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1. If you want to see how it works to contact yourself in an alternate universe, I would be happy to suggest episodes of Star Trek TNG and DS9 and Stargate SG-1 where the characters come into contact with their alternate universe doubles.....
Either way, this premise looks fun and something a little different from John Cusack.
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Posted at 7:34PM on May 19th 2008 by Prawnhead