Talk:Battlefield Earth (novel)
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Wait, universes or galaxies?
editJust what the title says. The synopsis claims the psyclos are from other universes, but there's an intergalactic bank. I know SO MANY mistake a galaxy as another universe but... it's not. Haven't read the book itself, so yeah, are they from another universe, ie dimension, parallel reality, etc, or just another galaxy?
The bank's home office is in a different universe. The book's cosmology states there are sixteen known universes, each with its own physical laws and constants. For example, the Psychlos come from universe 1 while Earth is located in universe 16. The Galactic Bank is located in universe 3, but despite the name its operations encompass all sixteen universes. The name Galactic Bank is used as a marketing tactic to make themselves sound more local than they are. On the flip side, the Intergalactic Mining Company is the name of the company run by the Psychlos. The definition of "intergalactic" is "between two or more galaxies", and thus Intergalactic Mining Company would be the correct term, despite the fact that the galaxies reside in different universes. Sege1701 (talk) 06:01, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Thank you for clearing that up. Again, many, many people think universe and galazy are interchangeable, so it confused me a great deal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.57.123.107 (talk) 04:07, 12 August 2019 (UTC)