Solar System in fiction and that Mars could hardly support any macroscopic life forms on its surface, much less an advanced civilization. In the 1980s it was shown that the surfaces of Jupiter's moons were just as hostile to life. More recent fiction focused on the Solar System has thus tended to address its exploration for purposes such as terraforming, the engineering of planets for human habitation, than the possibility of any existing life. The following works or series use multiple planets and other locations within the Solar System as their primary settings: Solar System in fiction The Solar System and its various bodies
Planet Stories is the folk-tale, the hero-tale of our particular niche in history". Also arguing in support of "Planet Stories", science fiction critic John Clute has commented that "the content was far more sophisticated than the covers". Bradbury's work for "Planet Stories" included two of the stories that he later incorporated into "The Martian Chronicles", including "The Million Year Picnic"; only one other story in the series had appeared before this. He also collaborated on a story with Brackett, "Lorelei of the Red Mist", based on an idea of hers, which appeared in the Summer of 1946. His stories for "Planet" demonstrate