This universe is getting to be a lot. As if troubling political trends, climate change, and a rising billionaire class weren’t bad enough, the space beyond our little blue planet is equally full of horrors. I recently learned about a black hole called TON 618 that has a diameter as large as THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM. I don’t care if it’s billions of lightyears away, I don’t feel comfortable sharing a universe with that cosmic monstrosity. I need a vacation to a parallel universe where black holes are manageable. While I won’t find refuge in this reality, I can in the pages of these fantasy and sci-fi books about parallel universes. Too bad I might need to travel through a wormhole to get there – which is basically a black hole’s cousin.
