List of fictional universes: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous editContent deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 05:29, 9 October 2010 editDking (talk \| contribs)1,659 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 05:53, 3 November 2012 edit undoSerendipodous (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers76,337 edits merge
(323 intermediate revisions by 70 users not shown)
Line 1:		Line 1:
			#redirect ]
	{{Dynamic list}}
	This is a '''list of ]s''', organized by ] and by sub-genre. The term ''universe'' can be misleading, since some of them are supposed to occur in our own world, but in a fictional future (science fiction) or past (]) timeline. Because one author's universe may produce stories in different genres, it may be listed in more than one place.

	==Fictional Earths==
	Stories taking place on an Earth that varies from non-fictional Earth in a few details.
	===Real world===
	Fictional universes designed to closely mimic the real world, but are nonetheless self-contained, consistent locations in their own right.
	* ], fictional English county in Anthony Trollope's 19th century novels (extended from the 1920s to the 1950s in ]'s novels).
	* ], an idealized English country estate (with nearby village) that is the setting for several novels by ]
	* ], the central setting of the ] series by ]; an idealized ] town based loosely on the real town of ].
	* ], fictional New England college town in the novels of ] (mother of utopian writer ]; see below)
	* ], the fictional region of England which was the setting for all of ]'s novels.
	* The universe of ]'s ] stories
	* The universe in which '']'', '']'', and '']'' co-exist, linked by the appearance of the characters Uncle Joe Carson (played by ]) and "Dog" (played by the dog actor ]) in all three series.
	* The ] interconnecting various television shows
	* The ] created by ] for films such as Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, etc... The common denominator are his characters ]
	* The ] for most novels by ]
	* ]'s ]

	===Fantastic Earth===
	An Earth much like ours, but with some fantastic twists.

	* ] universe, by ]
	* ] for the ] and ]
	* ] universe, by ]
	* The world of the living, the Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo in the ] universe
	* ] by ]
	* ] universe by ] and ]
	* ] by ] and others, more specifically ]
	* The World, a alternative Earth shared by all ]'s stories but at different periods (], ], ], etc.).
	* ] universe
	* ] universe and ] within
	* ] universe
	* ] universe where all the Toho monsters exist in one separate timeline. Created by Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya
	* ] universe by Tim Kring, in which a minority have superhuman abilities such as time travel, flight or cellular regeneration.
	* ] universe of TV and movies
	* ] in which most works written by ] take place
	* ] universe, by ]
	* ] ] by ]
	* The Sixth World of ]
	* ] by ]
	* The ] of the '']'' series by ]
	* The ] of ]
	* ] universe, by Kazuki Takahashi

	===Archaic Earth===
	A fantasy world that is asserted to be Earth in an imaginary age of the distant past.
	* The Asian-influenced world of the Universe of ]
	* ] in ] (] roleplaying game)
	* ] in the ] stories of ], an earlier (but geographically very different) version of the same world featured in Howard's ] stories
	* ] in the works of ]
	* ] in the works of ]
	* The Earth of ] and its spin-off ].
	* ] of the God of War series of video games.
	* The Endless Valley from ]
	* ] - ]
	* The Young Kingdoms of the ] novels
	* The ninja world of ] by ]

	===Alternate history Earth===
	The past or present of an Earth where history diverged slightly from our experience.

	* ] universe
	* ] of ]'s ] and ], created by ]. A world inhabited by sentient animals, such as ducks, dogs and pigs.
	* ] of ] (video game)
	* ] universe
	* Mythic Europe, a medieval setting with fantasy elements in the ] ]
	* North America in ] series of novels by ]
	* ] written by ], in which dark-skinned "Crosses" rule over light-skinned "Noughts".
	* ] series written by ]
	* ] written by ]
	* The history in which the ] books by ] are based
	* The owl kingdoms of Kathryn Lasky's ] series.
	* ], a thought experiment about a world in which neither Christianity nor the European cultures based on it achieve lasting impact on world history.
	* ] by ] and ]
	* The dystopian world of ]'s '']''
	* The Great Age of Piracy in ]'s ] manga.
	* ] series written by ]
	* ] series written by Harry Turtledove
	* ] series edited by ]
	* ] graphic novel by ]
	* The communist Britain featured in ], ] and ] by ]

	===Future Earth===
	Earth as it may be in the future.

