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A version of Mars inhabited by various species of intelligent life: Under the Moons of Mars: 1912: N C F G Bas-Lag: China Miéville: Setting of several China Miéville novels, a world where both magic and steampunk technology exist; and many intelligent races live. It is influenced by the tropes of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Perdido ...
A planet hidden on the other side of the Moon, rather than Sun, appears in Paul Ernst's 1931 short story "The World Behind the Moon" and W. J. Passingham's 1938 short story likewise titled "The World Behind the Moon". [10] The Mars equivalent, Counter-Mars, also appears occasionally. [16]
Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside. Shangri-La: James Hilton: Lost Horizon: Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. Hilton describes Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
This is a list of fictional countries from published works of fiction (books, films, television series, games, etc.), with links to separate articles for further information about the individual entries. Fictional works describe all the countries in the following list as located somewhere on the surface of the Earth as opposed to underground ...
From bodies of water and beaches that are unusually hued to fantastical flora, fauna, and geologic formations, here are 34 destinations that will blow your mind.
Earth (0.98–1.02 AU) [D 6] is the only place in the universe where life and surface liquid water are known to exist. [102] Earth's atmosphere contains 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, which is the result of the presence of life. [103] [104] The planet has a complex climate and weather system, with conditions differing drastically between climate ...
The question of how humans would get to Mars was addressed in several ways: when not travelling there via spaceship as in the 1911 novel To Mars via the Moon: An Astronomical Story by Mark Wicks, [24] they might use a flying carpet as in the 1905 novel Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation by Edwin Lester Arnold, [14] [18] [20] a balloon as in A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul ...