Portrayals in Fiction

"Terraforming has been widely depicted in science fiction for over a century, dating back at least to 1910 with Octave Béliard's story 'A Day of a Parisian in the 21st Century', which depicted a slow terraforming process on the Moon. Even H.G. Wells's 1898 novel 'War of the Worlds' features terraforming of a sort: when the Martians invade Earth, they also bring a 'red weed' which begins transforming Earth into a planet more like Mars.Since then, terraforming has been featured in books and movies and radio plays, television shows and video games and more. Some of these portrayals have been thoroughly devoted to scientific accuracy, while others have been wildly fantastical.A brief list of stories which directly feature terraforming can be found below. It is by no means comprehensive, and should serve only as the starting point for anyone interested in learning, and dreaming, further.- ALPHA CENTAURI by Firaxis Games (video game)- COWBOY BEBOP directed by Shinichirô Watanabe (television)- DUNE by Frank Herbert (novel)- THE EXPANSE by James S.A. Corey (novels), adapted as THE EXPANSE (television)- FIREFLY created by Joss Whedon (television)- THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir (novel), adapted as THE MARTIAN directed by Ridley Scott (film)- THE MARS TRILOGY: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (novels)- MASTER OF ORION series (video games)- STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN directed by Nicholas Meyer (film)- STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK directed by Leonard Nimoy (film)For a much more thorough list of stories involving terraforming, check out the Wikipedia article 'Terraforming in popular culture'.The makers of this game owe a special debt of gratitude to Kim Stanley Robinson's 'The Mars Trilogy', Firaxis Games's 'Alpha Centauri', and Andy Weir's 'The Martian', each of which helped inspire the creation of TerraGenesis and each of which cannot be too highly recommended."