	* ]'s dystopian '']''
	* ] dystopia, based on the book '']'' by ]; this may be canon with '']'' and '']'' as the authors works are linked with subtle similarities
	* ] universe
	* ] by ]
	* ] created by ]
	* ] universe
	* ] universes, including the ], Future Century, ], ], ] and ] timelines
	* ], consisting of "our world in 2199" and a false reality created by machines.
	* '']'' and its ]
	* ] in ] novels by ]
	* ] movie universe
	* The Bobbleverse of Vernor Vinge's novels '']'' and '']''
	* ] from ] Universe
	* ] universe created by ] and ]
	* The Sixth World of ]
	* ] movie universe created by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ] under the pseudonym of ]
	* Waterworld-iverse from the film, ]

	===Dying Earth===
	{{Main\|Dying Earth subgenre}}

	Earth in the distant future, when the shapes of lands have changed.

	* After War timeline in ]
	* Briah - name of the setting in several novels and short stories by ]
	* ] - ] et al.
	* Fallout World - ]
	* Filgaia - ]
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] - ]
	* ] universe - ]
	* ] - ]
	* ] - ]
	* ] by ] - a static utopia of the far future

	===Lost Lands===
	A land which is asserted to exist somewhere on Earth and which can be reached, usually with difficulty, by travelers. See also ] and ].

	* The ] from the series '']'' by ]
	* ] from the short story of the same name by ]
	* The island of '']'' of author and illustrator ]
	* ], the futuristic world beneath the ocean in ]'s children's novel '']''

	* ] of ]
	* The lands of ] by ]
	* ]
	* The plateau in '']'' - ]
	* ] by ]
	* The '']'' island, from the television series '']''
	* ] by ] (inside a hollow Earth)

	===Polders===
	Pocket universes accessed from our world; or: remote or hidden enclaves within our world (can be hidden magically or neurologically/psychologically, or simply be hard to reach)

	* ] and various places where witches and sorcerers meet within the larger Muggles universe (in the ] novels)
	* ]'s lost Phoenician civilization of ] in southern Africa (in ])
	* ], from ]'s novel
	* ]'s ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ], appears in ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ], takes place in the Riverbank polder but with ] venturing into the outside world
	* ] from ]'s ] books; a childhood polder: ] leaves when he begins to grow up
	* ]'s ''New Atlantis''
	* ]'s dream archipelago from ] and several short stories; a polder of the mind
	* ] from ]'s ]
	* ], the Ruritanian country of Charles Kinbote's delusions in ]'s ]

	== Extraterrestrial ==
	A science fictional universe consists of multiple stars and planets where the fictional action takes place, usually linked by some form of space travel, or in some cases by teleportation. The universe may or may not contain Earth (or some version of it, past, future or alternate).

	=== Solar system ===
	{{Main\|Solar System in fiction}}
	Our solar system in the near future, at a time when interstellar travel is impossible, unknown, or very rare.
	* Aqua and Manhome, respectively Mars and Earth from the 24th century in ]. Aqua is a aquatic telluric planet with many islands, Manhome is never seen but is describes as a totally mechanized planet.
	* ] (ancient ]) in '']''
	* ] universe (comics, radio, television, movies) and ] game setting
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] of ]
	* ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* The ] universe by ]

	=== Other planets ===
	Stories that take place entirely on other planets, sometimes with little or no reference to Earth or its Solar System:

	* Aqua Magna, Bara Magna, Bota Magna, and Spherus Magna from the ] sagas.
	* ], setting of two novels by ]
	* ] in the '']'' series
	* ] in ]'s '']'' series
	* Thra, the three-Sunned planet that is the setting for '']''
	* ], location of the TV series ]
	* Tremaris, the planet on which the events of ] series take place

	=== Interstellar ===
	These universes usually are set some hundreds or thousands of years in our future, at a time when mankind has spread to the stars.
	{{seealso\|Interstellar travel in fiction}}
	====Including Earth====
	These mention or imply the existence of the Earth, the Sun, or other familiar stars.
	===== In print =====
	* ] of ]
	* ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] (Dorsai) series of ]
	* ]/Empire of Man series by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] setting by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] (])
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] (])
	* The ] universe of ]
	* The ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ] and ]
	* The Leijiverse by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] of ]'s ] series
	* ] Universe (various authors)
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] series by ]
	* ] (])
	* ] by ]
	* The ] universe.
	* ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] Universe by ]

	=====In film and television=====
	* Universe of the ]
	* ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] universe
	* ] universe by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] universe by ] and ]
	* ] universe by ] and others
	* ] 'Verse by ]
	* ] universes
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* Leijiverse (interconnecting anime/manga works of ])
	* The ] "Dark Zone"
	* ] universe
	* ] of the '']'' series
	* ] universe
	* ] universe by ] and others
	* The Universal Century universe in the ] series
	* The ] of '']'', '']'', '']'' and ]
	* The X-Files universe of '']'' series and films, '']'' and '']''.

