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-'''[[Titan (moon)|Titan]]''' is the largest [[natural satellite|moon]] of [[Saturn]]. It has a substantial [[atmosphere]] and is the most [[Earth]]-like satellite in the [[Solar system]], which makes it the most popular extraterrestrial setting in [[science fiction]] other than the [[Moon]] and [[planets]].
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-==Titan in literature==
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-* [[1935]]: ''Flight on Titan'', a short story by [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]]
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-* [[1951]]: Titan is the Sol System home base of the parasitic aliens who attempt to take control of Earth in ''[[The Puppet Masters]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein]].
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-* [[1954]]: There is a novel by [[Alan E. Nourse]], the American Science Fiction writer, that appeared in English on December [[1954]] called ''[[Trouble on Titan]]'', translated into French as ''Revolte sur Titan'' in [[1971]].
-* [[1959]]: [[Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut's]] novel ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' features a journey that climaxes on Titan.
-* [[1963]]: In [[Philip K. Dick|Philip K. Dick's]] post-apocalyptic novel ''[[Philip K. Dick#Novels by year|The Game-Players of Titan]]'', a neurotic and suicidal man named Pete Garden must roll a three in Bluff, the game that's become a blinding obsession for the last inhabitants of Earth, against opponents who are from Titan.
-* In the German pulp science fiction series ''[[Perry Rhodan]]'', Titan has a prison and advanced medical facilities.
-* [[1976]]: In [[Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke's]] novel ''[[Imperial Earth]]'', Titan is home to a human colony with a population of 250,000 and provides an important role in the [[Solar System|Solar System's]] economics; Titan's atmosphere supplies the hydrogen needed to support interplanetary travel.
-* [[1983]]: In [[James P. Hogan (writer)|James P. Hogan's]] novel ''[[Code of the Lifemaker]]'', Titan is inhabited by a race of [[Clanking Replicator]]s
-* [[1986]]: [[Stanisław Lem]]'s novel ''[[Fiasco (novel)|Fiasco]]'' starts with several chapters set on Titan, with a character ending up frozen on the surface for several hundred years.
-* [[1997]]: In [[Stephen Baxter|Stephen Baxter's]] novel ''[[Titan (Stephen Baxter)|Titan]]'', a [[NASA]] mission to Titan must struggle to survive after a disastrous landing.
-* [[2000]]: In [[Michael McCollum]]'s novel, ''[[The Clouds of Saturn]] (ISBN 0740805282)'', Titan is a homeworld of Envon and Kimber Crawford, and Arvin Taggart.
-==Titan in cinema and television==
-*In the [[BBC]] television show ''[[Red Dwarf (television)|Red Dwarf]]'', the character Lister illegally imports a [[cat]] from Titan that, through the action of [[ionizing radiation|hard radiation]] over millions of years, becomes the progenitor of a well-dressed, but not particularly intelligent species called ''[[Felis sapiens]]''.
-*The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial, ''[[The Invisible Enemy]]'' takes place partly on a manned base on Titan
-*In the film ''[[Gattaca]]'' ([[1997]]), Titan is the goal for a manned space mission, which is seen lifting off in the final sequence.
-*In the television show ''[[Starhunter (television)|Starhunter]]'', Titan features prominently as the former home of the character Dante, and is the site of a large colony.
-*In the [[1985]] horror film ''[[Creature (movie)|Creature]]'', Titan is where ancient aliens preserved dormant creatures from all over the galaxy.
-*[[LV-426]], the fictional [[moon]] in the scifi horror movie ''[[Alien (movie)|Alien]]'', bears a striking resemblance to Titan. Like Titan, it orbits a ringed [[gas giant]] and possesses a substantial, "almost primordial" atmosphere of [[nitrogen]] and [[methane]]. Its size and surface temperature are also comparable, though it is described as having a rocky, lava base, as opposed to Titan's icy structure. There is also evidence of [[cryovolcanism]] on LV-426, just as some scientists suspect occurs on Titan.
-*In ''[[Titan A.E.]]'' ([[2000]]), a spaceship called ''Titan'' is used as an escapepod after the destruction of [[Earth]]. 'Titan' as name for the spaceship is an homage to the possibility that Titan can bear life.
-*In the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Chain of Command (TNG episode)|Chain of Command]]", ''Titan's Turn'' was described as a daring [[spacecraft]] maneuver around Titan. It was often carried out by pilots flying between [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]].
