Science Fiction Motif Index

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

by Arthur C. Clarke

2001: A Space Odyssey 1968

by Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick

Artemis 2017

by Andy Weir

Avatar 2009

by James Cameron

Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

by James Cameron

Blade Runner 1982

by Unknown Authors

Charlie X (Star Trek) 1966

by Gene Roddenberry , Dorothy C. Fontana , and Lawrence Dobkin

Datalore (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 1988

by Gene Roddenberry , Robert Lewin , Maurice Hurley , and Rob Bowman

Death's End 2010

by Cixin Liu

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968

by Phillip K. Dick

Doctor Who 2005

by Unknown Authors

Dune 1965

by Unknown Authors

Encounter at Farpoint (Star Trek: The Next Generation) 1987

by Gene Roddenberry , Corey Allen , and D. C. Fontana

Ender's Game 1985

by Orson Scott Card

FTL, Y'all! 2018

by C. Spike Trotman and Amanda Lafrenais

Flatlander 1967

by Larry Niven

Footfall 1985

by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

Fountains of Paradise 1979

by Arthur C. Clarke

Gravity 2013

by Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón

Hyperion 1989

by Dan Simmons

Interstellar 2014

by Christopher Nolan and Johnathan Nolan

It's a Good Life 1953

by Jerome Bixby

Lathe of Heaven 1971

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Leviathan Wakes 2011

by James S. A. Corey

Mirror, Mirror (Star Trek) 1967

by Gene Roddenberry , Jerome Bixby , and Marc Daniels

Outer Wilds 2019

by Unknown Authors

Project Hail Mary 2021

by Andy Weir

Rendezvous with Rama 1973

by Arthur C. Clarke

Ringworld 1970

by Larry Niven

Ringworld Engineers 1979

by Larry Niven

Rocannon's World 1966

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Rossum's Universal Robots (R.U.R.) 1920

by Karel Čapek

Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979

by Unknown Authors

Star Wars 1977

by Unknown Authors

The Dark Forest 2008

by Cixin Liu

The Dispossessed 1974

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Ethics of Madness 1967

by Larry Niven

The Left Hand of Darkness 1969

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Martian 2011

by Andy Weir

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 1966

by Robert A. Heinlein

The Mote in God's Eye 1974

by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas 1973

by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Road Not Taken 1985

by Harry Turtledove

The Rolling Stones 1952

by Robert A. Heinlein

The Trouble with Tribbles (Star Trek) 1967

by Gene Roddenberry and David Gerrold

The Word for World is Forest 1972

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Three-Body Problem 2008

by Cixin Liu

Tron 1982

by Steven Lisberger

Tron: Legacy 2010

by Joseph Kosinski , Edward Kitsis , and Adam Horowitz

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