Snakes and Ladders and the Destinies of Unborn Universes: Table of Contents
A Novel
Snakes and Ladders and the Destinies of Unborn Universes
A Novel by Daniel W. Davison
It’s New Year’s Day, 1994, on a version of Earth where unborn universes are as common as fireflies and where the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. UCLA senior and former high-school wrestler, Evan, boards a red-eye flight from Sydney, Australia, to Los Angeles, California, and finds himself catapulted into a kaleidoscopic rollercoaster ride unlike anything he’s ever experienced, an odyssey mediated through the ancient Indian board game, Snakes and Ladders—a game Evan started long ago when his childhood friend, Niyati, introduced him to it. Niyati, who has become an astrophysicist in the intervening years, joins Evan on his quest to revise the mistakes of his past in an effort to save both of their futures. Snakes and Ladders and the Destinies of Unborn Universes is a novel combining elements of science-fiction and magical realism to tell a moral fable in the vein of Hermann Hesse (with a dash of Douglas Adams thrown in the mix for fun).
Chapter 2: The Science and Lore of Unborn Universes
Chapter 3: Making the World a Better Place
Chapter 4: The Planet of Satcitananda
Chapter 5: The Merchant-Farmer
Chapter 6: The Canadian Colony of Norway
Chapter 7: Shiva’s Dance of Destruction
Chapter 8: The Havasupai Man Who Runs the Gas Station on the Astral Plane
Chapter 10: “Let Madame Blavatsky Read Your Fortune”
Chapter 11: Into the Great Sewer
Chapter 12: “It’s Not My Fault That You’re Like This”
Chapter 14: “We’re All Mad Here”
Chapter 15: Follow the Golden Path
Chapter 18: “X Marks the Spot Where the Map You’re Holding Can Be Found”
Chapter 21: The Garden of Fractal Paths
Chapter 22: When a Friend Loses Heart
Chapter 23: Infinite Progression
Chapter 25: A Hardboiled Detour
Chapter 28: The Biggest Drag Race in the Universe
Chapter 29: Beneath Shambhala
Chapter 30: The Oasis of Manat
Chapter 31: Journey to the Canyon of the Ants
Chapter 32: “There May Be Delays at the End of Time”
Chapter 33: Platonic Formalities and Spiritual Spaceships
Chapter 34: Ending the New Year with a Big Bang
Chapter 35: “We Will Be Changing Course as We Approach Our Final Destination”
Chapter 36: “Cabin Crew, Prepare for Landing”
Oooh, intrigued! Can't wait to read it :-)
I cannot wait for the illustrations on this one!!!