The Void Which Binds

Item from Hyperion by Dan Simmons

The substrate of reality itself — an invisible dimension connecting all consciousness across space and time, accessed through empathy rather than technology, and home to entities that have evolved beyond form.

Also known as: The Void Which Binds, Planck Space, The Void

What They Know

• Invisible dimension connecting all consciousness across space and time
• TechnoCore discovered it and used it parasitically for farcasters and fatline
• Lions and Tigers and Bears exist within it as evolved empathic entities
• Access achieved through empathy and love — not technology
• Aenea's DNA Sacrament gave humanity direct access — enabling freecasting
• The Cantos' thesis: love and empathy are built into the fabric of reality

Connections

• home_of — lions
• exploited_by — technocore_entity
• accessed_by — aenea

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