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Your search for the tag 'parallel worlds' yielded 14 results
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Interview: Jun 16th, 1995
East of the Sun Con - Karl-Johan Norén (Paraphrased)Robert Jordan
On the Ogier origin he answered "Read and Find Out".Tags
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Interview: Oct 9th, 1996
ACOS Signing Report - Erica Sadun (Paraphrased)Erica Sadun
What was going on in Aelfland when Mat went round and round and round the same location? Were they traveling in time?Robert Jordan
Not traveling in time. The physical laws of nature differ. Mentioning the Dark One [in Randland] is bad luck. In Aelfland, it is *REALLY* bad. You cannot go to Aelfland in Tel'aran'rhiod (similar to stedding).Tags
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Interview: Mar, 2000
Letter to Paul Ward (Verbatim)Paul Ward
Possible question: Why did the ter'angreal doorway burn down when Lanfear and Moiraine passed through?Robert Jordan
When Moiraine and Lanfear went through the ter'angreal, it burned in part because both were channeling, and the world on the other side of the doorway has a radically different set of natural laws. The odd optical effects witnessed in that other world are not artificially produced artifacts. (complete answer)Paul Ward
The laws for channeling are different on the other side of the doorway...interesting.Tags
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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Signing Reports - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Ted Herman
Do the Finns inhabit a perpendicular world?Robert Jordan
No, it is a parallel world.Ted Herman
Does the physical location of the world of Finns have anything to do with the bells ringing when the ta'veren were in together?Robert Jordan
No.Ted Herman
Have the Finns existed as long as the Wheel?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Do they have souls?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Are the Finns from human stock?Robert Jordan
No.Ted Herman
Did they originate in their current location?Robert Jordan
Yes.Ted Herman
Are they related to Tel'aran'rhiod or do they control Tel'aran'rhiod?Robert Jordan
No.Tags
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Interview: Sep 3rd, 2005
DragonCon Signing Reports - Matt Hatch (Verbatim)Matt Hatch
The Finns reside in a Parallel World, is that correct?Robert Jordan
Yes.Matt Hatch
Okay, so are Parallel Worlds and Mirror Worlds the same thing?Robert Jordan
No, they are different.Matt Hatch
Okay, well then do Parallel Worlds have their own reflections?Robert Jordan
Possibly.Tags
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Interview: Sep 4th, 2005
DragonCon Report - Matt Hatch (Paraphrased)Matt Hatch
This is in reference to a previous question I asked you about Parallel Worlds and Mirror Worlds, today I believe, and you mentioned they are different. And the question I had about Portal Stones was do Portal Stones lead to Parallel Worlds, Mirror Worlds, or both?Robert Jordan
They lead to Mirror Worlds, the Portal Stones can take you to Mirror Worlds, not to Parallels, which are separate.Tags
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Interview: Nov 4th, 2005
KOD Signing Report - Bluecole (Paraphrased)Robert Jordan
You CANNOT reach the Tower of Ghengei through the Portal Stones. (direct from RJ)Tags
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Interview: Nov 21st, 2009
Matt Hatch
Is the True Power used by any other creatures or beings within Parallel or Perpendicular worlds or other dimensions?
Brandon Sanderson
Ok, see answering that actually gets us begging the question because let’s step back, the question that people should be asking is does the Dark One exist in all of these Parallels...
Matt Hatch
...ok, so yeah this is the question I’ll ask, you make a good point. Are there worlds and dimensions that exist outside of the Pattern?
Brandon Sanderson
Ok, see that’s the question you should be asking. I mean, you should be asking it, but it doesn’t mean I’m going to answer it. [laughter] But that’s at the core of the question. I’m going to discuss it without giving you the answer. I like to do this because I think it frames the question without giving you too much information that I have that I don’t think is appropriate to share right now. Extrapolations of this question get us to: is there one Dragon for all different Parallels or are they all different Dragons? Traveling through the Portal Stone seems to indicate that there are many different lives Rand could have led. The same thing happens with several of the ter’angreal that people go through. The question then is, are those all separate Universes? Do we have a multi-verse sort of concept? Or are they possibilities and do these worlds all exist or could exist, what is the difference. In some of those Rand failed. So, is Rand the Dragon in all of them or is Rand not the Dragon in some of them? What happens in the ones where Rand failed? Are they real worlds? Are those different worlds where there is a different Dark One who then takes over and destroys that world or maybe not, maybe he makes it has he wishes. Or are those just possibilities, reflections of this world that don’t really exist except when we touch them? Those are all very good questions. Robert Jordan said that Tel'aran'rhiod is a reflection of all different worlds, which implies other worlds continue to exist. The World of the Finns is something different...
Matt Hatch
...he called it a Parallel World...
Brandon Sanderson
Yes, the Parallel World, that one and also the one Rand and Lanfear visited are persistent regardless of someone from this world visiting. Yet, many of those seem almost shadowy and reflections of the real world, some of them seem as real just strange when visiting them. What happens in these different world, that sort of thing, those were never questions that Robert Jordan answered...
Matt Hatch
...the answers exist?
Brandon Sanderson
The answers exist, but are there many parallel Patterns or is there one Pattern?
Matt Hatch
Yeah, that’s...are there many Wheels or just one Wheel?