-*In the ''[[The Transformers (animated series)|Transformers]]'' episode "The God Gambit", Titan is home to a primitive civilization of humanoids who worship Transformers as gods.
-*In ''[[Space Patrol (UK puppet TV series)|Space Patrol]]'' episode "The Glowing Eggs of Titan" Husky's discovery of a luminous egg of the Saturnian moon of Titan could prove to be the solution of the Martian energy crisis. While Dart and his crew are on an egg gathering mission, Slim falls and damages his air line. As he waits to be rescued he hears a strange humming ...
-==Titan in comics and anime==
-*In the [[Marvel Comics]] Universe, Titan is home to a colony of [[Eternals]], a godlike race of men and women, and also spawned the super villain [[Thanos]].
-*In the [[2000 AD (comic) | 2000 AD]] comic series [[Judge Dredd]], Titan is used as a penal colony, but, due to a writer's error, is in orbit around Jupiter. This was later explained as being due to a scientific experiment in teleportation.
-*In the [[anime]] [[Cowboy Bebop]] ([[1998]]), Titan was once the site of a war over hydrocarbon extraction. It is unclear whether there was a colony on the moon.
-*In the anime [[Gunbuster 2]] ([[2004]]), Titan is the location of the Titan Variable Gravity Well. A living habitat exists on Titan to house the team attempting to extract the artifact as well featuring plush facilities for visiting members of Topless and their Buster Machines.
-*In the [[DC Comics]] Universe, Titan is home to a race of telepaths. Depending on what part of the continuity you are reading, they may have been seeded there in the late [[20th century]] as a [[colony]] by [[Lar Gand]] (variously known as Mon-El, Valor and M'Onel). The most prominent example of a DC Titanian is [[Saturn Girl]], a founding member of the 30th Century [[Legion of Super Heroes]].
-==Titan in games==
-*An [[Apple II]] game called ''[[Titan Empire]]'' had human inhabitants of this moon attempting to take over the solar system.
-* In the table-top science fiction game ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'', the [[Grey Knights]] [[Space Marines (Warhammer 40,000)|Space Marines]] chapter keep their Fortress-Monastery on Titan.
-* In the [[Commodore 64]] computer game ''[[Project Firestart]]'', the setting of the story is located on a scientific space vessel which is floating near Titan in the Saturn system.
-* In the [[Activision]] game ''[[Battlezone (computer game)|Battlezone]]'' ([[1998]]), Titan is the site of a Soviet base and several battles between the American, Soviet, and "Fury" forces.
-* The game ''[[Flashback: The Quest for Identity|Flashback]]'' ([[1992]]) takes place mostly on Titan.
-* [[Interplay]]'s game ''[[Hardwar]]'' ([[1998]]) takes place in a fictionalized city called Misplaced Optimism, which is on Titan.
-* Some levels of ''[[Descent (computer game)|Descent]]'' ([[1994]]), as well as its second sequel, ''[[Descent (computer game)|Descent 3]]'' ([[2000]]), take place on Titan. In ''Descent'' the player is in a mine, while in ''Descent 3'' the player travels to a proving ground.
-* In ''[[Starlancer]]'', Titan is the site of a major, decisive battle between Alliance and Coalition forces.
-* Titan served as the final level of the game ''[[Solar Eclipse (game)|Solar Eclipse]]'' for the [[Sega Saturn]].  It was the central front for the LaGrange Mining Operation, which was spread out over Saturn's seven largest moons and was controlled by the [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] program "IRIS".
-* The plot of ''[[Huygen's Disclosure]]'', published in [[1996]] by [[SegaSoft]], actually involves not only Titan, but the pending arrival of the ''[[Huygens probe|Huygens]]'' probe. It did not depict Titan realistically.
-* In the game ''[[Legacy of Time]]'', third game in the [[Journeyman Project]] series, Titan is home to a prison colony.
-* An [[Amiga]] adventure game ''Suspicious Cargo'' published by Gremlin.
-==See also==
-*[[Saturn in fiction]]
-*[[Titan (moon)|Titan]]
-[[Category:Saturn's moons]]
-[[Category:Science fiction themes]]
-[[Category:Saturn in fiction]]
-[[Category:Moons in fiction]]
-[[it:Titano nella fantascienza]]