Michele answers “Question about the ending. Emily Strang is...”

Jazzbeau asked this question about Arcadia:

Question about the ending. Emily Strang is sent into the future from 2222 (and ends in Anterworld) to be followed by the rest of the renegades. But simultaneously they were setting off a nuclear war at some point in the latter twentieth century to wipe out all humans and make room -- wouldn't that wipe out the 2222 civilization and make it impossible to send more renegades? So who are all the natives in Anterworld?

Michele The natives in Anterwold are exactly that: natives of Anterwold. They don't come from anywhere else. They came into being from Professor Lytten's note…moreThe natives in Anterwold are exactly that: natives of Anterwold. They don't come from anywhere else. They came into being from Professor Lytten's notes and ideas, when Angela set up the universe in the basement.(less)

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