Science Fiction Places or Settings

The list of settings--places a story can take place--is almost endless. This is the beginning of a list of places or settings in which you can set a science fiction story. This list is still sketchy--if you have ideas of places to add to it, please E-mail me at: julia at juliahwest dot com. The lists of contemporary and medieval/fantasy places could also be used, with very few exceptions, in science fiction stories.

Abandoned starship Agricultural planet Airless moon/planet Alien planet Alien ruin Alternate past Asteroid belt At sea Cathedral Cave Chapel City Colony world Cottage Densely populated planet Dome city Dungeon Far-future Earth Forest Generation ship Home Hyperspace

Inhospitable planet      Heavy gravity      Huge storms      Inimical life      Mostly desert      Mostly water      Unbreathable atmosphere Island Kingdom Lost colony Mars Monastery Moon (not necessarily Earth's) Mountain Multi-species bar Near-future Earth Newly-colonized planet Night Outer space Overpopulated planet Palace Past Earth Present-day Earth

Prison Prison planet Rings of Saturn River Road Ruin Space station Space yacht Sparsely populated planet Stairs Starport Starship      Cargo      Freighter      Merchant      Passenger      Scout      Warship Starship graveyard Tower Town Underground city Underwater dome Village

Illustration from http://www.morguefile.com; photographer mconnors