Planets in science fiction are fictional planets that appear in various media, especially those of the science fiction genre, as story-settings or depicted locations. The eight planets and three dwarf planets of the Solar System. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

History

Before Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens, the planets of the Solar System were not recognized as potential locations or worlds. They were visible to observers merely as bright points of light, only distinguishable from stars by their motion. KDFSAJFKASJDKFJASDKLJFDKLASJFLKJASKLFJLAKSJFLKSJALFKJSKLJFto the Sun-centered solar system which Galileo supported. ... A telescope (from the Greek tele = far and skopein = to look or see; teleskopos = far-seeing) is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects. ... Major features of the Solar System (not to scale; from left to right): Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, the asteroid belt, the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth and its Moon, and Mars. ...

In the system of Claudius Ptolemy (fl. c. 150), the Alexandrian astronomer whose works were the basis of all European astronomy throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the planets were lights set into a series of transparent spheres turning around the Earth, which was the center of the one and only universe. Dante (1265-1321), in his Paradiso, describes the ascent of his narrator through the spheres of the Moon, the planets from Mercury to Saturn, and thence to the sphere of the fixed stars and the heavens of the angels. Dante implies that the light of the planets is a combination of light imparted by Divine will and the radiance of the blessed souls that inhabit the spheres. These planets are, however, entirely ethereal; they have light but no physical form and no geography. Mediaeval drawing of the Ptolemaic system. ... This article is about the geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant Astronomy is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... The Renaissance (French for rebirth, or Rinascimento in Italian), was a cultural movement in Italy (and in Europe in general) that began in the late Middle Ages, and spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, in Michelinos fresco. ... Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... Note: This article contains special characters. ... A Gothic angel in ivory, c1250, Louvre An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions. ...

Ludovico Ariosto, in his epic Orlando Furioso (1513), jestingly sent his hero to a Moon where everything lost on Earth eventually turns up; but it was not until Galileo discovered (1609-1610) that the Moon had surface features, and that the other planets could, at least, be resolved into disks, that the concept that the planets were real physical bodies came to be taken seriously. In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus had already posited that the planets orbited the Sun as the Earth does; combined, these two concepts led to the thought that the planets might be "worlds" similar to the Earth. Public expression of such concepts could be dangerous, however; Giordano Bruno was martyred in 1600 for, among other things, imagining an infinite number of other worlds, and claiming that "Innumerable suns exist; innumerable Earths revolve about these suns ... Living beings inhabit these worlds" in De l'infinito universo e mondi ("Concerning the Infinite Universe and Worlds", 1584). Statue of the poet in Reggio Emilia. ... Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. ... It has been suggested that Copernicus and coin reform be merged into this article or section. ... The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. ... Giordano Bruno. ...

At the time, such speculation was of a rather rarefied sort, and was limited to astronomers like Christiaan Huygens who wrote a book, Cosmotheoros (1698)^[1] considering the possibility of life on other planets; or to philosophers like Campanella, who wrote in defense of Galileo. The concept of life on distant planets was not, however, much utilized in fiction. The most popular target of 17th century "science fiction" was the Moon ("visited" in fiction by Kepler, Godwin, Cyrano, and Defoe). Oddly, none of these fictions made use of the lunar maps contemporaneously created by Hevelius, Riccioli and others. Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: ) (April 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... Tommaso Campanella (September 5, 1568–May 21, 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian philosopher, theologian and poet. ... Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630) was a German Lutheran mathematician, astronomer and astrologer, and a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution. ... Francis Godwin (1562-1633), English divine, son of Thomas Godwin, bishop of Bath and Wells, was born at Hannington, Northamptonshire. ... Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (March 6, 1619 – July 28, 1655) was a French dramatist and duellist born in Paris, who is now best remembered for the many works of fiction which have been woven around his life story, most notably the play by Edmond Rostand which... Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe (1660 [?] â€“ April 1731) was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius (Latin), also called Johann Hewelke, Johannes Höwelcke or Johannes Hewel (in German), or Jan Heweliusz (in Polish), (born January 28, 1611 – died January 28, 1687), was a councillor and mayor in Danzig (GdaÅ„sk). ... Giovanni Battista Riccioli (b. ...

It was quite some time before such "extraordinary voyages" went beyond the lunar sphere. Eberhard Kindermann sent an airship to the planets in 1744 in Die Geschwinde Reise auf dem Lufft-schiff nach der obern Welt ("The Airship's Speedy Journey to the Upper World"); while a traveller from the star Sirius passes inward through the Solar System, stopping at various planets in Voltaire's Micromégas (1752); followed by another outward voyage in Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert's Voyage de Milord Céton dans les Sept Planètes ("Lord Seton's Voyage Among the Seven Planets", 1765). These stories were generally unscientific and tended towards the satirical rather than the purely entertaining; their subject-matter was probably inspired by the popular writings of Fontenelle, notably his Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes ("Conversations on the Multiplicity of Worlds", 1686). For information on Sirius satellite radio, see Sirius Satellite Radio. ... For the sport horse, see Voltaire (horse). ... Micromégas is a short story written in the Eighteenth Century by the French philosopher and satirist Voltaire. ... For other uses of Fontenelle, see Fontenelle (disambiguation). ...

With the rapid developments in the magnifying and resolving power of telescopes in the course of the 19th century, it finally became possible to distinguish surface features on other planets and even to draw maps of some of them, notably Mars. In 1877, Asaph Hall reported two moons of Mars and Giovanni Schiaparelli found the surface of Mars to be adorned with continents, seas, and canals, and a very suitable habitat for life. From the beginning of the 1880s, fictions – some more, some less scientific – involving travels to and from Mars began to be produced in great quantities, even though the observations of Percival Lowell required reassessment of Mars as a more marginal desert planet. Mars remained a favored destination for fictional travellers down to the early 1960s (see Mars in fiction). Since probes revealed the absence of any indications of intelligent life on Mars, the science fictional Mars has changed to a possible future home for the human race, e.g. through terraforming. Adjectives: Martian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 0. ... Asaph Hall (October 15, 1829 – November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars (namely Deimos and Phobos) in 1877. ... Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (March 14, 1835 – July 4, 1910) was an Italian astronomer. ... Percival Lowell (March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was an author, mathematician, and esteemed astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the work and theories that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after... In science fiction, a desert planet is a one-climate planet where the climate is desert, with little or no natural precipitation. ... Fictional representations of Mars have been popular for over a century. ... Artists conception of a terraformed Mars in four stages of development. ...

Venus was never quite so popular as Mars, probably because it obdurately refused to display any surface features (it is covered with sulfuric acid clouds only dimly translucent to visible light), making any statement about its nature disturbingly speculative. In 1918, chemist Svante Arrhenius, deciding that Venus' cloud cover was necessarily water, decreed in The Destinies of the Stars that "A very great part of the surface of Venus is no doubt covered with swamps" and compared Venus' humidity to the tropical rain forests of the Congo. Venus thus became, until the early 1960s, a place for science fiction writers to place all manner of unusual life forms, from quasi-dinosaurs to intelligent carnivorous plants, and where hostile interactions with Venusian natives were reminiscent of European colonial projects in Africa and Asia (see Venus in fiction). In fact Venus's surface is hot enough to melt lead, and it is extremely hostile to life. Adjectives: Venusian or (rarely) Cytherean Atmosphere Surface pressure: 9. ... Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. ... A rainforest is a forested biome with high annual rainfall. ... It has been suggested that Benign colonialism be merged into this article or section. ... In science fiction tales of about the first two thirds of 20th century the planet Venus was usually described as a hot, misty place, a planet covered by swamps full of strange life forms, often as a world resembling Earth in the Carboniferous period. ...

Various other planets of the Solar System were used as settings for science fiction stories in the first half of the 20th century; but dissatisfaction with the limits imposed by science led many writers early on to forsake the Solar System for fictional planets around distant stars. As increasing knowledge of the Solar System made the prospects of life in the vicinity of Earth marginal at best, the extrasolar planet has become almost the only venue for contemporary science fiction. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System. ...

