Theme: The Moon

The Moon, being Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour, has featured prominently in various SF stories.

Up until the real thing in 1969, there was a reasonable body of films predicting the Moon Landing, ranging from the silly whimsies of Georges Melies’ A Trip to the Moon (1902) to various adaptations of H.G. Wells’ The First Men in the Moon (1901) where it is inhabited by aliens to more seriously scientifically grounded works like Destination Moon (1950).

Since 1969, The Moon has largely been relegated to being the location for a moonbase or bases, occasionally a few moon cities. It is a stopping-off point for voyages on further out into the Solar System, although only a few works take place on The Moon. In some cases, it can be a staging point for alien visitors.

There are very occasional depictions of The Moon within fantasy such as Baron Munchausen’s journeys there and the Japanese tales of the Moon princess Kaguyahime.