The most famous science fiction characters 19 Articles

by David Riel

Choosing the most famous science fiction characters is no easy task these days, with the explosion in popularity of the genre. After a lot of soul-searching, a few impromptu opinion polls, and a brutal ransacking of scien...read more

by Christine G.

Who are the most famous science fiction characters? The UK website Lonympics has a list of 50 strong alien contenders (http://www.lonympics.co.uk /new/Most_famous_aliens.htm ). Which would you identify as global househol...read more

by Neil Woodard

There are so many famous and well known science fiction characters to choose from that it is almost unfair to select a choice few from this ever increasing genre of characters. So, I will give you who I consider to be the...read more

by Dave Simmons

I'll be trying very hard to veer away from Space Opera in this article, as opposed to actual science fiction; Star Wars, as an example, is no doubt extremely famous, but to me, it fails to really challenge perception in th...read more

by Ian Loft

We as a species exhibit a unique characteristic of being able to fantasize; we create fictional characters able to wield fantastic powers that are more often than not used to defeat evil. It is perhaps our way of conceptu...read more

by W Thomas Payne

Ah, to be famous. Fame seems to be one of the driving forces in American society today. But for a science fiction character to be famous not the actor portraying the role, nor the writer creating them and for that char...read more

by David Clary

Science Fiction has given us some of the greatest characters in the history of literature. Some might attribute this as a fluke, a result of the colorful, fantastic backdrops of the story, but they'd be wrong. What makes a...read more

by Tim Harry

The twentieth century saw an explosion in the whole science fiction genre, and with this explosion there was a whole new range of heroes and villains born. Comic book, pulp fiction and science fiction novel writers managed...read more

by John Devera

The most famous characters in science fiction should be an easy list to compile. The problem, though, is that film and television have clouded our ideas and our perceptions on the topic. I guess this is appropriate, sinc...read more

by John Campbell

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. It's the most famous science fiction character in the history of the universe, all the way from the planet Krypton. The man of steel with the blue suit and red speedos who transforms himsel...read more

by Currie Jean

Robots, intergalactic explorers, and orchestrated freaks of nature have all helped make science fiction grow from a small youngsters' niche to a grand entertainment cash cow in under a century. Having been born from a genr...read more

by Gunter Chang

Science fiction is full of iconic characters easily identified as memorable or unique. The problem with describing this as "fame" is that one man's "Andrew Wiggin" is another man's "Lazarus Long", and in the end, what meas...read more

by Petriesan

The first issue, and it ain't all that easy, is to define science fiction itself. In its most general form, the genre involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Pretty bland, huh? In som...read more

by Sandra Lynn

"Space the final frontier", this quote taken from the television series Star Trek rings true when we take a look at the fantastic characters created from the infinitude of space. From the imagination of mankind has come a...read more

by Moses Clark

I think that this topic should be examined carefully. I also believe that in order to consider a character famous...that character must have a sense of longevity, and a dynasty that goes down as the most inspirational char...read more

by Samuel Farrell

I respect the brevity and candidness of a top five list, so I've assembled a short list of the Most Famous Characters in Science-Fiction. Note that my personal definition of Science Fiction is in no way limited to writings...read more

by Robert Mckenna

A true science fiction hero can not be a "flash in the pan". Here for a single action adventure, save the world one day never to be heard from again, it's been done too often. A true science fiction hero has not only sav...read more

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by Georgia Taylor

The most famous character and author rolled into one has to be Mary Shelley's Frankenstein or The modern Prometheus. Without a doubt a fine if not eh finest tale of humanity in a morbidly medieval setting, such gothic hor...read more

by V. Hughes

The science fiction genre is packed with testosterone jammed male heros always ready to do battle, complete their mission, and get the girl, or alien. Most lists of the 'most famous characters' are similarly packed. T...read more