In many works of science fiction, planets are only described casually, as points of origin and departure, or as interchangeable backdrops for space battles. This is particularly true of space opera. In other works, the planet takes center stage as the primary scene of events, and particular attention is paid to its environment and any culture that may exist on it. Adventure stories that stick to a single, well-described planet are sometimes called planetary romances; some of these planets are not very realistic and are effectively fantasy worlds. Classic pulp space opera cover, with the usual cliché elements. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Sword and Planet. ... A fantasy world is a type of fictional universe in which magic or other similar powers work. ...

Planets may be treated in different ways depending both on the interests of the author and the genre he or she is writing in. In some stories, a planet is mainly considered as an object in space: the interest of the fiction depends upon its astronomical characteristics, such as its mass, its geological composition, its atmosphere, how many moons it has and what size they are, how close it is to its sun (or suns) and how hot they are. Such considerations are found prominently though not exclusively in the hard science fiction genre. Hard science fiction, or hard SF, is a category of science fiction characterized by an emphasis on scientific or technical detail, or on scientific accuracy, or on both. ...

In other stories, a planet is considered as a world or setting. Such a planet will be described from the point of view of a person dwelling on it, rather than from the point of view of an outside observer: the fiction may describe its geography, its history, and the social and cultural characteristics of its civilizations. Since authors usually adopt human protagonists, such planets are typically described as very hospitable to human life and, other than in geography, nearly indistinguishable from Earth; Brian Stableford calls such planets "Earth-Clones". Brian Stableford (born July 25, 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 50 novels. ...

While some authors choose to treat a planet in depth, considering it to have a wide diversity of geography, climate, politics and culture, others prefer to characterize their planets by some single global characteristic. Many of these uniform settings have become stereotypes, used in a variety of science fictional works. Such stereotypes include: the planet covered by a single city; the planet whose surface is entirely desert; the planet covered by ocean, with no landmasses; the planet on which it is perpetually winter; the planet that is self-aware; and the planet which has been artificially constructed. The surface of the fictional world of Coruscant, the capital world of the Star Wars galaxy, and a popular example of an ecumenopolis. ... In science fiction, a desert planet is a one-climate planet where the climate is desert, with little or no natural precipitation. ... Ocean planets are an as-yet hypothetical type of planet whose surface is completely covered with an ocean of water. ... This is a list of fictional sentient planets, planets in fiction which are said to be alive or intelligent. ... Writers in the fields of science speculation and fiction have created in their works several varieties of artificial worlds. ...

Other planets appear in humorous or comical settings, sometimes spoofing more conventional science fiction. Such planets are often described with no pretense to scientific accuracy; their strange characteristics are primarily intended to amuse.

For the Star Trek universe, a detailed planetary classification system has been devised; it is not actually used by scientists. The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. ...

Planet lists

For planets from specific fictional milieux, use the following lists and categories, or use Wikipedia's search box on this page:

Literature

• Clement, Hal – Hal Clement
• CoDominium (Pournelle) – CoDominium
• Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft et al.) – Cthulhu Mythos celestial bodies
• Dorsai (Dickson) – Childe Cycle
• Dune (Herbert) – Category:Dune planets, List of Dune planets
• Ekumen (Le Guin) – Ekumen
• Enderverse (Card) – List of Enderverse planets
• Foundation Series (Asimov) – Category:Foundation universe planets, List of Foundation universe planets, List of minor Foundation universe planets
• Heritage Universe (Charles Sheffield) - Heritage Universe
• Hitchhiker's Guide (Adams) – Places in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Honorverse (Weber) – List of planets in the Honorverse
• Humanx Commonwealth (Alan Dean Foster) – List of Humanx Commonwealth planets
• Hyperion (Simmons) – Hyperion Cantos
• Known Space (Niven) – Known Space
• Leigh Brackett Solar System – Leigh Brackett Solar System#The Worlds of Leigh Brackett
• Lensman Series (Smith) – Lensman
• Night's Dawn (Hamilton) – The Night's Dawn Trilogy
• Noon Universe (Strugatsky) – Noon Universe, Minor Planets of Noon Universe
• Oikumene (Vance) – Demon Princes
• Revelation Space (Reynolds) – Locations in Revelation Space, List of Revelation Space locations
• Starship Troopers (Heinlein) – Starship Troopers
• The Three Worlds (Irvine) – The Three Worlds
• Time Quartet (L'Engle) – Places in the works of Madeleine L'Engle
• Uplift (Brin) – List of Uplift Universe planets
• Vorkosigan Saga (Bujold) – List of Vorkosigan Saga planets, Category:Vorkosigan saga planets

Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 - October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer, a leader of the subgenre hard science fiction. ... Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 - October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American science fiction writer, a leader of the subgenre hard science fiction. ... The fictional CoDominium universe is a future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. ... Jerry Pournelle at the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit Jerry Pournelle, (born August 7, 1933) is an American essayist, journalist and science fiction author who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. ... The fictional CoDominium universe is a future history (now alternate history) setting for the books in the CoDominium Series by Jerry Pournelle. ... Cthulhu and Rlyeh Cthulhu Mythos is the term coined by the writer August Derleth to describe the shared elements, characters, settings, and themes in the works of H. P. Lovecraft and associated horror fiction writers. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ... The following fictional celestial bodies figure prominently in the Cthulhu Mythos stories of H.P. Lovecraft and other writers. ... The Childe Cycle is a series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. ... Gordon Dickson lecturing. ... The Childe Cycle is a series of science fiction novels by Gordon R. Dickson. ... The fictional Dune universe, or Duniverse, is the political, scientific, and social setting of author Frank Herberts six-book Dune series of science fiction novels. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... Below is a list of fictional planets from the universe depicted in the series of books beginning with Frank Herberts Dune. ... The Ekumen is the fictional galactic federation of human-inhabited worlds mentioned in several of the science fiction novels of Ursula K. Le Guin. ... Ursula Kroeber Le Guin [] (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. ... The Ekumen is the fictional galactic federation of human-inhabited worlds mentioned in several of the science fiction novels of Ursula K. Le Guin. ... The Enders Game Series (or simply Ender Series) is a series of science fiction books by Orson Scott Card, started with the short story Enders Game, which was later expanded into the novel Enders Game. ... Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951)[1] is an American author, working in numerous genres. ... This is a list of planets from Orson Scott Cards Ender Series. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920? – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... A list of planets featured or mentioned in books set in the Foundation Universe (Robot series, Empire series, Foundation series), a fictional universe created by Isaac Asimov. ... This is a list of minor planets in Isaac Asimovs Foundation, Robot, and Empire series. ... Spoiler warning: The Heritage Universe is a fictional setting created by Charles Sheffield for a series of science fiction novels. ... Charles Sheffield (June 25, 1935 – November 2, 2002), was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction author. ... Spoiler warning: The Heritage Universe is a fictional setting created by Charles Sheffield for a series of science fiction novels. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... This is a list of places featured in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ... Map of the Honorverse. ... Honor Harrington from Honor Among Enemies cover, by David Mattingly. ... Alphabetical Order Alizon Beowulf Earth Enki--industrial planet in the Barnett system. ... The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar civilisation featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. ... Alan Dean Foster (November 18, 1946, New York City) is a prolific American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations. ... This is a list of the planets in the Humanx Commonwealth series by Alan Dean Foster Alaspin – Uninhabited jungle planet. ... Hyperion The Hyperion Cantos form a tetralogy of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. ... Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American author most widely known for his Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel Hyperion and its sequel The Fall of Hyperion. ... Hyperion The Hyperion Cantos form a tetralogy of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. ... Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. ... Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles, California) is a US science fiction author. ... Known Space is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... The Leigh Brackett Solar System is a fictional analogue to the real-world Solar System in which a majority of the planetary romances of Leigh Brackett take place. ... The Leigh Brackett Solar System is a fictional analogue to the real-world Solar System in which a majority of the planetary romances of Leigh Brackett take place. ... The Lensman series is a serial science fiction space opera by E. E. Smith. ... Gray Lensman in Astounding Oct. ... The Lensman series is a serial science fiction space opera by E. E. Smith. ... British author Peter F. Hamiltons The Nights Dawn Trilogy consists of three epic science fiction novels: The Reality Dysfunction (1996), The Neutronium Alchemist (1997), and The Naked God (1999). ... Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960, Rutland, England), is a British science fiction author. ... British author Peter F. Hamiltons The Nights Dawn Trilogy consists of three epic science fiction novels: The Reality Dysfunction (1996), The Neutronium Alchemist (1997), and The Naked God (1999). ... The Noon Universe is a fictional future alternate universe that serves as a setting for a book series written by Strugatsky brothers. ... Boris and Arkady Strugatsky The two brothers Arkady (Арка́дий, August 28, 1925 – October 12, 1991) and Boris (Бори́с, born April 14, 1933) Strugatsky (Струга́цкий; alternate spelling: Strugatski) are Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction. ... The Noon Universe is a fictional future alternate universe that serves as a setting for a book series written by Strugatsky brothers. ... The Noon Universe novels by Strugatsky brothers featured a number of planets that were not covered extensively over the course of the narrative. ... The Demon Princes is a five-book series of science fiction novels by Jack Vance, which cumulatively relate the story of one Kirth Gersen as he exacts his revenge on five notorious criminals, collectively known as the Demon Princes, who carried his village off into slavery during his childhood. ... John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ... The Demon Princes is a five-book series of science fiction novels by Jack Vance, which cumulatively relate the story of one Kirth Gersen as he exacts his revenge on five notorious criminals, collectively known as the Demon Princes, who carried his village off into slavery during his childhood. ... Alastair Reynolds is a Welsh science fiction author. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This List of Revelation Space locations lists locations appearing in Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space universe: Ararat – planet Cerberus – artificial planet Hades – neutron star Haldora – planet Hela – Moon of Haldora Resurgam — A desert planet with buried alien artifacts. ... Starship Troopers is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as Starship Soldier) and published hardcover in 1959. ... Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of hard science fiction. ... Starship Troopers is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, first published (in abridged form) as a serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (October, November 1959, as Starship Soldier) and published hardcover in 1959. ... The Three Worlds cycle is a series of novels written by author Ian Irvine. ... Ian Irvine (born 1950) is an Australian fantasy/eco-thriller author and marine scientist. ... The Three Worlds cycle is a series of novels written by author Ian Irvine. ... The Time Quartet is a fantasy/science fiction series of four young adult novels written by Madeleine LEngle. ... Madeleine LEngle (born November 29, 1918) is an American writer best known for her childrens books, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, and Many Waters. ... Cover of the Farrar, Straus & Giroux edition of Meet the Austins by Madeleine LEngle, 1997, depicting Seven Bay Island. ... The Uplift Universe is a fictional universe created by science fiction writer David Brin. ... Glen David Brin, Ph. ... A list of the fictional planets featured in the Uplift Universe series of novels by David Brin. ... The Vorkosigan Saga is a series of science fiction novels and short stories by Lois McMaster Bujold, most of which concern Miles Vorkosigan, a disabled aristocrat from the planet Barrayar who heads his own private mercenary fleet at the age of just seventeen. ... Lois McMaster Bujold (November 2, 1949, Columbus, Ohio) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy works. ... This is a list of planets appearing in the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. ...

