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The Solar System has made several appearances in fiction.
History
[edit]A clement twilight zone on a synchronously rotating Mercury, a swamp-and-jungle Venus, and a canal-infested Mars, while all classic science-fiction devices, are all, in fact, based upon earlier misapprehensions by planetary scientists.
Carl Sagan, 1978[1]
Locations in the Solar System besides the Earth have appeared as settings in fiction since at least classical antiquity.[2][3]
Advances in planetary science in the early years of the Space Age rendered previous notions of the conditions of several locations in the Solar System obsolete.[4][5]
Planetary tours
[edit]Journeys visiting multiple locations in the Solar System is a recurring motif.[6][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sagan, Carl (1978-05-28). "Growing up with Science Fiction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ Ash, Brian, ed. (1977). "Exploration and Colonies". The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Harmony Books. pp. 79–84. ISBN 0-517-53174-7. OCLC 2984418.
- ^ Caryad; Römer, Thomas; Zingsem, Vera (2014). "Alte Träume, neue Mythen" [Old Dreams, New Myths]. Wanderer am Himmel: Die Welt der Planeten in Astronomie und Mythologie [Wanderers in the Sky: The World of the Planets in Astronomy and Mythology] (in German). Springer-Verlag. pp. 6–8. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55343-1_1. ISBN 978-3-642-55343-1.
- ^ Nicoll, James Davis (2019-07-29). "Science Fiction vs. Science: Bidding Farewell to Outdated Conceptions of the Solar System". Reactor. Archived from the original on 2024-09-30. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ Webb, Stephen (2017). "The Science-Fictional Solar System". All the Wonder that Would Be: Exploring Past Notions of the Future. Science and Fiction. Springer. pp. 69–74. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51759-9_3. ISBN 978-3-319-51759-9.
- ^ Langford, David (2023). "Solar System". In Clute, John; Langford, David; Sleight, Graham (eds.). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (4th ed.). Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- ^ Stableford, Brian (2003). "Science Fiction Before The Genre". In James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 15–18. ISBN 978-0-521-01657-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Fraknoi, Andrew (January 2024). "Science Fiction Stories with Good Astronomy & Physics: A Topical Index" (PDF). Astronomical Society of the Pacific (7.3 ed.). p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-02-10. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
- Pringle, David, ed. (1996). "The Solar System". The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Science Fiction: The Definitive Illustrated Guide. Carlton. pp. 49–50. ISBN 1-85868-188-X. OCLC 38373691.