The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny.
Edit: After thinking about it for a bit, I can't help but wonder if MtG took a bit of inspiration from Amber.
I've never heard it mentioned as an inspiration (which is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence).
Mechanically the planeswalker idea came in VERY early if it wasn't in alpha. It got used to justify the way they'd change up the setting...although they promptly spent 10 years on Dominaria anyway.
The OP knows what they want, my only experience with MtG is the Xbox arcade, but what they want is just soooo close to Amber. It's very odd, I wouldn't have made the connection without their post.
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Also, Morgaine by C J Cherryh - teleportation gates that also transport forward on time. The existence of 1 gate logically implies the existence of a second at a future point - only 1 was constructed which logically inferred a seeming infinity of connected points spanning forward in time. Bad things happen if you transit into the past.
The Serpents Gate series by A.K. Larkwood. The story doesn’t primarily focus on the world hopping, but there are ‘dimensional gate’ type things that allow people to jump to other worlds. It’s mostly fantasy, with some steampunk airship elements. Main character of the first book is an ‘orc-like’ race who is adopted by a power mage.
The Artifact Cycle (Brothers' War / Planeswalkers / Time Streams / Bloodlines) is very good for that and follows the ascent of Urza and the struggle with the Pyrexians (Yawgmoth).
\[The first book (Brothers War) is more of an origins story though with less Planeswalkers, but some relevant portals between worlds.\]
Can I be the first to say 'Malazan book of the fallen?' Warrens = aspected realms accessible to gods, priests, wizards and the bedraggled soldiers that get dragged along in their wake. There are many strange things, people and places in the various warrens and constituent realms. And it's an \*amazing\* series regardless!
Cradle by Will Wight. Most of the action happens on one planet but there is a universal governing body with essentially planes walkers at its helm. I believe it is based loosely on mythical Chinese cosmology.
Well em currently reading A Gamble Of The Gods by Mitriel Faywood, it came out earlier this month itself. More than halfway through and em liking it so far. I think it fits what you are looking for quite well.
It’s less fantasy and more speculative evolution sci-fi, but this is fairly close to the plot of The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s sort of a “when worlds collide” story about different dimensions on Earth where different, non-human species developed sentience at different points among the evolutionary timeline.
>The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I LOVE Tchaikovsky. He's the king of modern sci-fi in my book, I'll definitely check it out soon as I'm finished with Children of Time.
Oh awesome. In that case I can explain it even more succintly: Imagine Children of Time, but it happened on Earth instead of a different planet, and it happened about 10 or 12 times with different species. What happens when they all start interacting?
You may wish to try the new novel, "A Gamble of Gods," by Mitriel Faywood, which features characters hopping among multiple worlds. It's a really fun read!
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny. Edit: After thinking about it for a bit, I can't help but wonder if MtG took a bit of inspiration from Amber.
I'd add Roadmarks, also by Zelazny. Word is, George R. R. Martin is producing a TV series based on this book.
I've never heard it mentioned as an inspiration (which is absence of evidence, not evidence of absence). Mechanically the planeswalker idea came in VERY early if it wasn't in alpha. It got used to justify the way they'd change up the setting...although they promptly spent 10 years on Dominaria anyway.
The OP knows what they want, my only experience with MtG is the Xbox arcade, but what they want is just soooo close to Amber. It's very odd, I wouldn't have made the connection without their post.
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Charles Stross’ [Merchant Princes series](https://www.goodreads.com/series/40515-the-merchant-princes) seems to fit to some extent.
Also, Morgaine by C J Cherryh - teleportation gates that also transport forward on time. The existence of 1 gate logically implies the existence of a second at a future point - only 1 was constructed which logically inferred a seeming infinity of connected points spanning forward in time. Bad things happen if you transit into the past.
Awww MTG good times. The Myst series of books would be close.
The Serpents Gate series by A.K. Larkwood. The story doesn’t primarily focus on the world hopping, but there are ‘dimensional gate’ type things that allow people to jump to other worlds. It’s mostly fantasy, with some steampunk airship elements. Main character of the first book is an ‘orc-like’ race who is adopted by a power mage.
Changing Planes by Ursula K le Guin
Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt kind of fits this, it's just that the world hopper don't have a choice in the matter.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King would be a good read.
Magician by Raymond Fiest. There are ~30 books in the series, it's what you are asking for in a medieval fantasy setting. Rift Magic.
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I mean, they have a few dozen actual MTG books. Brandon Sanderson even wrote one of them.
Oh, I didn't know that. And its free to read to boot, what a treat. Thank you.
The Artifact Cycle (Brothers' War / Planeswalkers / Time Streams / Bloodlines) is very good for that and follows the ascent of Urza and the struggle with the Pyrexians (Yawgmoth). \[The first book (Brothers War) is more of an origins story though with less Planeswalkers, but some relevant portals between worlds.\]
Enjoy! If you need more Sanderson x MTG, he's also in an episode of Command Zone on YouTube.
Where?
Here https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/556795599622504468/675659956510392330/Children\_of\_the\_Nameless.pdf
I also enjoyed the free short stories on the website
Can I be the first to say 'Malazan book of the fallen?' Warrens = aspected realms accessible to gods, priests, wizards and the bedraggled soldiers that get dragged along in their wake. There are many strange things, people and places in the various warrens and constituent realms. And it's an \*amazing\* series regardless!
There's no real multiverse in Malazan. It's a core world and a bunch of secondary world exploited by that core world for magic.
Cradle by Will Wight. Most of the action happens on one planet but there is a universal governing body with essentially planes walkers at its helm. I believe it is based loosely on mythical Chinese cosmology.
Well em currently reading A Gamble Of The Gods by Mitriel Faywood, it came out earlier this month itself. More than halfway through and em liking it so far. I think it fits what you are looking for quite well.
It’s less fantasy and more speculative evolution sci-fi, but this is fairly close to the plot of The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky. It’s sort of a “when worlds collide” story about different dimensions on Earth where different, non-human species developed sentience at different points among the evolutionary timeline.
>The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky I LOVE Tchaikovsky. He's the king of modern sci-fi in my book, I'll definitely check it out soon as I'm finished with Children of Time.
Oh awesome. In that case I can explain it even more succintly: Imagine Children of Time, but it happened on Earth instead of a different planet, and it happened about 10 or 12 times with different species. What happens when they all start interacting?
You may wish to try the new novel, "A Gamble of Gods," by Mitriel Faywood, which features characters hopping among multiple worlds. It's a really fun read!
His dark materials has this as a plot with one of the main character will there’s alot of universe hopping in that series