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The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes
The Pursuit of the Pankera A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes Author:Robert A. Heinlein The Pursuit of the Pankera: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes: a great adventure pitting the forces of good versus evil. Heinlein also wrote The Number of the Beast: A Parallel Novel About Parallel Universes published in 1980... thus he effectively wrote two parallel novels about parallel universe... more »s.
Together, the two novels offer fascinating insight into the imagination of one of science fiction's greatest writers. The novels share the same start, but as soon as the 'Gay Deceiver' (a specially configured vehicle which can travel along various planes of existence) is used to transport them to a parallel universe, each book transports them to a totally different parallel world. From that point on the plot lines diverge completely.
While The Number of the Beast morphs into something very different (more representative of later Heinlein works), The Pursuit of the Pankera (an audacious experiment which was never published, probably due to significant copyright issues in 1977) remains on target with a much more traditional Heinleinesque storyline and ending, reminiscent of his earlier works.« less