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- Schrödingers Katze (engl. Schrödinger's Cat – nach Erwin Schrödingers Gedankenexperiment Schrödingers Katze) ist eine Roman-Trilogie von Robert Anton Wilson. Sie besteht aus den Bänden: 1.
* Das Universum nebenan (engl. The Universe Next Door) 2.
* Der Zauberhut (engl. The Trick Top Hat) 3.
* Die Brieftauben (engl. The Homing Pigeons) Hauptthema der Trilogie ist die Viele-Welten-Interpretation der Quantenmechanik. Jeder Band spielt in einem anderen Paralleluniversum, das sich leicht von dem der beiden anderen unterscheidet. Mit der Handlung parodiert der Autor gleichzeitig verschiedene Verschwörungstheorien in der Gestalt verschiedener Geheimbünde und Geheimdienste, die mittels Desinformation und Mehrfachagenten aus dem Hintergrund die Geschicke der Welt lenken. Dies ist eine Parallele zur Roman-Trilogie Illuminatus!, die er zusammen mit Robert Shea verfasste. Aus diesem Werk übernahm er außerdem einige Charaktere. (de)
- The Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy is a trilogy of novels by American writer Robert Anton Wilson consisting of The Universe Next Door (1979), The Trick Top Hat (1980), and The Homing Pigeons (1981), each illustrating a different interpretation of quantum physics. They were collected into an omnibus edition in 1988. Wilson is also co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975), and Schrödinger's Cat is a sequel of sorts, re-using several of the same characters and carrying on many of the themes of the earlier work. The name Schrödinger's Cat comes from a thought experiment in quantum mechanics. The first book, The Universe Next Door, takes place in different universes in accord with the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics; in the second, The Trick Top Hat, characters are unknowingly connected through non-locality, i.e., having once crossed paths they are joined in quantum entanglement; and the third book, The Homing Pigeons, places characters in an "observer-created universe" in which consciousness causes the collapse of the wavefunction. Taking place in Unistat, which is the novel's parallel to the United States, the novels have intertwining plots involving a wide array of characters, including:
* Epicene Wildeblood, a.k.a. Mary Margaret Wildeblood, a transsexual woman who throws great parties
* Frank Dashwood, president of Orgasm Research
* Markoff Chaney, a prankster
* Hugh Crane, a.k.a. Cagliostro the Great, a mystic and magician
* Furbish Lousewart V, author and President of Unistat
* Marvin Gardens, author and cocaine addict
* Eve Hubbard, scientist and alternate President of Unistat (en)
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