Comics

• Calvin and Hobbes – Calvin's alter egos (Calvin and Hobbes)#Spaceman_Spiff.27s_planets
• DC Comics – Category:DC Comics planets, List of locations of the DC Universe#Planetary systems
• Marvel Comics – Features of the Marvel Universe#Planets
• Sigilverse – Sigilverse#Major planets

Listen to this article (3 parts) · (info) Part 1 · Part 2 · Part 3 This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-01-29, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes the protagonist, Calvin, often pretends he is someone else. ... Cover to the History of the DC Universe trade paperback. ... Locations in the DC Universe, the shared universe setting of DC Comics. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The comic book stories published by Marvel Comics since the 1940s have featured several noteworthy concepts besides its fictional characters, such as unique places and artifacts. ... The Sigilverse, also known as the CrossGen Universe, is a fictional shared universe which served as a setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. ... The Sigilverse, also known as the CrossGen Universe, is a fictional shared universe which served as a setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. ...

Film and television

• Andromeda – Category:Andromeda (TV series) planets, List of Andromeda star systems
• Babylon 5 – Category:Babylon 5 planets, Civilizations in Babylon 5
• Battlestar Galactica – Category:Battlestar Galactica planets
• Blake's 7 – Blake's 7#Locations
• Doctor Who – Category:Doctor Who planets, List of Doctor Who planets
• Farscape – Category:Farscape planets
• Firefly – List of Firefly planets and moons
• Lexx – Lexx#The Light Universe and Dark Zone, Category:Lexx planets
• Power Rangers – Category:Power Rangers planets, List of Power Rangers planets
• Star Trek – Category:Star Trek planets, List of Star Trek Planets
• Star Wars – Category:Star Wars planets, List of Star Wars planets, List of Star Wars moons
• Stargate – Category:Stargate planets, List of Stargate planets

Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda is a science fiction television series, based on unused material by Gene Roddenberry developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced posthumously by his widow, Majel Roddenberry. ... The Known Worlds of the fictional Andromeda universe include more than a million star systems, scattered across the galaxies of the Local Group. ... Babylon 5 is an epic American science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... This article discusses fictional civilizations on the science-fiction television show Babylon 5. ... Battlestar Galactica. ... Blakes 7 is a British science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for their BBC 1 channel. ... Blakes 7 is a British science fiction television series made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for their BBC 1 channel. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme (and 1996 television movie) produced by the BBC about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... Farscape (1999 – 2003) is a science fiction television series, featuring a present-day astronaut who accidentally travels through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy. ... Firefly is an American science fiction television series that premiered in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. ... This is a list of fictional planets and moons from the Firefly/Serenity ficton. ... Lexx is a science fantasy TV series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the Lexx, the most powerful destructive force in the two universes from which the show takes its name. ... Lexx is a science fantasy TV series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the Lexx, the most powerful destructive force in the two universes from which the show takes its name. ... The Saban-era logo for Power Rangers The Disney/Jetix-era logo for Power Rangers Power Rangers is a long-running childrens TV show adapted from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai franchise, but is not simply an English dub of the original. ... Below is a list of planets in the fictional universe of the childrens television program, Power Rangers. ... The current Star Trek franchise logo Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Opening logo to the Star Wars films Star Wars is an epic science fiction-fantasy saga and fictional universe created by writer/producer/director George Lucas during the late 1970s. ... The following are lists of fictional planets set in the Star Wars universe. ... This is a list of moons and asteroids in the fictional Star Wars saga. ... An activated Stargate, the central object of the fictional Stargate universe, here depicted in the SG-1 television series. ... Diagram of how Stargate addresses correspond to desination locations This article provides a list of fictional planets featured in Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis See also: Humans in SG-1, Humans in Atlantis In the Stargate fictional universe, with the use of the Stargate device, and much later in...

Animation

• Dragon Ball – Category:Dragon Ball planets, List of Dragon Ball planets
• Exosquad – Exosquad planets
• Futurama – Category:Futurama planets, List of planets in Futurama
• Invader Zim – Category:Invader Zim locations, List of planets in Invader Zim
• Space Battleship Yamato – Space Battleship Yamato planets
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Dimension X (TMNT)
• Tenchi Muyo! – Tenchi Muyo!#Locations
• Transformers – Category:Transformers planets

For the franchise created by Akira Toriyama, see Dragon Ball (franchise). ... This List of Dragon Ball planets is a list of fictional planets in Akira Toriyamas Dragon Ball universe seen in the anime and manga series Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and Dragon Ball GT. Arlia – A planet home to an insectoid race under a tyrannical government Aruhua/Arumua - A... Phaeton, leader of the Neosapiens Exosquad was a science fiction cartoon that ran on the USA network and Fox from September 1993 to May 1995. ... The 1993-1995 sci-fi animated television series Exosquad featured a number of planets most of them being terraformed or alternate versions of real planets of the Solar System, although some were definitively fictional. ... Futurama is an Emmy Award-winning animated sitcom created by Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons) and David X. Cohen for the Fox Network, and will resume airing in 2008 on Comedy Central. ... The animated television series Futurama is set in a time when galactic travel is commonplace, and the series features a wide variety of inhabited worlds. ... Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by comic book writer/artist Jhonen Vasquez and aired on Nickelodeon. ... It has been suggested that Callnowia, Conventia, Foodcourtia and Meekrob (Invader Zim) be merged into this article or section. ... Space Battleship Yamato ) is a Japanese science fiction anime series and the name of its eponymous space craft. ... This is a list of planets and other significant celestial bodies (as well as massive space stations built into asteroids and other natural objects) featured in the anime series Space Battleship Yamato and its American dub, Star Blazers. ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson Film Productions Inc. ... Interplanetary space in Dimension X. This article is about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon/comics location. ... Tenchi Muyo! ), is an anime, light novel, and manga series about a boy named Tenchi Masaki and the alien women that love him. ... Tenchi Muyo! ), is an anime, light novel, and manga series about a boy named Tenchi Masaki and the alien women that love him. ... A Transformer is a fictional robot that is able to transform, rearranging itself into a common and innocuous form, such as a car, aircraft, or animal. ...

RPGs and miniature games

• Dungeons & Dragons and Spelljammer – List of Spelljammer crystal spheres
• Warhammer 40,000 – Planets of Warhammer 40,000

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) currently published by Wizards of the Coast. ... Spelljammer (1989) is a campaign setting for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (2nd edition) role playing game, which features a fantastical (as opposed to scientific) outer space environment. ... This is a list of Spelljammer crystal spheres, or fictional planetary systems, created for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Spelljammer (1989). ... This article is about the tabletop miniature wargame and the fictional universe in which it is set. ... The following is a list of planets in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. ...

Computer and video games

• Descent — Descent (computer game)#Levels and robots
• Earthworm Jim — Earthworm Jim Universe#Important Locations
• Freelancer — Freelancer (computer game)#Gameplay universe
• Halo — Halo universe#UNSC Planets and Locations
• Jet Force Gemini — Jet Force Gemini#Levels
• Meteos — Meteos#Planets
• Metroid — Areas in the Metroid series
• Phantasy Star — Algol (Phantasy Star)#The planets
• Ratchet & Clank — Areas in the Ratchet & Clank series
• Sonic the Hedgehog — Category:Sonic the Hedgehog planets
• Star Fox — List of Star Fox planets and locations
• Star Ocean — Category:Star Ocean planets, Star Ocean: Till the End of Time#Planets
• StarCraft — StarCraft universe#Planets of StarCraft, StarCraft universe#Outlying Worlds
• Terminal Velocity — Terminal Velocity (computer game)#Plot
• Xenosaga — List of planets in Xenosaga

Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing the player with six full degrees of freedom (often abbreviated 6DOF) to move and to look around. ... Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing the player with six full degrees of freedom (often abbreviated 6DOF) to move and to look around. ... For the cartoon series, see Earthworm Jim (TV series). ... The Earthworm Jim universe is a number of fictional locations and planets created in the Earthworm Jim video games and animated series. ... Freelancer is a space simulation computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. ... Freelancer is a space simulation computer game developed by Digital Anvil and published by Microsoft. ... Halo is video game series created by Bungie Studios. ... The Halo universe is a fictional setting for the video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, the future games Halo 3 and Halo Wars, and the books listed on Halo (video game series). ... Jet Force Gemini, or Star Twins ) in Japan, is a science fiction third-person shooter game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Rare that was released on October 11, 1999. ... Jet Force Gemini, or Star Twins ) in Japan, is a science fiction third-person shooter game for the Nintendo 64 developed and published by Rare that was released on October 11, 1999. ... Meteos (Japanese: メテオス (Meteosu)) is an action puzzle video game for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system. ... Meteos (Japanese: メテオス (Meteosu)) is an action puzzle video game for the Nintendo DS portable gaming system. ... The Metroid logo, as seen in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption The Metroid ) games are a series of video games produced by Nintendo. ... This article is about various areas in the Metroid series. ... Phantasy Star (Japanese: ファンタシースター) is the most famous RPG series by Sega. ... The Algol planetary system. ... This article is about the video game series in general. ... This article is about various areas in the Ratchet & Clank series of video games. ... The Sonic the Hedgehog series is a franchise of video games released by Sega starring and named after their mascot character Sonic the Hedgehog. ... The Star Fox series ) is a video game franchise published by Nintendo. ... The Lylat System during the time of Star Fox Command, roughly 9-11 years after the events of Star Fox 64 The Star Fox series of video games from Nintendo features a number of fictional planets and locations. ... Star Ocean is a franchise of role-playing video games developed by tri-Ace and published by Square Enix (originally Enix). ... Introduction Star Ocean: Till the End of Time is the third game in the Star Ocean video game series. ... StarCraft is a real-time strategy computer game by Blizzard Entertainment. ... The StarCraft universe is a fictional universe in which the StarCraft series of computer games and books are set. ... The StarCraft universe is a fictional universe in which the StarCraft series of computer games and books are set. ... In-game screenshot of Terminal Velocity Terminal Velocity was a renowned video game during the mid-1990s, developed by Terminal Reality and published by 3D Realms in 1995. ... In-game screenshot of Terminal Velocity Terminal Velocity was a renowned video game during the mid-1990s, developed by Terminal Reality and published by 3D Realms in 1995. ... Xenosaga ) is primarily a series of video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco. ... The following are planets, star systems, star clusters, moons, and planetoids from the Xenosaga series. ...

Alphabetical list

A

• Altair IV — From the movie Forbidden Planet, formerly inhabited by the mysteriously extinct race of Krell.
• Aurelia and Blue Moon — An attempt at theorising what a habitable planet orbiting a red dwarf star and a habitable gas giant moon could actually be like.
• Azeroth (formerly Kalimdor) — In the Warcraft series, it is the home of humans and the main setting of the Warcraft games.

Altair IV, is a fictional planet featured in the classic science fiction film Forbidden Planet. ... Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film and a subsequent novelization by W.J. Stuart. ... The Great Machine on Altair IV as seen in the movie Forbidden Planet. ... Aurelia and Blue Moon are two hypothetical satellites on which extraterrestrial life could evolve. ... Understanding planetary habitability is partly an extrapolation of the Earths conditions, as it is the only planet currently known to support life. ... Map of the World of Azeroth as it appears in the game World of Warcraft Azeroth is an Earth-like world (not to be confused with a planet which would exist in a universe of many planets, in the warcraft universe each planet is its own world these worlds can... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Locations in the Warcraft Universe. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ...

B

• Ballybran — A planet in Anne McCaffrey's Crystal Singer series. Ballybran is a toxic world where the inhabitants must form a symbiotic relationship with a spore in order to survive.
• Belzagor — A planet colonized by Earth, whose natives are the elephant-like nildoror, in Downward to the Earth by Robert Silverberg.
• Big Planet — An enormous but not very dense planet, settled by Earth colonists and divided into a large number of colorful social groupings, in the novels Big Planet and Showboat World by Jack Vance.
• Botany — An Earth-like agricultual world to which prisoners and slaves are transported in the Catteni Series by Anne McCaffrey.
• Bronson Alpha and Bronson Beta — Planets that enter the solar system in Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer's novel When Worlds Collide. Bronson Alpha collides with the Earth, destroying it. Bronson Beta is settled by survivors of the catastrophe in the sequel After Worlds Collide.

Crystal Singer (1982) is the first book in the Crystal Singer series by Anne McCaffrey. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... Downward to the Earth is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ... Big Planet is the setting for a pair of science fiction novels by Jack Vance, and also the title of the first of the two novels. ... John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ... The Catteni Series (also called the Freedom Series) is a tetralogy of science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... When Worlds Collide Book Cover published by Lippincott This article is about the 1932 novel. ... Philip Gordon Wylie (May 12, 1902 – October 25, 1971) was a U.S. author. ... American Science Fiction Writer of the 1930s who co-authored When Worlds Collide and After Worlds Collide with Philip Gordon Wylie. ... After Worlds Collide was a sequel to the 1932 Science Fiction Novel, When Worlds Collide is a science fiction novel (1932) which, like the earlier book, was co-written by Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer. ...

C

• Chiron — A planet (usually called "Planet") orbiting the star Alpha Centauri in the computer game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
• Chthon — The titular prison planet in Piers Anthony's novel Chthon.
• Crematoria — A hell-world with extreme variations in temperature and a flammable atmosphere in the movie The Chronicles of Riddick.
• Cyteen — A planet notable for its cloning research, from C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe novels.

Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri (sometimes abbreviated to SMAC or Alpha Centauri) is a 4X turn-based strategic computer game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier under the auspices of Firaxis Games in 1999. ... Alpha Centauri (α Cen / α Centauri) is the brightest star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus. ... In this 1967 novel, the author Piers Anthony imagines a future in which galactic felons are dispatched to the prison planet Chthon to slave in fetid underground gem mines, with no hope of return. ... Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... The Alliance-Union universe is a fictional universe developed by Science fiction and Fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. ...

D

• Darkover — Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series (medieval culture and psi powers)
• Darwin IV — Planet in the art of Wayne Douglas Barlowe
• Dosadi — The setting for Frank Herbert's novel The Dosadi Experiment.
• Downbelow — The planet in C. J. Cherryh's novel Downbelow Station and home of the Hisa.
• Draenor — Homeworld of the Orcs in the game Warcraft.
• Dragon's Egg — Not, strictly speaking, a planet, but a neutron star on which intelligent life develops in the book of the same name by Robert Forward.

The above illustration shows Darkover as the planet on the left with its four moons: Liriel, Kyrrdis, Irdriel and Mormallor. ... Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was a prolific author of largely feminist fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series, and a steadfast encourager of equality (and quality) in writing. ... Expedition book cover Darwin IV is a fictional planet that was the subject of Wayne Barlowes book Expedition and the television special, Alien Planet, based on Expedition. ... Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born January 6, 1958 in Glen Cove, New York) is a science fiction and fantasy painter. ... The planet Dosadi is the hellish setting for Frank Herberts science fiction novel The Dosadi Experiment. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... The Dosadi Experiment is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert in 1977. ... Downbelow (also known as Pells World) is a fictional planet in American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryhs Alliance-Union universe. ... C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... A promotional map of Draenor from World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... Dragons Egg is a science fiction novel written by Robert Forward in 1980. ... A neutron star is one of the few possible endpoints of stellar evolution. ... Robert Lull Forward commonly known as Robert L. Forward (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was a United States physicist and science fiction writer. ...

E

• Erna — A seismically active planet with psychically malleable quasi-sentient natural forces called the Fae in Celia S. Friedman's Coldfire trilogy.
• Erra — Planet invented by Billy Meier, UFO enthusiast.
• Erythro — Barren planet in Isaac Asimov's Nemesis novel.
• Eternia — He-Man's planet in Masters of the Universe.
• Etheria — She-Ra's planet in She-Ra: Princess of Power.

Erna is a fictional planet from the Coldfire trilogy. ... C.S. Friedman Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is a writer of science fiction and fantasy. ... The Coldfire Trilogy is a science fiction trilogy written by Celia S. Friedman. ... Erra is a planet alleged by Billy Meier to orbit the star Taygeta in the Pleiades. ... Billy Eduard Albert Meier (born February 3, 1937) is a citizen of Switzerland and contactee. ... Erythro - the planet discovered in the book Nemesis by Isaac Asimov. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920? – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Nemesis is a science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov. ... It has been suggested that The Three Towers be merged into this article or section. ... He-Man as seen in a DC comic from December, 1982, one of his earliest appearances and preceding the debut of his animated series. ... Clash of the titans: He-Man and Skeletor face off on the cover of a vintage MOTU graphic novel. ... Etheria is a fictional planet in the Masters of the Universe continuity, introduced in the animated film The Secret of the Sword. ... She-Ra is the heroic female lead in a series of toys produced by Mattel called She-Ra: Princess of Power. ...

F

• Far Away — A planet in Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga which has been sterilized by a solar flare and is characterized by a triangle of stratospheric mountains. The alien known as the Starflyer originated here when a ship called the Marie Celeste crashed on Far Away.
• Fhloston — Planet in the movie The Fifth Element.
• Finisterre — A hostile planet in C. J. Cherryh's Finisterre universe novels.
• Fiorina 'Fury' 161 — Mining station penal colony on which Alien3 is set.

The Commonwealth Saga is a science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton. ... Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960, Rutland, England), is a British science fiction author. ... The Commonwealth Saga is a science fiction series by British SF writer Peter F. Hamilton. ... Possible image of the surface of Fhloston Paradise The Diva Plavalaguna performing with Fhloston visible in the back The planet Fhloston is a fictional planet in the sci-fi movie The Fifth Element. ... The Fifth Element (1997) is a science fantasy, action, comedy, techno thriller film, written and directed by Luc Besson, starring Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, and Chris Tucker. ... The Finisterre universe is a fictional universe created by American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. ... C. J. Cherryh (born September 1, 1942) is the slightly modified working name of United States science fiction and fantasy author Carolyn Janice Cherry, the sister of artist David A. Cherry. ... The Finisterre universe is a fictional universe created by American science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. ... Fiorina Fury 161 is the name of the fictitious planet on which the movie Alien³ of the Alien Series occurs. ... Alien 3 DVD cover Alien³ is a science fiction/horror movie that opened May 22, 1992. ...

G

• Gaia — The first planet of the star Betelgeuse, inhabited by the Syreen people in the Star Control computer game series.
• G889 — A planet 22 light-years from Earth in the television series Earth 2.
• Gor — An inhabited counter-Earth in John Norman's Gor series, marked by slavery and rigid gender roles.
• Gorta — A planet circling Proxima Centauri, home of the hostile alien Furons in the video game Destroy All Humans!.

Spoiler warning: The Syreen are a fictional race of beings featured in the sci-fi Star Control computer game series. ... Betelgeuse (Alpha (α) Orionis) is a semiregular variable star located 427 light-years away [1]. It is the second brightest star in the constellation Orion, and the ninth brightest star in the night sky. ... The Star Control series is a trilogy of computer games with a cult following. ... Earth 2 was a short-lived science-fiction television series which aired on NBC from 1994 - 1995 in the 7-8 p. ... A light-year, symbol ly, is the distance light travels in one year: exactly 9. ... Gor, the Counter-Earth, is the alternate-world setting for John Normans Chronicles of Gor, a series of 26 novels that combine philosophy, erotica and science fiction. ... Counter-Earth is an Earth-like hypothetical planet, usually sharing an orbit with Earth but on the opposite side of the Sun. ... John Norman, pen name of John Frederick Lange, Jr. ... Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. It was released for Xbox and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems on June 21, 2005. ...

H

• Halvmörk — A twilight planet in Harry Harrison's novel Wheelworld.
• Helliconia — A planet orbiting a binary star in the trilogy of the same name by Brian Aldiss. On Helliconia, with a 3000-year "Great Year", civilizations rise and fall with the change of seasons.
• Hiigara — In the computer game Homeworld, the lost home planet of the Kushan.
• Hydros — A water-covered planet, whose population lives only on artificial floating islands, in Robert Silverberg's novel The Face of the Waters.

Halvmörk is the name of a fictional planet, scene of Harry Harrisons SF novel Wheelworld. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... Helliconia Summer (1983), 1988 Ace paperback edition. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ... A word from an ancient language in the computer game Homeworld, a word more ancient than the clans themselves. The word means home and is the official name of the titular homeworld the games characters seek. ... For the term used in science-fiction, see Core worlds. ... Kushan refers to the protoganists race, which appears in all three games of the Homeworld series of computer games, developed by Relic Entertainment and Barking Dog Studios, The Kushan was a powerful empire divided into extended families called kiithid, centered on the planet of Hiigara before they fell from grace... The Face of the Waters is a science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Robert Silverberg (January 15, 1935, Brooklyn, New York) is a prolific American author best known for writing science fiction, a multiple winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. ...

I

• Ireta — A planet in Anne McCaffrey's Planet Pirates series, inhabited by both people and dinosaurs, and so also called Dinosaur Planet – the name of the novel in which it first appears.
• Ishtar — A planet in orbit around three suns, whose northern hemisphere undergoes catastrophic heating every thousand years as it draws near to one of them. From Poul Anderson's novel Fire Time.
• Iszm — A planet in Jack Vance's novel The Houses of Iszm, a world on which bioengineering of plants is the dominant technology form (as opposed to mechanical engineering on Earth). Houses on Iszm are trees with room-sized pods; all furnishings are integrated as part of the growth.

Dinosaur Planet is a novel by author Anne McCaffrey. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... Fire Time is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, first published in 1974. ... Poul Anderson portrayed on the cover of a special edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; painting by Kelly Freas. ... The Houses of Iszm is a science fiction novel by Jack Vance published in 1954. ... John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ...

