Premise
What if we settled other worlds?
A premise centered on the colonization, terraforming, or settlement of planets beyond Earth.
What if we settled other worlds? in fiction: 6 works
Successive waves of settlers reach and remake Mars, the arc of the linked stories.
The struggle to control the desert planet Arrakis and its spice underpins the whole saga.
The first colonists' effort to settle and terraform Mars is the trilogy's engine.
Humans mine and encroach on the alien moon Pandora, the film's setting.
A blighted Earth sends explorers through a wormhole to find humanity a new home.
The struggle to control the spice of the desert planet Arrakis drives the film.
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