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* 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 readers will note that her plane cancelled flight 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.]]
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* AbusivePrecursors: The narrator theorize that the Nna Mmoy plane was [[spoiler:visited by invaders from another plane (their stories match up with one plane known for its continuous interference with others), who proceeded to brutally cull the plane's animal life such that there are only a handful of harmless, useful species left - which was great for safety, but left life on the plane incredibly dull. The narrator further theorizes that the Nna Mmoy developed their impossibly-complex language as a way to compensate for the loss of wonder.]]
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* {{Big Labyrinthine Building}}: on Qoq, one is built by the Aq for hundreds of years, for incomprehensible reasons.
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* ProudWarriorRace: ProudWarriorRaceGuy: 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}}: There's one between the Frinth, who are able to share the dreams of those around them. There's a standing rule never to try to link what happens in a shared dream to any particular person (if children ask, "Did you dream the X?", the usual response is [[MathematiciansAnswer "We all did"]]). Travelers are considered suspect, because non-natives can insert ''their'' dreams into the mix but can't ''receive'' them.
* {{Psychic Link}}: There's one between the Frinth, who are able to share the dreams of those around them. There's a standing rule never to try to link what happens in a shared dream to any particular person (if children ask, "Did you dream the X?", the usual response is [[MathematiciansAnswer "We all did"]]). Travelers are considered suspect, because non-natives can insert ''their'' dreams into the mix but can't ''receive'' them.
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* MistakenForProfound: A traveler spent several years among the silent Asonu, recording the few things they said in the belief that it would reveal a greater truth. The end result is an entire religion built on the philosophical wisdom of “Careful, it’s hot.” and “Stop that!”.
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* {{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.
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* {{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}}.
* {{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.]]
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* {{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]]).
* {{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]]).
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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'', ''TabletopGame/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.
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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}}'' ''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.
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->''I never saw such a variety of people as were in that car - all shapes, sizes, colors, degrees of hairiness, featheriness (the street sweeper's tail had indeed been a tail), and, I thought, looking at one long, greenish youth, even leafiness.''
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.
!!The book contains:
* Sita Dulip's Method
* Porridge on Islac (Islac)
* The Silence of the Asonu (plane of the Asonu)
* Feeling at Home with the Hennebet (Hennebet)
* The Ire of the Veksi (Veksian plane)
* [[http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/seasons_of_ansarac.html Seasons of the Ansarac]] (plane of the Ansarac)
* Social Dreaming of the Frin (Frinthian plane)
* The Royals of Hegn (Hegn)
* Woeful Tales from Mahigul (Mahigul):
** Dawodow the Innumerable
** The Cleansing of Obtry
** The Black Dog
** The War across the Alon
* Great Joy (Musu Sum)
* Wake Island (Orichi)
* The Nna Mmoy Language (plane of the Nna Mmoy)
* The Building (Qoq)
* [[ftp://asavage.dyndns.org/Literature/scifi.com/www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/leguin/leguin1.html The Fliers of Gy]] (Gy)
* The Island of the Immortals (Yendian plane)
* Confusions of Uni (Uni)
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!!Provides examples of:
* {{An Aesop}}: omnipresent (especially {{Green Aesop}}).
* {{Big Labyrinthine Building}}: on Qoq, one is built by the Aq for hundreds of years, for incomprehensible reasons.
* {{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.
* {{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.
* 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.
* [[spoiler:{{Holodeck Malfunction}}]]: happens to a traveller on Uni.
* {{The Multiverse}}.
* {{Psychic Link}}: between the Frinth, who are able to share the dreams of those around them.
* {{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]]).
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->''I never saw such a variety of people as were in that car - all shapes, sizes, colors, degrees of hairiness, featheriness (the street sweeper's tail had indeed been a tail), and, I thought, looking at one long, greenish youth, even leafiness.''
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.
!!The book contains:
* Sita Dulip's Method
* Porridge on Islac (Islac)
* The Silence of the Asonu (plane of the Asonu)
* Feeling at Home with the Hennebet (Hennebet)
* The Ire of the Veksi (Veksian plane)
* [[http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/seasons_of_ansarac.html Seasons of the Ansarac]] (plane of the Ansarac)
* Social Dreaming of the Frin (Frinthian plane)
* The Royals of Hegn (Hegn)
* Woeful Tales from Mahigul (Mahigul):
** Dawodow the Innumerable
** The Cleansing of Obtry
** The Black Dog
** The War across the Alon
* Great Joy (Musu Sum)
* Wake Island (Orichi)
* The Nna Mmoy Language (plane of the Nna Mmoy)
* The Building (Qoq)
* [[ftp://asavage.dyndns.org/Literature/scifi.com/www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/leguin/leguin1.html The Fliers of Gy]] (Gy)
* The Island of the Immortals (Yendian plane)
* Confusions of Uni (Uni)
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!!Provides examples of:
* {{An Aesop}}: omnipresent (especially {{Green Aesop}}).
* {{Big Labyrinthine Building}}: on Qoq, one is built by the Aq for hundreds of years, for incomprehensible reasons.
* {{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.
* {{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.
* 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.
* [[spoiler:{{Holodeck Malfunction}}]]: happens to a traveller on Uni.
* {{The Multiverse}}.
* {{Psychic Link}}: between the Frinth, who are able to share the dreams of those around them.
* {{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]]).
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