J

• Jean — A "colony planet" that is the setting for Mark Stanley's webcomic Freefall.

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K

• Kalapriya — twice human settled planet where bacteriomats are harvested in Margaret Ball's Disappearing Act.
• Kharak — Homeworld (desert planet), destroyed by an enemy race after space travel is developed
• K-PAX — A utopian planet in the novel and film of the same name, which is quite possibly the delusional invention of a madman who claims to be from the planet.
• Krankor — The planet of the supervillain Phantom in the Japanese television series Planet Prince.
• Kregen — An earthlike planet orbiting Antares, in Kenneth Bulmer's Dray Prescot series.

Kharak is a fictional planet from the Homeworld saga. ... For the term used in science-fiction, see Core worlds. ... Book Cover K-PAX is the name given to a trilogy of novels, and one film, written by Gene Brewer: K-PAX (1995) K-PAX (2001)— film K-PAX II: On a Beam of Light (2001) K-PAX III: Worlds of Prot (2002) The books deal with the experiences on... Left panel (The Earthly Paradise, Garden of Eden), from Hieronymus Boschs The Garden of Earthly Delights. ... K-PAX (2001) is a comedic drama about a mental patient who claims he is an alien. ... Planet Prince (遊星王子) (Yūsei Ōji) is a 1958 tokusatsu superhero television series. ... Transit to Scorpio by Kenneth Bulmer, DAW Books, 1972 The Dray Prescot series is a sequence of fifty-three science fiction novels and a number of associated short stories of the type generally classified as planetary romance, written by Kenneth Bulmer under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Henry Kenneth Bulmer, (January 14, 1921 – December 16, 2005), born in London, England, was a British author, primarily of science fiction. ...

L

• La Maetelle — A dying planet whose orbit changes drastically once in a millennium; the home of Queen Promethium and her daughters in the manga and anime of Leiji Matsumoto.
• Lagash — A planet in the story Nightfall by Isaac Asimov, in a globular cluster, and in a system with six suns. The orbit of the planet is such that all sides of it are almost always illuminated by at least one sun; only once in every 2,049 years is Lagash oriented in such a way that one of the suns is eclipsed by a dark companion body. Only at such times are the stars visible from Lagash's surface. In the novel developed from the short story, the planet was called Kalgash.
• Lamarckia — A planet Greg Bear's novel Legacy, whose continent-sized superorganisms mimic Lamarckian evolution.
• Land and Overland — Twin planets revolving about a common center of gravity, sharing a common atmosphere and connected by an hourglass-shaped atmospheric tunnel. The setting for Bob Shaw's The Ragged Astronauts, The Wooden Spaceships and The Fugitive Worlds. Travel between the two planets occurs by hot air balloon.
• Lithia — A planet peopled by an alien species with a well-developed natural ethics but no form of religion, in James Blish's novel A Case of Conscience.
• Luclin —Moon of Norrath in the EverQuest online RPG universe.
• Lumen — the Planet of Light in the British puppet TV series Space Patrol.
• LV-426, or Acheron — The planet on which the derelict ship and its deadly cargo are found in the movies Alien and Aliens.
• LV-1201 — Planet in the Aliens versus Predator 2 video game.

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M

• Majipoor — A large planet which is the setting for a science fantasy series by Robert Silverberg.
• Medea — Harlan Ellison's worldbuilding project
• Mejare and Tarak — Warring planets in the anime Vandread: Mejare is populated entirely by women, Tarak entirely by men.
• Merseia — Planet that becomes the center of an interstellar empire in Poul Anderson's Technic History.
• Metaluna — A war-torn planet visited in the '50s B-movie cult classic This Island Earth.
• Midkemia — Planet on which the events of the Riftwar books of Raymond E. Feist take place.
• Mongo — The planetary setting for the Flash Gordon adventure comic.
• Morbus — Planet in Dimension X in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comics.
• Mor-Tax, Morthrai and Qar'To — Planets named in the television series War of the Worlds. Mor-Tax, a planet orbiting a dying star in the Pleiades, is a paradise planet, the homeworld of the aliens invading Earth. Morthrai, first mentioned in the second season, may be another name for Mor-Tax. Qar'To is another planet in the same system as Mor-Tax, inhabited by a different species.

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N

• Nacre — A planet populated primarily by fungi, including an intelligent variety; from Piers Anthony's novels Omnivore, Orn and OX.
• Nemesis — A planet appearing in the anime Sailor Moon.
• New Earth (Planet Bob) - The Earth-like planet created in the Titan AE animated movie.
• New Terra — In the computer game Outpost 2, New Terra is the world chosen by humanity as its last hope for survival, colonized by the last survivors of Earth in starship Conestoga.
• Nidor — A cloudy, oceanic planet in stories by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett.
• Nihil — An additional planet of Earth's solar system; due to a flaw in space, the planet is invisible except at close range, although it can see most of the other planets. The inhabitants attempt to conquer Earth during the 30th century. From the novel Beyond the Spectrum by Martin Thomas.
• Nirn — The setting for the computer game The Elder Scrolls.
• Norrath — The setting for the EverQuest online RPG.

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O

• Oa the Living Planet — A sentient planet in the Amalgam Comics series.
• Omega — A prison planet where one the only way to get ahead in society - or survive - is by committing murder and other crimes. From Robert Sheckley's The Status Civilization.
• Optera — The homeworld of the Invid in the anime Robotech.
• Orthe — A post-holocaust planet that has reverted to a quasi-medieval way of life, in Mary Gentle's Golden Witchbreed and Ancient Light.

Oa the Living Planet is a character from Amalgam Comics and ally of Iron Lantern. ... Amalgam Comics was a metafictional American comic book publisher, and part of a collaboration between Marvel Comics and DC Comics, in which the two comic book publishers merged their characters to create new ones (e. ... The Status Civilization is a science fiction novel by Robert Sheckley, first published in 1960. ... Robert Sheckley (July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005) was an American Jewish author. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Spoiler warning: In Robotech, the Invid are an alien race of invertebrate, slug-like hive creatures that originate from the world of Optera. ... Robotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. ... Orthe is a series of science-fiction novels by Mary Gentle. ... Mary Rosalyn Gentle (1956—) is a UK science fiction and fantasy author. ...

P

• Pandarve — A living, sentient planet, considered to be a goddess, in the Storm comic book.
• Perdide — A planet that serves for much of the setting of the 1982 French animated science fiction movie Les Maîtres du Temps (Time Masters), by Rene Laloux.
• Pern — A planet pelted by a deadly spore (called Thread), capable of eating anything but rock and metal, for periods of fifty years every two to four centuries in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novels. The people of Pern live in caves and ride genetically-engineered flying reptiles ("dragons") capable of incinerating the spore in midair.
• Petaybee — A living planet, becoming sentient, in Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough's Petaybee Series.
• Placet — A planet that revolves in a figure-8 orbit around the twin suns Argyle I and Argyle II, and is subject to several different spatio-temporal anomalies in Fredric Brown's Placet is a Crazy Place.
• Prism — A planet in Alan Dean Foster's Humanx Commonwealth populated by crystal-based lifeforms.
• Prysmos — A planet orbiting three stars in the cartoon Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light.
• Purple — A dull planet described in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
• Pyrrus — An inhabitable planet whose ecosystem, consisting of psychic plants and animals, seems to be unremittingly hostile to human life. From Harry Harrison's Deathworld trilogy.

