Poul and Karen Anderson wrote a historical fantasy tetralogy, The King Of Ys, about the fabulous city of Ys which was inundated. James Blish wrote a futuristic science fiction tetralogy, Cities In Flight,
about New York and other cities that become "Okies" by flying through
the galaxy with anti-gravity drives called "spindizzies." (Ys and New
York have in common that they are Atlantic ports with towers.)
How is this for a crossover idea?
Alternative timeline: Ys survived and will become an Okie.
Implications:
(i)
By leaving the Atlantic, Ys would end its Pact with the sea God, Lir -
unless its spindizzy field was vast enough to enclose a sizeable volume
of the Atlantic (which would cause problems when the field had to be
switched off)?
(ii) This version of Ys exists only in a
fantasy scenario. Thus, on each new planet, the Ysans would have to
deal not only with that planet's inhabitants but also with its Gods.
(iii)
Each new King of Ys must be both a foreigner and able to marry the Nine
Witch-Queens so non-humans need not apply. Possible candidates would
include colonials or maybe an Okie who "wanted off" his current city. He
would challenge and fight the current King with futuristic weapons like
the Bethe blasters mentioned by Blish.
(iv) It seems
appropriate that, if there is a multiverse, then Ys should be able to
exist in a fabulous future as well as in a legendary past. Gratillonius,
the "last King of Ys", and a later Okie King of Ys would be able to
meet in the inter-universal inn, the Old Phoenix.
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