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The Hawkmen's floating metropolis Sky City depicted in Flash Gordon (1936)

In science fiction, floating cities and islands are a common trope, which range from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scientific technologies or by magical means. While very large floating structures have been constructed or proposed in real life, aerial cities and islands remain in the realm of fiction.

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Floating cities and islands in fiction

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In science fiction, floating cities and islands are a common trope, which range from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the...

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Floating city

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Floating city may refer to: Aberdeen floating village, Hong Kong Floating cities and islands in fiction, the use of artificial floating cities as a speculative...

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Very large floating structure

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large floating structures (VLFSs) or very large floating platforms (VLFPs) are artificial islands, which may be constructed to create floating airports...

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Seasteading

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platforms, and custom-built floating islands. Proponents say seasteads can "provide the means for rapid innovation in voluntary governance and reverse environmental...

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Ocean colonization

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self-sufficient. Artificial island Colonization Colonialism Space colonization Colonization of Antarctica Floating cities and islands in fiction Freedom Ship List...

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A Floating City

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A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City (French: Une ville flottante), is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published...

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Aerospace architecture

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in space. Airborne observatory Atmosphere of Venus High Altitude Venus Operational Concept (HAVOC) Colonization of Venus Floating cities and islands in...

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Space habitat

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city Dyson sphere Floating cities and islands in fiction Human outpost (artificially created controlled human habitat) Locomotion in space Megastructure...

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Outline of fantasy

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fantasy worlds List of mythological places Floating cities and islands in fiction Lost city Quests Subterranean fiction List of fictional swords Magic sword...

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List of fictional settlements

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villages and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only well-referenced, notable examples of fictional towns, cities, settlements...

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Propeller Island

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Propeller Island (French: L'Île à hélice) (also published as The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific, and as The Self-Propelled Island) is a science...

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Venus in fiction

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on floating islands in a vast Venusian ocean.: 672 : 548  Isaac Asimov's Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954) depicts human colonists living in underwater...

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Utopian and dystopian fiction

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Utopian and dystopian fiction are subgenres of speculative fiction that explore social and political structures. Utopian fiction portrays a setting that...

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Jupiter in fiction

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Stewart and Jack Cohen, it is discovered that there are entire floating cities there. Descents into the atmosphere are commonplace, seen in such works...

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List of alternate history fiction

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alternate history fiction, sorted primarily by type and then chronologically. American Civil War alternate histories Axis victory in World War II List...

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Mars in fiction

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as a setting in works of fiction since at least the mid-1600s. Trends in the planet's portrayal have largely been influenced by advances in planetary science...

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List of fictional feral children

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separated from his father, a marine biologist, when a waterspout sunk their floating laboratory. He has many shark-like adaptations to his body including gills...

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Kazuo Ishiguro

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fiction. An Artist of the Floating World (1986) is set in an unnamed Japanese city during the Occupation of Japan following the nation's surrender in...

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Malazan Book of the Fallen

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Sea of Chimes. South-west of Korelri and Quon Tali, beyond a vast field of floating ice, lies the small island-continent of Jacuruku. Jacuruku is a land...

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Dry dock

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The largest floating-dock in North America is named The Vigorous. It is operated by Vigor Industries in Portland, OR, in the Swan Island industrial area...

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Atlantis in popular culture

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with the fall of Atlantis and novels with a pretension to fine writing which are now regarded as pioneering genre fiction. Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues...

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Dal Lake

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(6.9 sq mi) and is part of a natural wetland which covers 21.1 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi), including its floating gardens. The floating gardens, known...

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Venice

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live in the historical island city of Venice (centro storico) and the rest on the mainland (terraferma). Together with the cities of Padua and Treviso...

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