	=====In games=====
	* ] in ] and ]
	* ] universe
	* 4D Space in ]
	* ] of ]
	* ]
	* '']'' universe
	* ] universe
	* The UGSF universe in ], ], ], ], ], and ]
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] universe
	* ] universe

	====Excluding Earth====
	These stories describe settings with no connection to our existing chronological framework, in which the Earth, the Sun, and other familiar stars are not mentioned. They tend to be ].

	* The is a fictional universe created through the use of a wiki-site. The site suggests that the wiki-site is an online database within the created fictional universe with information input by members of the Delta-Omega-Iota Alliance.
	* ]
	* The universe of New Eden in ] (inhabitants of New Eden originally came from Earth via a wormhole, but there is now no connection between the two universes)
	* ] universe by ].
	* ] universe by ] (however, Earth appears in some stories deemed non-canon by ])
	* , world in Lun Calsari's "The Way" (named after game's title) is a big, uncharted, and most likely infinite fantasy world, where wanderers are traveling along it. It's not planet-like world like in other role-playing games, but rather kind of "flat" world (as real world was considered in ancient times and Middle Ages).

	== Fantasy ==
	Fantasy universes usually exist on single worlds; these worlds are typically Earthlike, but differ from Earth at least in geography; they also frequently host animals and intelligent life-forms not found on Earth. They can be found in a variety of fantasy genres, e.g. ], ], ], etc.

	=== Parallel worlds ===
	A fantasy world resembling our Earth, forming part of a multiverse with Earth and reachable by magic, dreaming, or similar devices.

	====In print====
	* The world of ] in the ] by ]
	* The ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] - ]'s '']''
	* ] in '']'' by ]
	* ] by ] contains a world similar to ours, which developed alchemy instead of physics
	* Kingdoms of Elfin by ]
	* ] and rest of the world in ]'s '']''.
	* The Lands of Dream (Perdóndaris, Utnar Véhi, etc.) in the writings of ]
	* ] in the ''Exiles Trilogy'' by ]
	* Mata Nui, a 40,000,000 feet tall robot from ] that is worshipped by the matoran as a 'Great Spirit'. Not necessarily an entire universe, but it is a universe from the eyes of the matoran. It is often called 'the Matoran Universe'.
	* ] in ] and ] by ].
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] in ]'s '']''
	* Nevernever in ]'s '']''
	* Neverwhere from ]'s '']'' series
	* ] and, to a lesser extent, '']'' by the ] collective called ]. In the former, the main characters travel throughout various worlds, and in the latter ] is known as the Witch of Dimensions, and people from various worlds visit her for assistance. Since the stories occur in parallel universes, actions in one of them can have effects in the other.
	* Vision, from the novel ] by Miyuki Miyabe
	* ] by ]
	* ] and ] by ]
	* ] by ]

	====In film and television====
	* Gaea in ]

	====In games====
	* ] in the ] video game (in fact it is a planet of a universe parallel to the Metroid Universe, which could be classified as a "future earth universe").
	* Worlds of light and darkness in ] and ]
	* Worlds of light and darkness in ]
	* ZanZarah in the ] computer game

	====In Internet media====
	* ]

	===Other worlds===
	A world that resembles our Earth in a general sense, but exists entirely independently of it, and never includes any humans from Earth. Many, but not all of these worlds allow magic.

	====In print====
	* ], ], etc. in the Belgariad and Malloreon, and ] and ] of the Elenium and the Tamuli, written by ]
	* ] in the novels of ]
	* ] - Setting for ]'s '']'', '']'' and '']''; major city: ]
	* ] by ] in '']'' and its sequels
	* The world of ] which was created ] and ] when they were children
	* ] from Harry Turtledove's ]
	* ] by ], parodies fantasy clichés
	* ] by ]
	* ] and ] in the novels of ]
	* ] - the world of ]'s ] comic
	* ] by ]
	* ] in the ] of ]
	* Jaconia - Fantasy world of Finnish graphic artist ]'s comic Praedor
	* ] and ] in ]'s ]
	* ] - the setting of the ] novels
	* ] by ]
	* ] of ]
	* The four seas of the ] universe
	* ] in the early writings of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ] and others
	* ] by ]
	* ], the world of the ] series by ]
	* ] in ] by ]
	* ] in the Trillium novels by ], ] and ]

	====In art====
	* The country of Iblard and its surrounding universe, as depicted in the paintings of ]

	====In film and television====
	* ] - world of the Filipino television fantasy (]) of the same name
	* The Avatarverse - the world of ].
	* ] (] & Earth)
	* Koala-walla Land (])
	* Morphea - A fictional dimension ruled by ] in the ].
	* ]- an Earth lookalike in the television series '']''. Home to the ].