Storm is a soft science-fiction/fantasy comic book series drawn by Don Lawrence. ... Les Maîtres du temps is a French animated short film (78 minutes) from 1982. ... René Laloux (July 13, 1929 - March 13, 2004 in Paris) was a French animator. ... Pern is a fictional planet in the universe created by science fiction writer Anne McCaffrey for her Dragonriders of Pern series of novels. ... Thread is the name of a deadly phenomenon that appears throughout Anne McCaffreys series of science-fiction novels about the fictional planet Pern. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... The Dragonriders of Pern is an extensive fantasy/science fiction series of novels and short stories primarily written by Anne McCaffrey. ... The Petaybee Series is a trilogy of young-adult science fiction books by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. ... Anne Inez McCaffrey (born April 1, 1926) is an American science fiction author best known for her Dragonriders of Pern series. ... Elizabeth Ann Scarborough was born March 23, 1947, and lives in the Puget Sound area of Washington, in a log cabin filled with brilliant colors, beads and cats. ... Placet is a fictional planet that appeared in the Science Fictional story Placet is a Crazy Place by Fredric Brown. ... Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906, Cincinnati – March 11, 1972) was a science fiction and mystery writer. ... Prism is a fictional planet created by Alan Dean Foster in which in addition to carbon based life forms, silicon based life forms also abound. ... Alan Dean Foster (November 18, 1946, New York City) is a prolific American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations. ... The Humanx Commonwealth is a fictional interstellar civilisation featured in the science fiction novels of Alan Dean Foster. ... Prysmos is the home of the Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light. ... Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light is a half hour animated television series from 1987. ... On Mister Rogers Neighborhood, Planet Purple is a planet on which everything is purple, and everyone and everything is the same. ... Mister Rogers Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an American childrens television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. ... Deathworld is the name of a trilogy of science fiction novels by Harry Harrison. ... At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ...

R

• Regis III — A planet populated by evolving machines in Stanisław Lem's novel The Invincible.
• Reverie — A planet with extreme social division between the haves and have-nots, in Bruce Sterling's The Artificial Kid.
• Riverworld — The title planet of Philip José Farmer's Riverworld series, where all humans in history are reincarnated along a spiral river.
• Rocheworld — A pair of twin planets that almost touch in the book of that name by Robert Forward.
• Rubanis — A megalopolitan planet plagued by constant traffic congestion, appearing in several volumes of the French comic book Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent, particularly in The Circles of Power.

The Invincible is a science fiction novel written by Stanisław Lem and published in Polish in 1964. ... StanisÅ‚aw Lem (1966). ... The Artificial Kid is a science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, published in 1980. ... Bruce Sterling at the Ars Electronica Festival Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. ... Riverworld is a fictional universe and the setting for a series of science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... Rocheworld Rocheworld (1990) AKA The Flight of the Dragonfly (1984) is a science fiction novel by Robert Forward. ... Robert Lull Forward commonly known as Robert L. Forward (August 15, 1932 - September 21, 2002) was a United States physicist and science fiction writer. ... The Circles of Power is volume fifteen in the French comic book (or bande dessinée) science-fiction series Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. ...

S

• Sangre — A planet ruled by a cannibal elite in Norman Spinrad's The Men in the Jungle.
• Sera — A once-glorious civilized world devastated by war in the Xbox 360 video game Gears of War.
• Shikasta — Doris Lessing's Shikasta (cosmic consciousness)
• Shora — Joan Slonczewski's A Door into Ocean (waterbound culture)
• Smoke Ring — Not a planet, but a habitable gas ring around a neutron star in Larry Niven's novels The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring.
• Solaris — A planet covered by a single sentient organism in the book of that name by Stanisław Lem.
• Soror — The "Planet of the Apes," in the book of that name by Pierre Boulle and the related films and television shows.

Sangre or Blood in Spanish, is the Earth-like planet ruled by a sadistic cannibal elite, The Brotherhood of Pain in New Wave author Norman Spinrads novel of violent revolution The Men in the Jungle. ... Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author. ... Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games (the creators of the Unreal Tournament series) using Unreal Engine 3. ... The Xbox 360 is the successor to Microsofts Xbox video game console, developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, Samsung and SiS. Information on the console first came through viral marketing campaigns and it was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information divulged... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Shikasta is the title of a science fiction novel by author Doris Lessing and also the name of a fictional planet in this book. ... Doris Lessing, CH, OBE (born October 22, 1919), is a British writer, born Doris May Taylor in Kermanshah, Persia (Iran). ... Shikasta is the title of a science fiction novel by author Doris Lessing and also the name of a fictional planet in this book. ... Shora is a fictional planet in Joan Slonczewskis A Door into Ocean, a feminist science fiction novel. ... Joan Lyn Slonczewski is a biologist who teaches at Kenyon. ... The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by Larry Niven (first published as a serial in Analog in 1983). ... Laurence van Cott Niven (born April 30, 1938 Los Angeles, California) is a US science fiction author. ... The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by Larry Niven (first published as a serial in Analog in 1983). ... The Smoke Ring (ISBN 0345302575), published in 1987, is the sequel to the novel The Integral Trees by Larry Niven. ... Cover by Oscar Chichoni for the Spanish edition Solaris is a Polish science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem (1921-2006), published in Warsaw in 1961 and probably his most famous work. ... Stanisław Lem (1966). ... This article is about the book. ... Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist. ...

T

• Targ — The planet on which the computer game Mercenary and its sequels take place.
• Thalassa — A watery planet colonized by Earth, and revisited by a ship travelling to the planet Sagan 2 in Arthur C. Clarke's novel The Songs of Distant Earth.
• Thra — The world of The Dark Crystal.
• Thundera — Home planet of the ThunderCats.
• Tiamat — An oceanic planet whose sun orbits a black hole, socially divided into two moieties (Summer and Winter), ruled by a queen with abrupt changes in social conditions every 150 years. From Joan D. Vinge’s The Snow Queen.
• Tirol — The homeworld of the Robotech Masters in the anime Robotech.
• Titan — The setting of the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks; not to be confused with the Saturnian satellite Titan.
• Tralfamadore — A planet populated by the phlegmatic Tralfamadorians in the works of Kurt Vonnegut.
• Troas — An Earthlike planet featured in the stories "Sucker Bait" by Isaac Asimov and "Question and Answer" by Poul Anderson.
• Twinsun — A planet lit by two fixed suns, both fixed relative to it, in the Little Big Adventure computer games. Twinsun has three climates: the poles are hot and desert, the equator is cold and arctic, and between them lie temperate lands.

Mercenary is the first in a series of computer games, published on a number of 8-bit and 16-bit platforms from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, by Novagen Software Ltd. ... Songs of Distant Earth is a 1986 soft science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, and an earlier science fiction short story by the same author. ... Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British science-fiction author and inventor, most famous for his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, and for collaborating with director Stanley Kubrick on the film of the same name. ... According to the website habidabad. ... The Dark Crystal is a 1982 fantasy film by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. ... Home planet of the ThunderCats. ... ThunderCats was an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1983 based on the characters created by Tobin Ted Wolf. ... The Snow Queen is a science-fiction novel written by Joan D. Vinge in 1981. ... Joan D. Vinge (born 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American science fiction author. ... In the fictional Robotech universe, Tirol is the homeworld of the Robotech Masters and their bioengineered Zentraedi troops. ... In the fictional Robotech universe, the Robotech Masters are a species of humanoids native to the moon Tirol. ... Robotech is a science fiction franchise that was launched by an 85-episode adaptation of three different anime television series. ... Titan is the fantasy world where Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstones Fighting Fantasy and Sorcery! gamebooks and novels are set. ... Fighting Fantasy is a series of single-player role-playing gamebooks created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, originally published by Puffin and now by Wizard Books. ... Titan (, from Ancient Greek Τῑτάν) or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system,[4] after Jupiters moon Ganymede. ... Tralfamadore is the fictional home planet of aliens from several novels by the American author Kurt Vonnegut. ... Tralfamadorians are green toilet plunger-shaped aliens from the planet Tralfamadore that are found throughout Kurt Vonnegut Jr. ... Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. ... Troas is a fictional planet that serves as the setting for the science fiction novellas Sucker Bait by Isaac Asimov and Question and Answer by Poul Anderson as part of a proposed Twain Triplet. ... Sucker Bait is a science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920? – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Question and Answer is a science fiction novella by Poul Anderson that originally appeared in the June and July 1954 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. ... Poul Anderson portrayed on the cover of a special edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; painting by Kelly Freas. ... the Southern Hemisphere of Twinsun Twinsun is a fictional planet featured in the PC games Little Big Adventure and Little Big Adventure 2. ... Little Big Adventure (LBA) is a computer game developed by Adeline first released at the end of 1994. ...

V

• Vekta — Setting of the video game Killzone.
• Vinea - Setting of many of the Yoko Tsuno graphic novels

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W

• Water-O — The water-covered planet from the cartoon series TigerSharks.
• Wormwood — In the role playing game Rifts, a chaotic planet in another plane. Wormwood is alive, and its inhabitants can draw on its life force.

