So, it's a standard story in sci-fi

[conuly]

The intrepid hero(es) wander off and do something that gets them "out of phase" with the rest of the universe. They can see and hear everybody, but nobody else can see or hear them. Maybe they're totally incorporeal, and maybe they can move things around.

But why doesn't it ever work the other way? Everybody else can see and hear them, but they're wandering around in a fog, only able to see the other things and/or people out of phase?

Comments

[elenbarathi.livejournal.com]

Oh man, the book you've gotta read is Woman On The Edge Of Time (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Woman+On+The+Edge+Of+Time%22&btnG=Google+Search) by Marge Piercy.

[conuly]

I was just telling a Ramona yesterday that nobody ever writes books about Connies!