	====In games====
	{{Main\|List of campaign settings}}

	* ], in the game of the same name by ]
	* Aedaris in ]
	* Arcadia, of ]
	* ] Universe in Armymen games
	* ] in ]
	* ] in the ] series
	* Dark Aether, a planet from a fictional parallel universe resembling ours, but dark, in the game ]
	* Drakan in the computer game ]
	* Dream Land/Pop Star in the Kirby video game series
	* ] worlds - ], ], ] and ].
	* ], world of ], ] and ] roleplaying games
	* ] - world of ] RPG
	* The Homeworld universe of ] and ]
	* ], of ] game series
	* Layonara by Layonara Studios LLC
	* ] universe
	* Midgard (])
	* Mordredica from the RPG ]
	* ] of the ] video games
	* ] (]) in '']''
	* ], of ]
	* ] of ]
	* ]
	* ] - fantasy universe spoof
	* ] in the ] collectible card game
	* ] - setting for ] system, produced by ]
	* ] of the roleplaying game of the same name
	* ] from ] computer game series
	* ] of ]
	* The ], of ]
	* ] universe
	* ] universe for the games ], ], ] and others
	* ] - ] Fantasy

	=====In ]=====
	* Athas - ] setting
	* The Demiplane of Dread - ] setting (all settings can connect through this one)
	* The Flow - ] setting (all settings can connect through this one)
	* ] - ] setting
	* ]
	* ] - ] setting
	* ] - ] setting (all settings can connect through these)
	* ] - ] setting

	==Multiverses==
	Some stories take place in a series of ], which may or may not include Earth, including:

	===In print===
	* The setting of ] and ]
	* ] multiverse by ]
	* ] universe (] & ] crossover)
	* ] universe by ]
	* Assiti Shards multiverse by ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] Chronicles worlds by ]
	* ] worlds by ] (particularly as portrayed in the book '']'').
	* ] by ]
	* ] multiverse by ]
	* ] or ] of ]
	* ] by ]
	* ] ] by ]
	* ], multiverse in ] by ]
	* ] trilogy worlds by ]
	* ] altiverse by ]
	* ] and ] by ] in his ]
	* ] universe by ]
	* ] or ] of ]
	* The ] multiverse, as seen in issue 58 volume two of ] and the film '']''; also includes the universe of ]
	* ]

	===In film and television===
	* The setting of ]
	* ] - ]'s series of ] ] of characters in the ] universe
	* ], consisting of "our world in 2199" and a false reality created by machines
	* The ] universe is set both on Earth and in supernatural locations such as heaven, limbo, the underworld and the ]
	* The ] from ]/], consisting of infinite parallel and alternate dimensions and realities
	* ], an anime where fifteen children have to defeat 15 other dimensional robots. If they're defeated, their universe will be lost forever. Same thing goes for those who got defeated by the protagonists
	* ] — world of ]
	* Chaotic and Perim — The other two worlds of ] besides Earth
	* The ] multiverse consisting of alternate Earths, including one where time passes at a different rate and one where time passes in reverse
	* The multiverse in ] in which each universe contains the same people but in universe environments resulting from variations in choices throughout history; traveling to other universes and killing the other copies of oneself allegedly made one god-like
	* The ] episode, '']'', this concept was explored by Brian and Stewie.

	===In games===
	* ] universe and its sequel ], which takes place in multiple universes.
	* ] in the ]
	* ] of the role-playing game of the same name
	* ] Infinite Worlds, the "default" GURPS campaign setting
	* Gielnor, A fictional world and main setting of ], an online game. Connected to other "Planes" by portals, whereby humans first entered.
	* The ] from ] includes superhero, fantasy, historical, and science fiction settings in a single time continuum
	* ] (]) multiverse: There are "impassable walls between the worlds (universes)" that were broken upon the arrival of the ]
	* ] takes place on the twin worlds of ] and ]
	* In ], the Exoma contains a potentially infinite number of alternate worlds, called cosms
	* The ] Megaverse encompasses all the game worlds that use Palladium's ], most notably ] Earth
	* ] and ] both linked the various ] worlds; see also ]
	* ] features Mario traveling to other dimensions.
	* The is a multiverse from the time-travel ],

	==Other dimensions==
	* ] by ]
	* ] by ]
	* The Distortion World from ]

	==See also==
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Fictional Universes}}
	]

Latest revision as of 05:53, 3 November 2012

Redirect to:

Fictional universe#Lists of fictional universes