Dining Out Around the Solar System by Clare O'Beara

Dining Out Around the Solar System by Clare O

A brilliant piece of engineering with obvious catastrophic flaw built in for future good-guy triumph. Despite the name, it’s not a star and it’s no moon and it’s probably bigger than Pluto (Fight the power, Pluto) so it’s in. Technically not a planet, but hear us out. We were trying to work a shellac joke in here (because, ya know, it’s bettle juice) but it got too hard.Īny planet with the word ‘Tron’ in it is a winner. Pack your towels, not to cushion the blow from the Betelgeuse girls but for the travel. Not only will the Betelgeuse girls knock you off your feet, it’s the home planet of Galactic twin-headed President Zaphod Beeblebrox and his semi-cousin Ford Prefect. Just pray your windscreen wipers are fully functional if you jump out of warp drive in the debris field – there’s nothing harder to get off the windshield than corpse!īetelgeuse Five The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy More so when the planet is eased out of existence by a mega weapon called a Death Star – grrr. Nothing makes a planet name sound more alieny than a double vowel – that’s sci-fi 101. Let’s kick it off with… hmmm… umm… the letter A… Thanks to my friend Russell Emmerson for his writing contribution.

Thanks to everyone who contributed suggestions – an awesome cross-section from movies, books and games – well played, all! Like the Death Star, the list is full operational – and now ready to roll out right here. A few months ago I sent out a call out on my facebook page for suggestions on planets for an A-Z Guide to Sci-Fi planets.

Dining Out Around the Solar System by Clare O'Beara