Brandon Sanderson
That’s not a question, I’m afraid, that I can answer because I don’t think it’s within the scope of the books and I don’t think that the characters...that there are people that could know. You will find Browns arguing all of these different things among themselves, and it’s not my place to step in and end the discussion.
Footnote
Luckers got Maria to clarify on the Mirror World / Parallel World distinction here.Tags
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Interview: Jun 10th, 2010
Luckers
This is also from one of Brandon's hash outs with Matt from Theoryland. In it Brandon speaks of the nature of Parallel Worlds.
Brandon: Extrapolations of this question get us to: is there one Dragon for all different Parallels or are they all different Dragons? Traveling through the Portal Stone seems to indicate that there are many different lives Rand could have led. The same thing happens with several of the ter'angreal that people go through. The question then is, are those all separate universes? Do we have a multi-verse sort of concept? Or are they possibilities and do these worlds all exist or could exist, what is the difference. In some of those Rand failed. So, is Rand the Dragon in all of them or is Rand not the Dragon in some of them? What happens in the ones where Rand failed? Are they real worlds? Are those different worlds where there is a different Dark One who then takes over and destroys that world or maybe not, maybe he makes it has he wishes. Or are those just possibilities, reflections of this world that don't really exist except when we touch them? Those are all very good questions. Robert Jordan said that Tel'aran'rhiod is a reflection of all different worlds, which implies other worlds continue to exist. The World of the Finns is something different...
Matt: ...he called it a Parallel World...
Brandon: Yes, the Parallel World, that one and also the one Rand and Lanfear visited are persistent regardless of someone from this world visiting. Yet, many of those seem almost shadowy and reflections of the real world, some of them seem as real just strange when visiting them. What happens in these different world, that sort of thing, those were never questions that Robert Jordan answered...
Ok, my request for clarification is mainly concerned with that last paragraph—specifically it left me confused about whether Brandon is speaking about Parallel Worlds or Mirror Worlds. Brandon seems to lump both in together, describing some as shadowy, some as solid. Brandon describes the Finn world as THE Parallel World (we also know the Ogier world is a Parallel World), but in the same paragraph Brandon seems to define it as a persistent Mirror World of some form, and grants that same allocation to the world Rand and Lanfear visited in The Great Hunt.
Maria Simons
Cut Brandon a break, here. I had to look it up to make sure that I had which one was which correct. The 'finn worlds are Parallel Worlds, the Ogier world is a Parallel World. The place that Lanfear, Rand, Loial and Hurin went to was a Mirror World, as were all of the ones in the Portal Stone incident.Luckers
[Sorry Brandon! I am an uber geek and get carried away and never meant to attack you! Mea culpa!]Tags
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Interview: Jun 10th, 2010
Luckers
On RJ's Q&A on the Mirror/Parallel Worlds from DragonCon '05.
Q53: Are Parallel Worlds and Mirror Worlds the same thing?
RJ: No, they are different.
Q54: Do Parallel Worlds have their own reflections?
RJ: Possibly.
Q55: Do Portal Stones lead to Parallel Worlds, Mirror Worlds, or both?
RJ: They lead to Mirror Worlds, the Portal Stones can take you to Mirror Worlds, not to Parallels, which are separate.My thought was always that Mirror Worlds are reflections no matter how solid, whilst Parallel Worlds were completely distinct universes. As real and vital as our own. That was how Rand could lose in the Mirror Worlds and it not result in the Dark One winning. But that's all my thoughts, I was mainly just wondering at the distinctions between the two, and whether the world Rand visited was special, or if that's just my own stupidity in play.
Maria Simons
I think that you are correct, but I can't back it up.Tags
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Interview: 2001
Thus Spake the Creator (Paraphrased)Signing Report (Other Lands)
Were the Seanchan animals created before or after the Shadowspawn?Robert Jordan
They are the 'exotics'. They were brought to Randland from parallel dimensions (like in the Portal Stones). When Rand saw grolm in the Portal Stone world, he was seeing them in the native 'land'.Footnote
This answer is a bit puzzling in that later questions to RJ about Portal Stones indicate that they connect to Mirror Worlds, not Parallel Worlds. In addition, the BWB indicates that the Seanchan exotics were brought back from Parallel Worlds via Portal Stones.Tags
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Interview: Dec 17th, 2011
Alloy of Law Signing Report - Loialson (Verbatim)Sean
I had a question—feel free to RAFO this if you need to—but, will we find out what the Book of Translation is?Brandon Sanderson
Send me an email.
Sean
I can PM you on Reddit.
Brandon Sanderson
Alright, PM me on Reddit.... That's like, something I think that's more appropriate for the Encyclopedia, personally; but I'll see if I can make that work.
Footnote
PMing Brandon on any site (Facebook, etc.) is usually not a good way to try to get in touch with him.Tags
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Interview: Feb 20th, 2013
AMOL Signing Report - JaimieKrycho (Paraphrased)Question
Did the Ogier come from the same world as the grolm and other Seanchan creatures?
Brandon Sanderson
I do not believe that they did.
Question
But did they come from a different world?
Brandon Sanderson
[laughs] Hey, hey, That I will RAFO!
Footnote
Maria confirmed that Ogier are from a Parallel World. On the other hand, RJ apparently indicated the Seanchan exotics such as grolm were brought back from Mirror Worlds via the Portal Stones.Tags