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1Well, there's a whole mythology rabbit hole about the gates of Hell, largely predating 1666 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_hell . But I find that OP's request is unclear so I don't know if that or The Blazing World would count.J-J-J– J-J-J2025-12-29 08:57:25 +00:00Commented Dec 29, 2025 at 8:57
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3@Valorum The only description Cavendish gives of the actual transition is "At last, the Boat still passing on, was forced into another World." She doesn't mention any sort of portal or gateway between our world and the Blazing World.Tevildo– Tevildo2025-12-29 12:39:34 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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2@Tevildo - fair enough. Needs deletingValorum– Valorum2025-12-29 12:40:25 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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1@justforplaylists Yes, the description of how the worlds are joined is a little opaque. I think, however, we can be confident that there's a physical connection between them that can be traversed by a boat, rather than the non-physical link required by the OP.Tevildo– Tevildo2025-12-29 17:20:28 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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2Cyrano's machine, which sends him flying to the Sun along light rays, predates The Blazing Word by 10 yrs and its 1st published edition, by 4 yrs. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/…François Jurain– François Jurain2025-12-30 03:39:46 +00:00Commented 2 days ago
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