History Literature / ChangingPlanes

* GainaxEnding: The final story sees [[spoiler:the narrator entering a bizarre, ''[[Literature/AliceInWonderland Wonderland]]''-esque world where the laws of reality seem to change and shift as in a dream. Then it turns out she was just placed into a virtual reality machine. Except when she leaves the machine, she ''can't remember how to get back to her own plane''. And when she is directed back to her home reality, astute viewers will note that her plane is now going to "Memfish", not "Memphis", and she boards a plane for "Los Engeles" instead, indicating that [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she will never get back home]].]] [[FlatWhat What.]]

* {{Christmas in July}}: on the Great Joy plane, Christmas lasts all year. Just like Halloween. And Easter. And the Valentine's Day. And any other holiday you could wish for.

* {{Big Labyrinthine Building}}: on Qoq, one is built by the Aq for hundreds of years, for incomprehensible reasons.

%%* AuthorTract: Several of the chapters.

* WomenAreWiser: On Mahigul, women from the opposing tribes of Hua and Farim make the war less violent by [[spoiler:the intentional killing of the creature supporting the warriors]].

%%* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}: everyone on Veksian plane has this, and the results are as painful as it sounds.
%%* {{Holodeck Malfunction}}: [[spoiler:happens to a traveller on Uni.]]
%%* {{The Multiverse}}.

* ProudWarriorRace: Parodied with the Veksi, who are perpetually angry. They can’t get organized enough to actually go to war and spend most of their time either lashing out at someone or sulking.
* {{Psychic Link}}: between the Frinth, who are able to share the dreams of those around them.

%%* {{The Sleepless}}: the Supersmart children.

%%* {{Who Wants To Live Forever}}: Some of the inhabitans of the Yendian plane are plagued by immortality.

%%* {{Cannot Dream}}: [[spoiler:the Supersmart children]] on Orichi.

%%* {{Genetic Engineering Is The New Nuke}}: on Islac.

* {{An Aesop}}: omnipresent (especially {{Green Aesop}}).
* AuthorTract: Several of the chapters.

* {{Blue Blood}}: averted on Hegn, where [[spoiler:the commons are much less numerous than members of aristocracy]].
* {{The Caligula}}: the emperor Dawodow.
* {{Cannot Dream}}: [[spoiler:the Supersmart children]] on Orichi.

* WomenAreWiser: on Mahigul, women from the opposing tribes of Hua and Farim make the war less violent by [[spoiler:the intentional killing of the creature supporting the warriors]].
* {{Genetic Engineering Is The New Nuke}}: on Islac.
* {{Gone Horribly Wrong}}: more than one experiment on more than one plane.
* {{Hair Trigger Temper}}: everyone on Veksian plane has this, and the results are as painful as it sounds.
* {{Holodeck Malfunction}}: [[spoiler:happens to a traveller on Uni.]]
* {{The Multiverse}}.

* {{Reincarnation}}: or only {{Dreaming of Times Gone By}} - the reason why the Hennebeth, especially the elder ones, are peaceful and rarely argue with each other.
* {{The Sleepless}}: the Supersmart children.
* {{Starfish Language}}: the Nna Mmoy language is this literally: "Texts written in Nna Mmoy are not linear, either horizontally or vertically, but radial, budding out in all directions, like the branches or growing crystals, from a first or central word which, once the text is complete, may well be neither the center nor the beginning of the statement. (...) We talk snake. A snake can go any direction but only one direction at the time, following its head. They talk starfish."
* {{The Voiceless}}: the Asonu. Slightly subverted, as their silence is considered the proof of unspeakable wisdom, which eventually leads to [[spoiler:breaking contact with them]].
* {{Who Wants To Live Forever}}: some of the inhabitans of the Yendian plane are plagued by immortality.
* {{Winged Humanoid}}: some of the people from Gy have wings (and can fly, but [[spoiler:most never do it, as winged Gyr are subject to the risk of sudden, catastrophic wing failure]]).

A cycle of stories by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, each taking place on another plane - the word "plane" being used not unlike in the universe of ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' or ''MagicTheGathering'', the main difference being that in Le Guin's book one can get to another plane only from the waiting lounge at the airport, provided that one is sufficiently stressed and tired. Differences between particular planes are primarily cultural, even if they are of biological or technological origin. People from Earth practice interplanary travel either out of boredom at the airport or as tourists who want to spend their holidays on a particular plane. When the stories focus on them instead of the natives of the other planes, it is done for [[AnAesop Aesopian]] purposes. The stories are not very action-laden, as they resemble anthropological descriptions of foreign cultures and are based on the exploration of large but simple differences between the inhabitants of Earth and other planes.

* [[spoiler:{{Holodeck Malfunction}}]]: happens to a traveller on Uni.

A cycle of stories by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, each taking place on another plane - the word "plane" being used not unlike in the universe of ''{{Planescape}}'' or ''MagicTheGathering'', the main difference being that in Le Guin's book one can get to another plane only from the waiting lounge at the airport, provided that one is sufficiently stressed and tired. Differences between particular planes are primarily cultural, even if they are of biological or technological origin. People from Earth practice interplanary travel either out of boredom at the airport or as tourists who want to spend their holidays on a particular plane. When the stories focus on them instead of the natives of the other planes, it is done for [[AnAesop Aesopian]] purposes. The stories are not very action-laden, as they resemble anthropological descriptions of foreign cultures and are based on the exploration of large but simple differences between the inhabitants of Earth and other planes.

A cycle of stories by Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin, each taking place on another plane - the word "plane" being used not unlike in the universe of ''{{Planescape}}'' or ''MagicTheGathering'', the main difference being that in Le Guin's book one can get to another plane only from the waiting lounge at the airport, provided that one is sufficiently stressed and tired. Differences between particular planes are primarily cultural, even if they are induced by the means of technology. People from Earth practice interplanary travel either out of boredom at the airport or as tourists who want to spend their holidays on a particular plane. When the stories focus on them instead of the natives of the other planes, it is done for [[AnAesop Aesopian]] purposes. The stories are not very action-laden, as they resemble anthropological descriptions of foreign cultures and are based on the exploration of large but simple differences between the inhabitants of Earth and other planes.