did not ask that I re-read it. She was a true professional.The really good thing about this ebook is that Hawkins' love for her country comes across very well. I truly believe that she absolutely loves what she is writing about, and that is wonderful. This love makes this a book a joy to read. It's interesting because the love transmits itself to the reader, and this book is a very good tourist advert for Australia. Nice blending of both history and legend.