Space colonization in popular culture

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Space colonization has been commonly presented in popular culture during since the 20th century, and has become a staple of science fiction. In some stories, space colonization is simply a background element, while in others (most notably the Gundam anime franchise) it is a central theme.

Contents 1 Anime 2 Comic strips 3 Board games 4 Computer and video games 5 Fiction 6 Graphic novels 7 Motion pictures 8 Tabletop games 9 Television series

[edit] Anime

• Cowboy Bebop: Colonization of the Moon, Mars, Venus, the Asteroid Belt, and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Artificial colony satellites in the "Earth Sphere", orbiting at the Lagrange Points, and on the Moon; see Space Colony (Gundam) for details
• Planetes: Semi-realistic view of humans in space in the year 2075
• Kiddy Grade : Vast Galactic expansion with a story about the reliance of planetary trade and policing.

[edit] Comic strips

• 21st Century Fox by Scott Kellogg
• Freefall by Mark Stanley; set in an interstellar colony

[edit] Board games

• Battlefleet Mars
• Starfarers of Catan
• Warhammer 40,000 Humans terraform and colonize almost the entire extent of the known Galaxy, besides many more alien races having done so.

[edit] Computer and video games

• Alien Legacy: Beta Caeli star system in the Caelum constellation
• Ascendancy
• Delta Hydra
• Doom III
• The Descent series: Multiple planets and satellites have mining installations.
• The Escape Velocity series
• The Freespace series.
• The Galactic Civilizations series.
• Halo: Reach in the Epsilon Erdani star system
• The I-War series.
• The Marathon series
• The Master of Orion series.
• Outpost and Outpost 2
• Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999): Alpha Centauri star system.
• Star Ocean Series Milky Way Galaxy
• StarLancer and Freelancer: From the Solar System to Sirius
• The "Zone of the Enders" Playstation 2 game

[edit] Fiction

• The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950)
• The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992, 1993, 1996)
• Coyote: A Novel of Interstellar Revolution by Allen Steele
• Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz: O'Neill cylinders orbiting Earth
• Colony By Ben Bova
• Colony By Rob Grant
• The Sky So Big and Black (2002): Mars
• 2001: A Space Odyssey and Imperial Earth, among others, by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Heechee Saga by Frederik Pohl.
• Downward to the Earth and Master of Life and Death, among others, by Robert Silverberg.
• C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union novels
• The Night's Dawn Trilogy and The Commonwealth Saga series By Peter F. Hamilton

[edit] Graphic novels

• Orbiter and Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis
• 2001 Nights by Yukinobu Hoshino
• Planetes by Makoto Yukimura
• Astronauts in Trouble by Larry Young, Charlie Adlard,and Matt Smith

[edit] Motion pictures

• Doom (2005)
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964): Astronaut surviving on Mars after crash landing.
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Space craft travelling to Jupiter
• Silent Running (1972): Space craft orbiting around Saturn
• Alien, Aliens, Alien³, Alien: Resurrection (1979, 1986, 1992, 1997): Colonization of planet infested with aggressive beings.
• Total Recall (1990): Colony and mining operation on Mars.
• Mission to Mars (2000)
• Red Planet (2000): Mars
• The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002): Moon
• Solaris (1972, 2002): Space station orbiting fictional planet Solaris
• Serenity (2005)

[edit] Tabletop games

• Jovian Chronicles by Dream Pod 9 (1992)
• Transhuman Space by Steve Jackson Games (2002)

[edit] Television series

• Star Trek (1966-2005): Colonization of many planets in the Milky Way
• Babylon 5 (1993-1998): around the star Epsilon Eridani
• Firefly (2002)
• Battlestar Galactica (1978 and 2004): Regarding the "12 Colonies", as well as Kobal and Earth
• Earth 2 (1994-1995)
• The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986-1989)
• Futurama (1999-2003)