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Z

• Zahir — A hollow planet appearing in the comic book series Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent.
• Zeelich — A planet covered by a thick layer of gas clouds above a sea of lava in the computer game Little Big Adventure 2. Vegetation and civilisation occur only on mountains rising above the cloud layer.
• Zoroaster — A planet in The History of the Galaxy novels by Andrey Livadny where human colonists turned to genetic engineering instead of technology. It was eventually "cleansed" by the interstellar government of all traces of genetic engineering/alteration.
• Zyrgon — A planet ruled by the galactic "Law-Enforcers" in novels by Robin Klein, adapted as a television series.

World Without Stars is volume three in the French comic book (or bande dessinée) science-fiction series Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. ... Zeelich Zeelich is the setting of the game Little Big Adventure 2. ... Little Big Adventure 2 (LBA2) is a computer game first released at the end of 1996 as a pre-release version by Adeline Software International. ... Zoroaster is a fictional planet in The History of the Galaxy series of novels by Russian science fiction writer Andrey Livadny. ... Expansion: The History of the Galaxy (Russian: , Istoriya Galaktiki) is a science fiction book series by Russian writer Andrey Livadny. ... Andrey Lvovich Livadny (Russian: , born May 27, 1969) is a Russian military science fiction writer. ... Halfway across the galaxy and turn left is a novella by Australian childrens author Robin Klein. ... Robin Klein (born 1936, Kempsey, New South Wales) is a well-known Australian author of over 40 childrens books for both older and younger readers who lives near Melbourne. ...

Fictional planets in comedy

These planets are not so much carefully constructed worlds as they are humorous backgrounds or gag references in various comedy shows and games:

• Druidia — Home of the Druids, ruled by King Roland and Princess Vespa in the movie Spaceballs.
• Fleeblebrox — Home planet of shape-shifting aliens from the episode "Dale Beside Himself" of the animated series Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers.
• Freleng — Zadavia's and Optimatus' homeworld in the animated series Loonatics Unleashed. The name is an homage to animator Friz Freleng.
• Htrae — A version of Earth in which everything is backwards, in the scifi television comedy Red Dwarf.
• Koozebane — A mysterious planet full of weird aliens, encountered several times in the television puppet comedy The Muppet Show.
• Marklar — A planet that appeared in four episodes of the animated television series South Park, most prominently in Starvin' Marvin in Space, where all nouns are replaced by the word 'Marklar'.
• Melmac — The home planet of the alien Gordon Shumway in the television comedy ALF.
• Ork — The home planet of the humanoid alien Mork in the television situation comedy Mork & Mindy.
• Pop Star — A planet in the Kirby series of video games
• Remulak — The home planet of the aliens in the comedy sketches (and movie) The Coneheads.
• Rigel 7 — The home planet of drooling aliens Kang and Kodos on the animated comedy The Simpsons.
• Rimmerworld — A planet populated by millions of clones of Arnold Rimmer who had spent six hundred years alone on this planet, creating clones of himself in a failed attempt to create a girlfriend. From Red Dwarf.
• Shroob planet — The (assumed) homeworld of the alien Shroobs in the video game Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
• Skyron — Planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, home of immense blancmanges, in a Monty Python's Flying Circus comedy sketch.
• Spaceball — Planet of the Spaceballs, ruled by President Skroob in the movie Spaceballs.
• X — Planet X was the source of Alludium Phosdex, the shaving cream atom, in the animated short comedy film Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century.
• Xenon — The home planet of Roger Wilco, janitor, in the humorous computer game series Space Quest.
• Yugopotamia — A comic "opposite" planet mentioned in the animated comedy The Fairly Oddparents.

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Parallel Earths

These planets are identical or nearly identical to Earth physically, but have a history that differs to some degree from that of our Earth.

• Earth Prime — From the Sliders television program.
• Terra Obscura — In the Terra Obscura comic book.

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Fictional artificial planets

In addition, some writers, scientists and artists have speculated about artificial worlds or planet-equivalents; these planets include: Writers in the fields of science speculation and fiction have created in their works several varieties of artificial worlds. ...

• Dyson sphere by Freeman Dyson
• Gaea by John Varley
• Globus Cassus by Christian Waldvogel
• Hegira — An artificial planet in the novel of the same name by Greg Bear.
• Pendor by Elf Sternberg
• Ringworld by Larry Niven
• Strata — a novel by Terry Pratchett, includes an unnamed artificial flat world.
• Well World — Jack L. Chalker's Well of Souls series (surface divided in thousands of different ecosystems, each one with a different sentient race)

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Fantastic planets

Some invented planets have physically impossible shapes, and may be regarded as fantasy worlds: A fantasy world is a type of fictional universe in which magic or other similar powers work. ...

• Discworld — A flat, disc-shaped "planet", supported on the backs of giant elephants riding on a turtle, in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.
• World of Tiers — A planet-sized step pyramid with a different environment on each step, in Philip José Farmer's book series of the same name.

The Discworld is the setting for all of Terry Pratchetts Discworld fantasy novels. ... Turtles all the way down refers to an infinite regression belief about the nature of the universe (see Cosmology). ... Terence David John Pratchett OBE (born April 28, 1948, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England[1]) is an English fantasy author, best known for his Discworld series. ... // This article is about the novels. ... World of Tiers is a series of connected science fiction/fantasy novels by Philip José Farmer. ... The Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan, is one example of an enormous step pyramid. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ...

Fictional variants of real planets

Several planets of the solar system have, at various times, been the basis for fictional worlds with characteristics more or less distinct from those of the actual planet, as presently understood; an early example is Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom, a heroic fantasy version of Mars. For more examples, see the links to the various planets at Solar System in fiction. Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he also produced works in many genres. ... A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, McClurg, 1917 Barsoom is a fictional version of the planet Mars owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc and invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. ... Heroic fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy literature which chronicles the tales of heros and their conquests in imaginary lands. ... Adjectives: Martian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 0. ... The Solar system and its various bodies (planets, asteroids, moons, etc. ...

Books

• Comins, Neil F.. What If the Moon Didn't Exist. 
• Gillette, Stephen. World-Building. Writer's Digest Books. 
• Stableford, Brian. The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places. 

Brian Stableford (born July 25, 1948) is a British science fiction writer who has published more than 50 novels. ...

See also

• Extrasolar planet
• Hypothetical planet
• Planetary habitability
• Terrestrial planet

An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System. ... See also: List of hypothetical planetary bodies A hypothetical planet is a planet whose existence is not known, but has been inferred from observational scientific evidence. ... Understanding planetary habitability is partly an extrapolation of the Earths conditions, as it is the only planet currently known to support life. ... The inner planets, their sizes to scale. ...

Similar fictions

• Archive of fictional things
• Fantasy world
• Fictional country
• List of fantasy worlds
• List of fictional universes
• List of fictional planets by medium
• List of sentient fictional planets
• List of socially unusual fictional planets
• Stars and planetary systems in fiction

This is a (theoretically) all-encompassing list of fictional things created in the media. ... A fantasy world is a type of fictional universe in which magic or other similar powers work. ... Map of the Land of Oz, the fictional country in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Map of the fictional island of Sodor used in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories Fictitious countries used in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four A guidebook produced about the fictional country Molvanîa... This is a partial list of fictional fantasy worlds, according to the medium they appear in: // Alagaësia – Christopher Paolini novels An Domhain – Nathan Pyles novels Arda – J.R.R. Tolkien novels Barsoom – Edgar Rice Burroughs novels Bas-Lag – China Miéville novels Continent – Andrzej Sapkowski novels Corona - The DemonWars... This is a list of fictional universes, organized by genre and by sub-genre. ... This is a List of fictional planets organized by the medium in which they primarily appear. ... This is a list of sentient fictional planets, planets in fiction which are said to be alive or intelligent. ... This is a list of socially unusual fictional planets, invented planets in which differences from Earth life are mostly social (like Barrayar in the science fiction of Lois McMaster Bujold). ... The planetary systems of stars other than the Sun and its Solar System are a staple element in much science fiction. ...

References

1. ^ Cosmotheoros (1698). Retrieved on 2006-06-28.

For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ...

External links

• Worldbuilding Class

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