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In link with the previous post (http://www.crustruck.blogspot.in/2012/06/reflector-specific-space.html), the mention of the Hollywood movie, Another Earth becomes imperative. This sci-fi movie, speculating on life beyond our planetary horizon, deals fictitiously with the concept of parallel universe.
This sci-fi is about our 'mirror' planet.
When we talk of 'mirror' in the context of a planet it comes through as a concept in accordance with the Janna Levin's theory of 'Mirrors in the Sky' or 'Kaleidoscope'. As luck would have it I saw this movie while I was going through the book, "How Universe Got Its Spot" by Janna Levin. Those of you who have not seen the movie, a brief synopsis of the movie is presented here.
Right out of the blue, one day, a new planet appears really close to Earth. It looks exactly like Earth: same-shaped continents and oceans, and when our scientists make contact, it becomes worryingly apparent there is an exact double of everyone down here, up there, on the planet they're calling "Earth 2". (But as someone points out, that's not what they call themselves; they call us "Earth 2".)
Rhoda Williams while listening to the story on the radio about the above-mentioned planet that looks just like Earth gazes out her car-window at the stars and inadvertently hits a stopped car at an intersection, putting John Burroughs in a coma and killing his wife and son....after a few years Rhoda enters an essay contest sponsored by a millionaire entrepreneur who is offering a civilian space flight to the mirror Earth
Rhoda hears in a telecast a scientist postulating that the citizens of the mirror Earth might be identical to those on her Earth in every way until the moment they learned of the others' existence. From that point on, the mirror is broken and the identical people on the different Earths probably began to deviate in small ways, changing their actions. Rhoda hopes her identical self on the other Earth did not make the mistakes she made on the night of the accident.
Rhoda returns to John's house and leaves him the ticket to the other Earth, telling him that there is enough information to give him a small hope that his wife and son might be alive on that planet. John accepts the gift and becomes one of the first civilian space travelers to the other Earth.
Four months later, Rhoda looks up at the sky where Earth 2 is now hidden in fog. She approaches her back door and sees her twin from Earth 2 standing in front of her.
After seeing the movie I wondered if the screenplay writer of the movie read Janna Levin....I looked into the credits minutely (as I watched it on DVD) but could not see Janna Levin's name....but what a parallel thought :-))))
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