Epsilon Eridani in fiction

As a Sun-like star relatively close to the Solar System, Epsilon Eridani regularly appears in science fiction:

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In Gordon Dickson's Childe Cycle (1959-1988) the Friendly worlds of Harmony and Association orbit Epsilon Eridani.
In the robot novels of Isaac Asimov, it is the sun of the first world of the second wave of settlers: Comporellon (Foundation's Edge, 1982) or Baleyworld (Robots and Empire, 1985).
In Greg Bear's Eon (1985), Epsilon Eridani is the original destination of the Thistledown.
In the Viagens Interplanetarias stories of L. Sprague de Camp its system contains the inhabited planets of Thor and Kukulcan, the later being the setting of his novels The Stones of Nomuru (1988) and The Venom Trees of Sunga (1992).
In the Honor Harrington book series (1993-) by David Weber, Epsilon Eridani is one of the Solarian League worlds, and the source of the Eridani Edict, which sprung from the Epsilon Eridani Massacre where 7 billion people were killed by orbital bombardment. See Epsilon Eridani (Honorverse).
In the Worldwar books (1994-1996) by Harry Turtledove, Epsilon Eridani is one of the subject star systems (Rabotev) of The Race.
In the Revelation Space novels (2000-) by author Alastair Reynolds, the Chasm City habitat and Glitter Band are located on and around the planet Yellowstone in this system.

In the fictional Star Trek universe, it is considered by some fans to be the location of the planet Vulcan, the home of Mr. Spock. 40 Eridani is also commonly suggested. That Epsilon Eridani could be Vulcan's home star is contradicted by statements of Commander Tucker on Star Trek: Enterprise, where he states that Vulcan is 16 light years from Earth; 40 Eridani is given as the location by the authorized book Star Trek: Star Charts (Pocket Books, 2002).
In the television series Babylon 5, the space station itself orbits the third planet (Epsilon 3) in this system.
Gerry Anderson's television show Space Precinct is set on a planet in the "Epsilon Erandi" system, which may be an error for Epsilon Eridani.

In the Battletech universe Epsilon Eridani is one of the worlds closest to Terra. It was originally a member-world of the Terran Hegemony. The planet passed into Capellan control after the collapse of the Star League. It was conquered by the Federated Suns during the 4th Succession War, and remained under the control of the Federated Suns, later the Federated Commonwealth, until 3057, when the world became independent in the aftermath of the conflict between the Federated Commonwealth and an alliance between the Capellan Confederation and the Free Worlds League.
In the video game series Halo, the planet Reach is in this system. Reach is a military stronghold, a shipyard, and the site of the SPARTAN project which produced Master Chief. The planet was bombarded from orbit and made uninhabitable on August 30, 2552.
In the game Face of Mankind there's a space colony on one of the ice planets orbiting Epsilon Eridani.
In the Alternate Reality Game The Beast, Epsilon Eridani is mentioned as the destination of rogue space-faring AIs, and therefore the birthplace of the advanced androids seen at the end of the movie A.I., which the game was promoting.

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