Bad Boys of the Multiverse: An Alternate Universe Reading Guide [Book Review]

Have we gone multiverse crazy? Iain Banks' latest novel, Transition , is just the latest of a long line of sideways-traveling books, and this theme is more prevalent than ever. Here are some of my favorites, with spoilers and foul language. The idea of traveling between alternate realities is a common theme in speculative fiction. Multiverse stories are a logical extension of allohistory, and a close relative of that other grand old convention, time travel. The idea is often explained as