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The planet Uranus has appeared in various forms of fiction: == Literature == * An anonymous author writing as a ''Mr. Vivenair'' published ''A Journey Lately Performed Through the Air in an Aerostatic Globe, Commonly Called an Air Balloon, From This Terraquaeous Globe to the Newly Discovered Planet, Georgium Sidus'' in 1784. * In the ''Buck Rogers'' series (1928–), Uranus is portrayed as having biodomes and robots. * In Stanley G. Weinbaum's 1935 story "The Planet of Doubt", Uranus' North pole is shrouded in a perpetual fog. * R. R. Winterbotham's "Clouds over Uranus" was published by ''Astounding'' in March 1937 * In Ramsey Campbell's ''The Insects from Shaggai'' (1964), a Cthulhu Mythos story, Uranus is known as L'gy'hx and is inhabited by cubical metallic many-legged creatures who worship Lrogg. They entered in religious conflict with the Shan. *Fritz Leiber's 1962 short story "Snowbank Orbit" has three Earth-ships, fleeing from interstellar invaders, attempt a desperate aero-braking maneuver in the atmosphere of Uranus at 100 miles per second. * The novels #5 (''Vorstoß zum Uranus'', 1972) and #22 (''Raumposition Oberon'', 1982) in the Mark Brandis SF book series take place on and around Uranus. * In Larry Niven's novel ''A World Out of Time'' (1976), Uranus is outfitted with a massive fusion motor and used to gently move the Earth outward from an artificially brightening sun caused by a civil war between Earth and its colonies. *Geoffrey A. Landis's short story "Into the Blue Abyss," part of his short-story collection ''Impact Parameter and other Quantum Fictions'' (2001) discussed an expedition to Uranus in search of life. *In ''Zombie Bums from Uranus'' (2003) by Andy Griffiths, it is stated that the zombie butts came from Uranus. It is also the setting of one of the chapters. *In ''Larklight'' (2006) by Philip Reeve, Uranus is called Georgium Sidus, 'Star of George'. It has Sprout islands on it, and is also inhabited by a four-armed merman-like race, who live in the Sprout's floating bladders beneath the surface along with other aquatic races. *Robert Gibson's "Uranian Gleams", published in 2015, gives a history of a Uranian civilization, plus six novellas set at various stages in the history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Uranus in fiction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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