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  2. Extrasolar planets in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Extrasolar planets in fiction. Planets outside of the Solar System have been featured as settings in works of fiction. Most of these fictional planets do not vary significantly from the Earth. Exceptions include planets with sentience, planets without stars, and planets in multiple-star systems where the orbital mechanics can lead to exotic day ...

  3. List of fictional doomsday devices - Wikipedia

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    World Devastator (EU): Ships which consumed the material of a planet, using the material to create new war machines (utilizes tractor beams ). Death Star: A moon-sized battle station, armed with a superlaser capable of destroying an entire planet. Darth Nihilus (EU): Fed off entire planets, destroying all life on them.

  4. List of fictional elements, materials, isotopes and subatomic ...

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    Septium are gemstones that align with one of seven elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Space, Mirage, and Time. Septium is central to the function of Orbal energy, which can power appliances, vehicles, or channel elemental power in the form of "Arts", magical techniques used in combat. Silver rock stone. Pokémon.

  5. Floating cities and islands in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Stratos, on the planet Ardana, in Star Trek episode "The Cloud Minders". In Firefly episode "Trash", the planet Bellerophon is the site of dozens of floating estates with "gracious living, ocean views and state-of-the-art security." Atlantis from the Stargate universe is a "city-ship" which is capable of flight and intergalactic travel. Due to ...

  6. Megastructure - Wikipedia

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    A megastructure is a very large artificial object, although the limits of precisely how large vary considerably. Some apply the term to any especially large or tall building. [1] [2] Some sources define a megastructure as an enormous self-supporting artificial construct. The products of megascale engineering or astroengineering are ...

  7. Earth in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    The overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth, as the only planet home to humans or known to have life. This also holds true of science fiction, despite perceptions to the contrary. Works that focus specifically on Earth may do so holistically, treating the planet as one semi-biological entity.

  8. List of science fiction films of the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    Action Family Serial film. Superman and the Mole Men. Lee Sholem. George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey. United States. Action Adventure Drama Family Fantasy Romance. The Thing from Another World. Christian Nyby. Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite.

  9. List of science fiction films of the 1970s - Wikipedia

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    Horror Sci-Fi Thriller Prophecies of Nostradamus (a.k.a Nosutoradamusu no daiyogen) Toshio Masuda: Tetsurō Tamba, Toshio Kurosawa, Kaoru Yumi: Japan: Action Space Is the Place: John Coney: Barbara Deloney, Sun Ra, Raymond Johnson: United States: Music The Terminal Man: Mike Hodges: George Segal. Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart: United States ...